For the first time, a structured nationwide framework will support peatland rewetting on a meaningful scale, writes one of Germany’s leading peatland researchers. The key for climate action is not setting land aside, but finding productive ways to use it.
By Franziska Tanneberger
The European Commission has given the green light for the so-called “Palu Funding Directive” for measures aimed at restoring agricultural wetlands. The German Federal Ministry for the Environment is now launching a corresponding funding program.
By Cornelia Meyer
Forest conversion is to be the focus of natural climate protection in the future. In contrast, the targets for peatlands will be reduced. The climate action targets for the land sector will therefore not be met in 2030 and 2040. Whether there will be more money is uncertain.
By Kai Schöneberg and Malte Kreutzfeldt
