GLOBAL PEATLAND TARGETS

All targets relate to an overarching goal of shaping the interaction of people with peatland in such a way that peatlands contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation, biodiversity conservation, safe and clean water supply, sustainable yields, and other ecosystem services. Global Peatland Targets reflect shared goals we collectively work towards. They translate the goals of the Paris Agreement into what needs to happen to peatlands. The implementation pathways that contribute to these targets should reflect national circumstances, capacities, and responsibilities.

Halt the anthropogenic loss of undrained peatland by 2030

01

By 2030, at least 30 million hectares of degraded peatland are under rewetting and restoration

02

By 2050, the global peatland area has reached net zero emissions and preferably is a net GHG sink, supporting climate-resilient pathways. By 2030, clearly on track through core targets 1,2 & 3

04

Mobilize ≥ USD 100 billion by 2030 to operationalize peatland conservation, rewetting and restoration, and sustainable, wise use

05

By 2030, enabling conditions for sustainable, wise use are developed, and, by 2050, it is implemented on all peatland

03

BY 2030, all countries with significant peatland emissions have national peatland inventories and monitoring systems aligned with international standards

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Conservation

Rewetting and restoration

Wise use

Climate change mitigation and adaptation

Finance

Monitoring

Global Peatland Targets

Seven guiding principles

Principle 1: Safeguard peatland ecosystems and their biodiversity

Prioritize the protection of natural peatlands and prevent further degradation at local, national, and global scales by addressing key drivers of degradation. Where intervention is necessary, apply the ecological restoration continuum guided by Ramsar guidelines and SER standards.

Principle 2: Ground action in science, diverse knowledge systems, innovation and monitoring

Design and implement actions using the best available science, while identifying, respecting, and appropriately incorporating community-based and practice-driven innovations, such as paludiculture. Support multidisciplinary and intercultural approaches, and invest in robust, inclusive, and supported monitoring systems.

Principle 3: Advance equity and inclusion

Enable the inclusion and participation of key affected stakeholders, particularly Indigenous Peoples, local communities, smallholders (e.g. farmers, foresters, or other rural land-dependent groups), women, youth and other vulnerable groups at all levels and through recognized safeguards and human rights, including the right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC).


Principle 4: Foster shared responsibility and inclusive governance

Coordinate across governments, communities, landowners, landmanagers, businesses, investors, researchers, and civil society through co-design, comanagement, and deliberation. Build equitable partnerships and strengthen cross-sectoral coordination and policy coherence through clear legal frameworks, aligned incentives, and accessible, targeted financing, tenure rights, and benefit-sharing.

Principle 5: Mobilize high-integrity, inclusive, and transparent finance

Mobilize diverse financing streams through collaboration across governments, the private sector, civil society, and financial institutions. Ensure that private and public finance is transparent, accountable, accessible to local actors and delivers impact on the ground. Ensure finance for research, knowledge generation, education, capacity building and monitoring, as well as for developing alternative livelihood opportunities such as new paludiculture production.

Principle 6: Operate in context and across scales using a landscape approach

Adopt catchment-level, context-specific landscape approaches grounded in the ecological, social, cultural and economic conditions of each area, while ensuring long-term water management to sustain core peatland ecosystem services.

Principle 7: Commit to sustainability and climate resilience

Design long-term strategies with sustained public and private funding, promoting medium to large scale programs that deliver measurable impact on the ground, and embedding them within climate adaptation planning processes.