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Submission on the future work of the ADP

Language(s): English

This submission from Wetlands International to the Ad-hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) stresses the need for enhanced action with respect to the protection and restoration of natural ecosystems in efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.


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Climate change, forest and peatlands in Indonesia, Global initiative on peatlands and climate change mitigation, Peat, biodiversity and climate change, Peatlands in UN Climate policies

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