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Are emission reductions from peatlands MRV-able?

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  • Climate mitigation and adaptation
  • Peatland conservation and restoration

Globally very significant GHG benefits can accrue by avoiding peatland degradation and by actively restoring peatlands. This report, produced for the UNFCCC Climate Change Talks in Bonn, June 2009, addresses the question whether the results of such actions are measurable, reportable and verifiable.

Author(s): Hans Joosten & John Couwenberg, Greifswald University commissioned by Wetlands International, Ede, 2009

Are emission reductions from peatlands MRV-able?