Enhanced action and stakeholder engagement for sustainable peatland management

Presented by Jan Peters at GLF Peatlands 2024 - The Global Peatlands Assessment: Mapping, Policy, and Action

1. Enhanced action & stakeholder engagement for sustainable peatland management Jan Peters, Succow Foundation / Greifswald Mire Centre www.greifswaldmoor.de Global Landscape Forum – Peatland Summit 2024 6 th June 2024, Bonn / Germany

2. 04/06/24 ‹#› Huge challenges ahead… 88 % of peatlands still in intact conditions O nly 12 % degraded peatlands cause ~4 % of total anthropogenic GHG emissions!

3. For upscaling and acceleration policies have to be aligned … 04/06/24 ‹#› Soil Biodiversity Water Agriculture Spatial planning Forest Climate Building Leverage points in legal framework for restoration But how? What is needed to make it work in practice and at the necessary speed?

4. From policy to practice and vice versa 04/06/24 ‹#› Summarising practitioners perspectives for decision makers Bringing decision makers to the field Supporting local policy making & action Engage business Connect Science, Art & Communities

5. Support of local policy making & action Feasibility studies Capacity building , e.g. for local peatland managers „Landscape walks“ (trust-building and cooperation) Local peatland councils & strategies 04/06/24 ‹#› P. Tertel Example: Malchin, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

6. Bring public & decision makers to the field Field days on restoration & paludiculture sites Guided tours with politicians Provide accessible information , e.g. Peatland Atlas 04/06/24 greifswaldmoor.de ‹#› S. Busse

7. Connect Science, Art and Communities 04/06/24 greifswaldmoor.de ‹#› S. Busse Turba Tol Hol Hol – Chilenian Pavilion @ Venice Biennale 2022

8. Connect Science, Art and Communities 04/06/24 ‹#› S. Busse „ Venice Agreement “ Call for Action to protect global peatlands locally Engage local communities & Indigeneous People as custodians of their peatlands Link up Science & Art – „Brain & Heart“ Revisited in Torre Vedras (PT) on World Peatlands Day 2024 Supported by „Sensing Peat“ www.sensingpeat.net

9. BUSINESS AGRICULTURE Lock In effect Engage business

10. 04/06/24 ‹#› Engage business – Build Alliances

11. 04/06/24 ‹#› Build NEW Alliances!

12. www.succow-stiftung.de www.greifswaldmoor.de Thanks for your attention! Jan Peters Succow Foundation, Partner in the GMC [email protected] Follow us: @greifswaldmoor @succow_stiftung www.greifswaldmoor.de