Protecting Peatlands, the Newly Recognized Treasure of the Philippines

While peatlands cover only 3% of the Earth’s land surface, studies show that they can store twice as much carbon as all of the forests on the planet combined, if they are kept in their natural state. The ASEAN region is home to about 27.4 million hectares of peatlands with 2 located in Leyte and in Agusan del Sur of the Philippines.