Business & Investment

Peatlands have often been regarded as marginal land. As a result, peatland stakeholders carry out practices that provide short-term economic benefits to make it productive. However, this causes long-term ecosystem degradation.

While there have been initiatives to change the perception that peatland is a marginal land, there is an urgent need for alternative business solutions, sufficient investment funding, and best practices to ensure economic growth while maintaining sustainability principles. People for Peat works to support communities and companies by developing a partnership platform that encourages a nurturing environment for sustainable investment.

Awareness & Advocacy

Currently, non-state actors (NSAs) have little participation in sustainable peatland management. This is due to a variety of reasons, including lack of access to reliable information, inconsistent data, and unclear definitions of peatlands and policies governing them.. Additionally, the limited knowledge platforms available further hinders NSAs capacity to actively grasp opportunities to improve their livelihoods and wellbeing.

Through the awareness and understanding of the relevance and impact of peatlands in people's lives, People for Peat aims to consolidate the recognition of peat as a sustainable ecosystem that offers economic growth as well as climate change mitigation through:

• Designing and executing effective communication strategies for mainstreamed peatland issues to stakeholders using a compelling locally-driven narrative
• Capacity building for NSAs to support on-the-ground implementation of best practices in peatland management