Raja Musa Forest Reserve Peat Swamp Restoration (North Selangor, Malaysia)
Malaysia
Since 2008, Selangor's Forestry Department and NGO Global Environment Centre have rewetted and replanted Raja Musa Forest Reserve, Peninsular Malaysia's …
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Programme d'action climatique sur les tourbières Bord na Móna (Irlande)
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Restauration de tourbières la plus grande d'Irlande : 33 000 ha sur 82 sites des Midlands, 108 M€ UE. Fin 2024 : 18 861 ha réalisés (57 %). Réduction nette de 3,3 Mt CO₂éq à 2050 ; 100 Mt CO₂ protégées. Suivi annuel des GES ; reconnu ONU à la COP26.
33,000 ha across 82 bogs
Objectif de restauration
EUR 108M
Financement de l'UE
18,861 ha (57%)
Surface achevée (end 2024)
3.3M tCO2eq
Réduction nette de CO2 d'ici 2050
100M t
CO2 protégé
Details
- Maturity
- Scaling
- Promoter
- Bord na Móna / National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS)
- Period
- 2021–2025
- Keywords
- peatland, rewetting, carbon sequestration, biodiversity, climate finance
Context
La plus grande restauration de tourbières d'Irlande, le programme d'action climatique des tourbières de Bord na Mona, vise 33 000 ha sur 82 tourbières des Midlands avec 108M EUR de financement de l'UE.
Results
Fin 2024, 18 861 ha (57%) étaient achevés ; une réduction nette de 3,3 Mt CO2eq est attendue d'ici 2050 et 100 Mt CO2 protégées, avec un suivi annuel par le NPWS et une reconnaissance de l'ONU à la COP26.
Implementation
Implementation detail (cost, timeline, staffing, conditions for success) is not yet available for this practice.
Data sources
Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.
- C-NAPSE web research — accessed 2026-06-22
- Bord na Móna / National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) — accessed 2026-06-22
- Bord na Móna PCAS official site — accessed 2026-06-22
- Peatlands Ireland — research overview with figures — accessed 2026-06-22
- Irish Times — A new dawn for Irish peatlands (2023) — accessed 2026-06-22
- EU LIFE peatland project page — accessed 2026-06-22
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