https://www.unops.org/news-and-stories/stories/up-in-smoke
https://www.cifor.org/peatlands/

We’re all measuring different things in different ways and reporting
our findings differently: the ultimate #fieldworkfail
The evidence challenge

What outcomes (variables) should be measured
in tropical peatland research and monitoring?
Scoping: are there
missing sets (domains)
within which we might
group outcomes e.g.
accumulation/loss?
What are the most
important (core)
outcomes that
should be
measured e.g. is it
more important to
measure above-
ground litter
decomposition
rates, or litter types
or both?
What are the best
ways to measure
each outcome e.g.
flux towers versus
closed chambers or
vegetation proxies?
How should the
data be reported
e.g. units,
contextual data?
Pre-
workshop
survey
Are there missing
outcomes that should
be measured with each
set e.g. accumulation
rates, oxidative loss?
Workshop
Post-
workshop
voting
Subsequent
steps

https://www.dgwgo.com/community-focus/peatlands-in-the-future-looking-beyond-the-trees/
https://news.vcu.edu/research/Measuring_flux_New_meteorological_tower_at_the_Rice_Rivers_Center
https://northsearegion.eu/canape/news/canape-peat-to-the-people/

GPI Research Working Group – provide
your email if you want to hear about:
• New membership call
• A training programme open to all peatland researchers,
starting with a session on writing more competitive
funding bids in December
• A research agenda of key unanswered peatland
research questions and a list of potential funders
• A report detailing the 50 most recent peatland research
projects, funded, under review or in development around
the world

http://www.fao.org/redd/news/detail/en/c/1195808/https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/world-calls-urgent-action-peatlands
ttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rewetting-the-swamp-indonesia-rsquo-s-bold-plan/oretheflood.com/explore/the-crisis/deforestation-killing-the-lungs-of-the-planet/
https://www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-vast-carbon-store-found-congo-swamp-forest

Data collection and analysis by:
• Dr Dylan Young
• Dr Gavin Stewart
Financial support from UK Research and Innovation:
mark.reed@newcastle.ac.uk
@profmarkreed