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UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and Peru's Ministry of the Environment (MINAM) will co-host the Fourth Meeting of the Global Peatlands Initiative Partners on 30 June to 4 July in Lima, Peru.
 
The 67-member strong GPI gathers in Latin America for the first time ever as a South-South collaboration and exchange meeting, shining a spotlight on Peru’s work through the years in the GPI partnership to protect, restore and sustain critical peatland ecosystems in the Andes and the Amazon Basin.v
Under the theme “Peatlands as livelihoods and the conditions for their conservation and sustainable management”, the meeting will bring together GPI partners, governments, experts, and stakeholders to strengthen collaboration across science, policy, practice, and finance, with a strong emphasis on South-South Cooperation and the science-policy interface. It will also serve as a key platform to advance collective action and accelerate impact towards the conservation, restoration, and sustainable management of peatlands globally. 

Sessions run across the four GPI intervention areas: science and knowledge, policy, practice, and finance. Expect the latest on tropical peatland mapping and monitoring, peatlands in NDCs and NBSAPs, South–South and Triangular Cooperation, and resource mobilisation including carbon markets and payments for ecosystem services. Country delegations attending include Peru, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, Mongolia and Indonesia.

The meeting coordination is supported by the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUKN).

Key info 

  • Dates:  Technical sessions: Lima, Peru from 30 June – 2 July 2026, Field Trips: National Reserve (3-4 July by invitation-only), and Wetland (3 July for GPI meeting participants) 

  • Format: In-person, with online participation for GPI members  

  • Hosts: UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Ministry of the Environment, Peru (MINAM) 

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In June 2026, the third biannual International Workshop of the Venice Agreement for Peatlands (VA) will be held in the papyrus-rich wetlands of Lake Victoria, Kenya—one of Africa’s most vital yet vulnerable peat-forming ecosystems. This international workshop, co-organized with Ecofinder Kenya and partners including the Global Peatlands Initiative, RE-PEAT, and the Michael Succow Foundation, will convene a transdisciplinary network of peatland stewards, scientists, artists, and Indigenous leaders from across the globe. 

Timed to coincide with World Peatlands Day (June 2), the gathering builds on the VA’s commitment to grounded, convivial conservation. It will focus on African peatlands and their custodians, with workshops, artistic programs, and the development of a “Living Menu of How-Tos”—practical, values-aligned strategies for reciprocal, community-led peatland care. As with past gatherings in Venice (2022) and Torres Vedras (2024), global underground workshops will precede the main event, activating local action and trans-local solidarity. 

  

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