Greifswald Mire Centre

Our vision is a world in which

• peatlands are recognised and understood as vital and vulnerable systems,

• natural peatlands are conserved,

• degraded peatlands are restored,

• any use of peatlands is sustainable.

Our mission: The Greifswald Mire Centre is – as an interface between science, policy and practice – innovator and originator in solutions for peatlands, locally and worldwide.

We are approximately 100 peatland experts of various disciplines concentrated in one place.

We offer science-based solutions for social challenges such as

• Climate crisis: Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from peatlands and ecosystem-based adaptation

• Ecosystem services: Identification, quantification and monetisation

• Biodiversity protection: Conservation and restoration of peatlands worldwide

• Sustainable use: Implementation of paludiculture and innovative financing

 

You can find our strategy 2018-2023 here.

We thank the following foundations for their financial support of the cross-partner activities at the Greifswald Mire Centre: Bristol-Stiftung, Norddeutsche Stiftung für Umwelt und Entwicklung (NUE), Otto-Ritter-Stiftung, Stiftung Überlebensrecht.