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 more than 50 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.