Angola's peatlands highly underestimated, new study suggests
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A study published August 20 in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society found that peatlands in Angola's Highlands Water Tower cover between 2.28–2.94% of the 380,382 km² region—significantly more than previous estimates—storing carbon and regulating freshwater systems across southern Africa including the Okavango Basin.
The study maps peatland extent; protection and enforcement of conservation remain separate challenges.
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