Cape Froward Peatlands Store Three Times More Carbon Than Nearby Forests

A groundbreaking study by Rewilding Chile and the University of Chile measured carbon storage in Cape Froward peatlands for the first time, finding they hold an average of 1,647 tons of carbon per hectare—three times more than forests in the same area at 536.2 tons per hectare—across a region comprising 52,000 hectares of forest and 53,000 hectares of peatland capable of storing an estimated 115 million tons of carbon.