Peat dam to prevent Indonesia Forest Fire (DCIM\219MEDIA) RESEARCHERS FROM Scotland’s Rural College are taking part in an international project to tackle climate risks to tropical peatlands. Emissions from damaged peatlands account for 5% of the global carbon budget, with the majority coming from tropical peatlands which are recognised as “the world’s most important terrestrial carbon store”. Co-led by the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Global Peatlands Initiative and Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), new research aims to understand how governments, researchers and local communities can work together to tackle climate risks to peatlands in Indonesia, Peru and the Congo Basin.