Amelie Hünnebeck-Wells, Franziska Tanneberger, 10 July 2024
Peatland protection is climate protection: if we want to combat climate change effectively, we cannot afford to overlook the importance of protecting peatlands. While forests often steal the spotlight in environmental discussions, peatlands play a crucial role that has only recently begun to be recognised.
University of Greifswald / Greifswald Mire Centre
Dr Franziska Tanneberger is a peatland scientist and lecturer at Greifswald University and Director of the Greifswald Mire Centre, Germany. She studied landscape ecology and nature conservation at Greifswald and Reading universities. Her research links mire biodiversity, peat formation, paludiculture, peatland restoration, ecosystem services and carbon credits.
Franziska Tanneberger is editor of the European Mires Book (2017) and Coordinating Lead Author for Europe of the Global Peatlands Assessment (2022). She lead the Future Council of a NE-German federal state in 2020/2021 and is member of the German Council for Sustainable Development since 2023. The Greifswald Mire Centre (GMC) is a science-policy-practice-interface of University of Greifswald, Michael Succow Foundation and DUENE. About 100 peatland experts of various disciplines work at the GMC. The GMC maintains the Global Peatland Database (GPD) and is founding member of the Global Peatlands Initiative (GPI).