There is a “mismatch” between the importance of peatlands and their current level of protection, a new study warns.

Peatlands are important — the UN Environment Programme estimates as much as 600 billion tonnes of carbon are stored there, as decaying organic material gets trapped inside a water-rich environment.

Wildlife in the heart of the Congo Basin, an area that stretches from western ... overlaid this with areas of high biodiversity. Their maps show southern Cameroon, nearly all of Equatorial Guinea ...