Living Peatlands

Protection. Conservation. Restoration.

Cultural Keystone Species

Introducing our cultural keystones

Introducing our cultural keystones

Cultural keystone species are vital to both ecosystem health and the cultural identity, traditional economies and governance systems of Indigenous and local communities. They exist as part of the complex ecological whole of our bogs, forests, wetlands and other ecosystems.This page introduces and explores some of the cultural keystone species of Living Peatland Hub Landscapes in the Arctic and Boreal north.