A lifelong acolyte of the natural world, Annie Proulx brings her witness and research to the subject of wetlands and the vitally important role they play in preserving the environmentby storing the carbon emissions that accelerate climate change. Fens, bogs, swamps, and marine estuaries are crucial to the earths survival, and in four illuminating parts, Proulx documents their systemic destruction in pursuit of profit.

In a vivid and revelatory journey through history, Proulx describes the fens of 16th-century England, Canadas Hudson Bay lowlands, Russias Great Vasyugan Mire, and Americas Okeefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. She introduces the early explorers who launched the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, and writes of the diseases spawned in the wetlandsthe Ague, malaria, Marsh Fever.

Format: Paperback
Published: UK, 2023
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Pages: 208
Language: EnglishISBN 13: 9780008534431
ISBN 10: 0008534438