Edward Struzik on the urgent need to restore our peatlands
Podcast:The Land & Climate Podcast Published On: Fri Nov 19 2021 Description: "If you follow the developments at Glasgow, everyone's looking for the Big Idea. This, in my mind, is an obvious one."Bertie talks with veteran climate journalist Edward Struzik about his new book, Swamplands: tundra beavers, quaking bogs, and the improbable world of peat. They talk COP, burning peat for energy, the process of rewetting peatland, and Edward gives a cultural & historical background to peatlands, arguing that we still need to change cultural perspectives of our bogs, fens and marshes. Buy Swamplands from Island Press here. Read Bertie's review of the book here. Send us Fan MailClick here for our website to read all our most recent Land and Climate Review features and pieces.