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Nature's mighty carbon stores: why conserving freshwater wetlands is a climate imperative

  • Publication Date  16-10-25
  • Type  Report

Freshwater wetlands store vast amounts of carbon, regulate water flows, and sustain biodiversity and livelihoods worldwide. Yet they are being drained, burned, and destroyed at alarming rates, setting off a ‘carbon bomb’ and fatally undermining global climate goals.