Edward Struzik - January 2022 Wetland Knowledge Exchange
A Ducks Unlimited Canada Webinar
Swamplands: Tundra Beavers, Quaking Bogs, and the Improbable World of Peat
Edward Struzik discussed his latest book and adventures through peatlands the world over, including many across Canada’s North.
Hosted by: Ducks Unlimited Canada
Peatlands cover around 4% of the earth and yet they store twice as much carbon as all the world’s forests. But these remarkable landscapes are being systematically drained and degraded, with peat burned for fuel and bogs, fens, swamps and marshes destroyed to make way for oilsands, mines, farms, hydroelectric projects, and soil conditioners. If the world’s frozen peatlands continue to thaw and release carbon, these ecosystems will accelerate climate change rather than mitigate it.
Effective solutions to the conservation of these lands exist and can even be done relatively inexpensively as scientists in Great Britain and the European Union are demonstrating. But the path forward in North America requires government support, industry partnerships and public engagement. In this presentation, Edward Struzik, journalist and fellow at Queen’s University’s Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy, engaged the audience around the vitality, diversity, and resilience of peatlands. Struzik shared elements of his global journey as he explores the often-overlooked landscapes. He explained why we need to take peatlands more seriously and how we can do that.
Attendees received a 30% discount code for Struzik's new book, Swamplands: Tundra Beavers, Quaking Bogs, and the Improbable World of Peat.
