Fen, Bog and Swamp by Annie Proulx

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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Proulx contemplates peatlands and the climate crisis.

In her compelling history of the world's wetlands, Pulitzer Prize-winner Annie Proulx introduces ideas of protection and repair. Read by Lorelei King

Lifelong environmentalist Annie Proulx brings passion, vitality and rigour to a history of our wetlands. Exploring their history alongside human interactions with these liminal places, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'The Shipping News' and 'Brokeback Mountain' makes an elegant and compelling contribution to the debate around the environmental crisis.

American mangrove swamps give Proulx the opportunity to consider conservation and repair.

Written by Annie Proulx
Read by Lorelei King
Abridged by Patricia Cumper
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

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Factual: Science & Nature: Nature & Environment

A short history of peatland destruction and its role in the climate crisis.

Book of the Week. A short history of peatland destruction and its role in the climate crisis.

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