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spongy land saturated or partially covered with water
the conservation board has not always been rigorous in protecting the wetlands from development
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Recent Examples of wetlands
Colombo now has four wetland parks and a number of other recreational spaces linked by wetlands.
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Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 2 Oct. 2024
But in the British colonial period from the late 18th century, the wetlands were drained to build housing and businesses.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 2 Oct. 2024
The drought has also set the stage for devastating wildfires in Brazil that have destroyed huge swaths of the Amazon as well as the Pantanal, the world’s largest tropical wetlands, and choked cities in thick smoke.
—Laura Paddison, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024
This Biden-Harris administration has created the American Climate Corps that has put tens of thousands of young people to work implementing climate solutions from reducing wildfire risk to installing solar panels to replanting wetlands.
—Sean Illing, Vox, 29 Sep. 2024
Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 2 Oct. 2024
But in the British colonial period from the late 18th century, the wetlands were drained to build housing and businesses.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 2 Oct. 2024
The drought has also set the stage for devastating wildfires in Brazil that have destroyed huge swaths of the Amazon as well as the Pantanal, the world’s largest tropical wetlands, and choked cities in thick smoke.
—Laura Paddison, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024
This Biden-Harris administration has created the American Climate Corps that has put tens of thousands of young people to work implementing climate solutions from reducing wildfire risk to installing solar panels to replanting wetlands.
—Sean Illing, Vox, 29 Sep. 2024
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“Wetlands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wetlands. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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