"In just a three-year period, the city converted a degraded swamp into a functioning wetland—featuring a series of ponds, a riverine forest, and a savanna—that stores carbon, controls floods, filters pollutants, and enhances biodiversity."

[rewildingmag@spore.social]

"In just a three-year period, the city converted a degraded swamp into a functioning wetland—featuring a series of ponds, a riverine forest, and a savanna—that stores carbon, controls floods, filters pollutants, and enhances biodiversity."

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The Rwandan City Where Wetlands Are Winning

To save its citizens from floods, Kigali is betting big on wetland restoration.

bioGraphic (www.biographic.com)