Wetlands and Carbon

Nova Scotia’s wetlands provide an estimated $7.9 billion worth of benefits
in ecosystem services to Nova Scotians annually.

Source: Nova Scotia Wetland Conservation Policy

This brochure was compiled and written by Lil Macpherson and Sandy Martin. It will hopefully give you some insight into the complex ecosystems that define wetlands. But wetlands also give us the best and cheapest technology to decrease greenhouse gases in the atmosphere – and it’s free!

If the brochure is too much reading, then here’s Lil Macpherson on the importance of wetlands.