AtlasWetlands & AgricultureEvangelia Kiosse

Wetlands grow imperceptibly but definitively—1 millimeter a year.
1 meter of wetland—1000 years in the making.

“The work that has been done, especially in the direction of drainage and the introducton of new and improved methods of agriculture is highly valuable. There can be little doubt that in time, the application of capital, science and labour will result in general success.” Sir John Hope Simpson. Palestine: Report on Immigration, Land Settlement and Development. 1930.

“It's a preserve, like a glass of pickled gherkins. Stored in sour liquid they are preserved much longer.” Hans Joosten, Professor of Peatland Studies and Palaeoecology at Greifswald University, Germany. 2022.

“...a project of heroic abundance turned out to be an ecological disaster and an agricultural fiasco.” Rachel Gottesman. Land. Milk. Honey. 2021.