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Aerial view of people collecting purun, a grass that grows on the tropical peatlands of Indonesia, in the Pedamaran peat bogs. The process involves cutting the purun reeds and then grouping them together and loading them into the boat to return to land. (Credit: Luján Agusti for National Geographic)

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National Geographic Explorer Luján Agusti highlights the critical role peatlands play in mitigating climate change

The visual storyteller has traveled to three continents over the last decade, documenting what overlooked landscapes can teach us about our relationship to nature.

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