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A marsh

Once considered useless, marshes and swamps have long been the object of human intervention aimed at draining these lands by filling them in.

In time, a better understanding of these natural surroundings raised awareness of their enormous contribution to maintaining environmental quality. Measures have been taken to help preserve them.