Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania

"Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania" by Jewett C. Gilson, a geographical study from the early 1900s, presents the idea that areas considered useless or unproductive actually hold valuable hidden resources essential for humanity and our planet. The book starts by explaining how places thought of as barren, like deserts and polar regions, are critical for the environment, providing important things such as fresh water and minerals. It explains how these regions contribute to the Earth’s overall health, even if they can’t be used for farming, which leads to a look at specific overlooked locations and their potential.