Royal C. Gardner

TL;DR: The Global Wetland Outlook as discussed by the authors provides a current overview of wetlands: their extent, trends, drivers of change and the responses needed to reverse the historical decline in wetland area and quality.

TL;DR: The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (RCCW) as mentioned in this paper is a global intergovernmental treaty that promotes wetland conservation worldwide, and it includes three main pillars: the wise use of all wetlands, the designation and management of Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Sites), and international cooperation on management of shared resources and sharing of knowledge and information.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss wetland status and trends, the loss of wetland ecosystem services and future steps for data collection and assessment, and a call to Contracting Parties to avoid further wetland loss and degradation and to strengthen wetland assessment, monitoring and restoration.

TL;DR: Enabling H4 imaging is vital for the conservation and management of global biodiversity and ecosystem services, including food provisioning and water security.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors test the value of the Wetland Extent Trends (WET) index as an updatable indicator of trends in wetland area and its application to global and regional scale assessments and national reporting.