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Global wetland outlook: State of the world’s wetlands and their services to people 2018
Royal C. Gardner,Max Finlayson +1 more
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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.Abstract:
Conservation and wise use of wetlands are vital for human livelihoods. The wide range of ecosystem services wetlands provide means that they lie at the heart of sustainable development. Yet policy and decision-makers often underestimate the value of their benefits to nature and humankind. Understanding these values and what is happening to wetlands is critical to ensuring their conservation and wise use.
The Global Wetland Outlook, the flagship publication of the Ramsar Convention, 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.read more
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Hidden Loss of Wetlands in China.
Weihua Xu,Xinyue Fan,Jungai Ma,Stuart L. Pimm,Lingqiao Kong,Yuan Zeng,Xiaosong Li,Yi Xiao,Hua Zheng,Jianguo Liu,Bingfang Wu,Li An,Lu Zhang,Xiaoke Wang,Zhiyun Ouyang +14 more
TL;DR: Analyzing wetland changes between 2000 and 2015 using 30-m-resolution satellite images, it is shown that China's wetlands expanded but lost 26,066 km2-a net increase of 1,548-km2 (or 0.4%).
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Wetland ecosystem services research: A critical review
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Future impacts of climate change on inland Ramsar wetlands
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Mahseer (Tor spp.) fishes of the world: status, challenges and opportunities for conservation.
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