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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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Assessing wetland habitat vulnerability in moribund Ganges delta using bivariate models and machine learning algorithms
Swades Pal,Satyajit Paul +1 more
TL;DR: Sensitivity analysis shows that WPF factor followed by depth of wetland are the most important contributing factors and application of machine learning model for vulnerability study is recommended, which is more precise than bivariate models.
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On how wetlands can provide flood resilience in a large river basin: A case study in Nenjiang river Basin, China
TL;DR: In this paper, a distributed hydrological modeling platform was used to quantify the effect of wetlands on floods with respect to event hydrographs, and investigate how flood regulation services can occur on the rising and falling limbs of an event hydrogram.
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The Use of Traditional and Modern Tools for Monitoring Wetlands Biodiversity in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities
P. J. Stephenson,Yaa Ntiamoa-Baidu,Yaa Ntiamoa-Baidu,John P. Simaika,John P. Simaika,John P. Simaika +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors assess the relevance of traditional monitoring methods, as well as innovative new tools such as remote sensing and environmental DNA for the conservation and management of wetlands biodiversity, and propose solutions to help information users access high quality data in the right format at the right time.
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Persistent effects of underground longwall coal mining on freshwater wetland hydrology.
T. J. Mason,T. J. Mason,M. Krogh,Gordana C. Popovic,William Glamore,David A. Keith,David A. Keith +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared the persistence of soil moisture after a rainfall event in wetlands subject to underground longwall coal mining to that in unmined reference wetlands, and found that mined wetlands were persistently drier, retained water for shorter durations and exhibited less spatial differentiation than un-mined wetlands.
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Financial incentives for large-scale wetland restoration: Beyond markets to common asset trusts
Adam D. Canning,Diane Jarvis,Robert Costanza,Syezlin Hasan,James C. R. Smart,John Finisdore,Catherine E. Lovelock,Suzie Greenhalgh,Helen M. Marr,Michael W. Beck,Chris L. Gillies,Chris L. Gillies,Nathan J. Waltham +12 more
TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper proposed using common asset trusts (CATs) to build investment portfolios of wetlands across landscapes that sustain and enhance overall provision of multiple ecosystem services, all using a coordinated, highly collaborative, prioritized, and transparent process.
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