It has been frequently stated, but without provision of supporting evidence, that the world has
lost 50% of its wetlands (or 50% since 1900 AD). This review of 189 reports of change in …

The total area of wetlands in China is 53.42× 10 6 ha, accounting for 10% of global wetlands
and 5.58% of China's territorial area. Wetlands in China are constantly under serious threat …

Natural climate solutions (NCS) are strategies for climate mitigation in the land sector that
increase carbon storage or avoid GHG emissions. Here we estimate China's historic NCS …

Spatially and thematically explicit information of wetlands is important to understanding
ecosystem functions and services, as well as for establishment of management policy and …

Even though researchers have paid a great deal of attention to wetland loss and status, the
actual extent of wetland loss on a global scale, especially the loss caused directly by human …

Lakes are sensitive indicators of anthropogenic climate change and also respond to direct
human activities. Yet, long-term lake inventories and quantitative evaluation of the factors …

Coastal wetlands, composed of coastal vegetation and non-vegetated tidal flats, play critical
roles in biodiversity conservation, food production, and the global economy. Coastal …

Humans benefit from multiple ecosystem services of wetlands, but massive wetland loss has
occurred worldwide due to rapid urbanization. To assess the problem, it is necessary to …

Tidal flats (non-vegetated area), along with coastal vegetation area, constitute the coastal
wetlands (intertidal zone) between high and low water lines, and play an important role in …

Herein we review estimates of global and regional wetland area from 'bottom-up'approaches
of site or national wetland inventories and 'top-down'approaches from global mapping and …