▪ Abstract Estimates of global wetland area range from 5.3 to 12.8 million km2. About half the
global wetland area has been lost, but an international treaty (the 1971 Ramsar Convention) …

EU countries are required to perform an assessment of all freshwater habitats larger than 50
ha by 2015 to meet the requirements set by the Water Framework Directive (2000). To …

• USA-NY: Catskills-Delaware watershed for NY: PES/working with nature saves money (~
5US $ bn)• New Zealand: Te Papanui Park-water supply to hydropower, Dunedin city …

Vertical flow constructed wetlands for wastewater and sludge treatment represent a
relatively new and still growing technology. Vertical Flow Constructed Wetlands is the first …

Wetlands provide important and diverse benefits to people around the world, contributing
provisioning, regulating, habitat, and cultural services. Critical regulating services include …

We compiled available data and information on the global and regional areas (Ramsar
regions), and changes in area, of 22 classes of marine or coastal and inland wetlands. From …

This paper seeks to quantify the impact of a 1-m sea-level rise on coastal wetlands in 86
developing countries and territories. It is found that approximately 68% of coastal wetlands …

The International Conference on Water and the Environment held in Dublin in 1992
emphasized the need to consider water as an economic good. Since water markets are …

Global and regional areas and trends in area of unvegetated tidal flats, salt marshes,
mangroves and seagrass beds are updated and corrected from those published in Davidson …

Wetlands provide food and non‐food products that contribute to income and food security in
Uganda. This study determined the economic value of wetland resources and their …