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Somos una organización sin fines de lucro dedicada a la conservación y restauración de los humedales en todo el mundo. Trabajamos en el campo técnico junto a las comunidades, organizaciones de la sociedad civil, universidad, sector público y privado.
Wetlands International es una organización mundial que trabaja para mantener y restaurar los humedales y sus recursos para la gente y la naturaleza . Es una organización global independiente, sin fines de lucro, apoyada por miembros gubernamentales y de ONGs de todo el mundo.
13 de jun. de 2024 · Wetland, complex ecosystem characterized by flooding or saturation of the soil, which creates low-oxygen environments that favour a specialized assemblage of plants, animals, and microbes, which exhibit adaptations designed to tolerate periods of sluggishly moving or standing water.
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24 de feb. de 2023 · Wetlands are carbon sinks that, when destroyed, can become a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. Altogether, wetlands contain about a third of the world’s carbon, and when they’re ...
A wetland is a distinct semi-aquatic ecosystem whose groundcovers are flooded or saturated in water, either permanently, for years or decades, or only seasonally for a shorter periods. Flooding results in oxygen -poor ( anoxic) processes taking place, especially in the soils. [1] .
10 de jun. de 2024 · Wetlands occur wherever water meets land. These unique habitats include mangroves, peatlands and marshes, rivers and lakes, deltas, floodplains and flooded forests, rice-fields, and even coral reefs. Healthy wetlands are central to solving the interconnected climate, biodiversity, and water crises.
Wetlands in deltas and along coasts are connectors between marine, freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems. These wetlands include mangrove forests, salt marshes, seagrass beds, mudflats and even coral reefs! By regulating flows of water and sediment, they contribute to building robust and diverse coastlines.
28 de jun. de 2024 · The Convention on Wetlands is the intergovernmental treaty that provides the framework for the conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources. The Convention was adopted in the Iranian city of Ramsar in 1971 and came into force in 1975.
A wetland is a place in which the land is covered by water—salt, fresh, or somewhere in between—either seasonally or permanently. It functions as its own distinct ecosystem. You can recognize wetlands from other types of land or bodies of water primarily by the vegetation that has adapted to wet soil. © Roger Leguen / WWF-Canon.
