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30 de ene. de 2020 · The book Freshwater: The Essence of Life, published in 2010, made the case that “freshwater ecosystems are the ultimate biodiversity hotspot. They contain a greater concentration of life than anywhere else and are seriously imperiled”. Ten years on, these facts remain true, and this year, World Wetlands Day on February 2 is focused on ...
26 de abr. de 2024 · Wetlands International Latinoamérica y el Caribe. Somos una organización global sin fines de lucro dedicada a la conservación y restauración de humedales. Nuestra visión es un mundo en el que los humedales sean valorados y cuidados por su belleza, la vida que sostienen y los recursos que proveen.
What are wetlands? Wetlands are transitional areas, sandwiched between permanently flooded deepwater environments and well-drained uplands, where the water table is usually at or near the surface or the land is covered by shallow water. They include mangroves, marshes (salt, brackish, intermediate, and fresh), swamps, forested wetlands, bogs ...
31 de may. de 2023 · Wetlands' microbes, plants and wildlife are part of global cycles for water, nitrogen and sulfur. Furthermore, scientists are beginning to realize that atmospheric maintenance may be an additional wetlands function. Wetlands store carbon within their plant communities and soil instead of releasing it to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide.
Wetlands are where the water table is at or near the surface of the land, or where the land is permanently or temporarily (as with the tides) covered by water. Although once thought of as mosquito-filled swamps or bogs, wetlands actually perform many valuable functions. Wetlands act like the kidneys of the earth, cleaning the water that flows ...
The Wetland Mapper fulfills the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s strategic plan for the development, revision and dissemination of wetlands data and information to resource managers and the public. This information is intended to promote the understanding and conservation of wetland resources through discovery and education as well as to aid in resource management, research and decision making.
Wetland - Ecosystem, Habitat, Conservation: Wetland functions are defined as the physical, chemical, and biological processes or attributes that are vital to the integrity of the wetland system. Because wetlands are often transition zones (ecotones) between terrestrial and deepwater aquatic systems, many processes have major implications for species.
