Wetlands and Sustainability
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water Quality and Contamination".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2014) | Viewed by 72568
Special Issue Editor
Interests: visual resource management; landscape assessment; cultural ecosystem services; wetland assessment
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Dear Colleagues,
Freshwater and saltwater wetlands are both some of the most productive ecosystems on earth but also are some of the most sensitive systems to disturbance and degradation. As we try to determine best means of protecting, management and even restoring such systems we are faced with at least two major dilemmas:
- Tradeoffs between sustainable use of wetlands for food, fuel and fiber versus protection of ecosystem diversity and stability, and
- Appropriate roles of Big International Non-government Organizations (BINGO’s), national and regional governments, and local community based organizations.
With the advent of climate change – another element has been added that affects sustainability of wetland ecological systems.
This special issue focuses on sustainable wetland management science with special emphasis on the two issues identified above.
Prof. Dr. Richard SmardonGuest Editor
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