Although 20% of Brazilian territory is covered by wetlands, wetland inventories are still incomplete. In 1993, Brazil signed the Ramsar Convention but a coherent national policy for the sustainable management and protection ...

South America is the continent of wetlands, which represents more than 20% of its surface. Since the ecological integrity of wetlands strongly depends on their water sources and dynamics, it is fundamental to understand ...

Vereda and Murundu wetlands are widespread in the Cerrado (Brazilian savannah). The wetlands occupy topographic depressions on the flat plateau, which are permanently or seasonally waterlogged, with topsoil that has high ...

Costa Rica comprises approximately 6% of the world’s biodiversity. Among these lush ecosystems, wetlands are represented in mangrove forests near the sea, along river lowlands, sedimentary and volcanic mountains, and ...

Wetland loss is a global concern because wetlands are highly diverse ecosystems that provide important goods and services, thus threatening both biodiversity and human well-being. The Paraná River Delta is one of the largest ...

Wetlands such as swamps, bogs, mangroves, marshes and diffuse springs are complex environmental systems periodically or permanently flooded. These systems provide many ecosystem services, for example peak flood reduction, ...

What are coastal wetland ecosystems, what are their limits of distribution, and where dothey exist in the overall coastal landscape? There are several general definitions for wetlands,but the Ramsar definition is likely ...