A wetland inventory and assessment was made as a basis for development of a national wetlands policy for Colombia (CMWP). Major wetlands were identified from a 1:1 500 000 scale national hydrological map. Of 57 major wetlands in 27 catchments or wetland complexes, wetlands in 16 of these were selected for assessment. Wetland type, ecological status and wetland value for each wetland was scored ...

according to performed classification by ramsar convention (1971), choghakhor is one of the most valuable wetlands of iran. despite of high abilities of perspective and variation of habitats, tourism valuations are not considered. in this study, promenade valuation choghakhor wetland was estimated by using zonal travel cost method. these methods is based on using map, sight, social-economical c...

The study site is a typical, perched wetland in a saline, sulfidic discharge area in the eastern Mt Lofty Ranges near Adelaide, South Australia. The wetland is part of the 10% of strongly waterlogged landscape identified by GIS analysis of a larger 80 km area. Approximately 40% of this area was identified as being poorly drained, but only a small proportion, less than 10%, supports wetland vege...

Long-term intensive land use/cover changes (LUCCs) of the Yellow River Delta (YRD) have been happening since the 1960s. The land use patterns of the LUCCs are crucial for bio-diversity conservation and/or sustainable development. This study quantified patterns of the LUCCs, explored the systematic transitions, and identified wetland change trajectory for the period 1976–2014 in the YRD. Landsat...

Wetland assessment tools are being developed and employed in wetland monitoring and conservation based on physical, chemical and biological characterization. In wetland biological assessment, various ecological functions have been described by biological traits of an entire species pool that adapts to different types of wetland environments. Since microorganisms play a key role in wetland bioge...

Wetlands play important ecological, economic, and cultural roles in societies around the world. However, wetland degradation has become a serious ecological issue, raising the global sustainability concern. An accurate wetland map is essential for wetland management. Here we used a fuzzy method to create a hybrid wetland map for China through the combination of five existing wetlands datasets, ...