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Understanding the relationship between communities and wetland ecosystems is imperative to facilitate the development of wetland management and conservation strategies that can effectively safeguard wetland health and sustain the flow of ecosystem services.
Wetland ecosystems and civilizations have maintained dynamic relationships for millennia. Wetlands are highly productive ecosystems that provide a vast array of ecosystem functions and services to humans. Reclamation of wetlands, changing climate, fires, and surface and groundwater extraction have made wetlands among the most threatened ecosystems in the world. Since the turn of the 20th century, a significant proportion of the world’s wetlands (i.e., 64%–71%) has been lost to degradation, with the most substantial large-scale transformation occurring in Asia. Land use and land cover change have been identified as among the major drivers of wetland loss. Degradation and conversion of wetlands adversely impact the productivity of land, habitats, and resources, and often the poorest communities are directly dependent on the functions and services of these wetland ecosystems.
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Past event / Share knowledge and perspectives and explore avenues for collaboration on critical water, energy, and climate issues in the Mekong Region.
Project / Supporting conservation in Myanmar's Upper Chindwin River with community-based water and resource management
Past event / This event will screen three short films from SEI's Rajesh Daniel, including the premiere of “Across the Valley of Gold and Amber”.
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