Wetland Ecology and Conservation

Author: Tao Siming
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Publish Date: 2003-11-01
Features: This book comprehensively discusses the functions and benefits of wetlands in ecosystem services, socio-economic development, and biodiversity conservation at the species and ecosystem levels, using familiar materials and methods. It analyzes the damage and harm to China's wetlands, their current protection status, challenges, opportunities, and potential countermeasures. It also introduces the types and distribution of wetlands, along with relevant information from abroad. Taking the understanding of the structure and function of river wetland ecosystems as a starting point, it argues that rivers not only affect humans, animals, plants, and vegetation systems beyond the water body in nurturing life, but first and foremost, rivers themselves possess numerous life phenomena and high biological productivity, becoming aquatic ecosystems. This represents a powerful and forward-moving process of terrestrial ecosystem, which only then demonstrates the stability of water volume and the usability of water quality. It calls for attention to the health of river wetland ecosystems, making the components of river ecosystems in natural landscapes important environmental goals for sustainable development strategies.