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Guidance for identifying and designating peatlands, wet grasslands, mangroves and coral reefs as Wetlands of International Importance
… "Wetlands: water, life, and culture" 8th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the … threatened ecological communities, as well as threatened species, under Ramsar Criterion 2 will often be of particular … interactions. They play an important role in storm protection and coastal stabilization. 38. Worldwide, mangrove …
Ramsar Fact Sheet 8 Keep Peatlands wet for a better future
… on Wetlands Fact Sheet 8 Peatlands cover only 3% of the Earth’s land surface, but store more carbon than all … wet for a better future Peatlands occur in a great variety of forms and are present in more than half of all Ramsar … the vegetation. Paludiculture of native peat swamp species is being piloted with local communities. Peatland …