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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 … volcanic in origin) has progressively sunk below the sea surface. However, coral reefs that develop on continental … impact on coral reefs is the effect of rising sea surface temperatures linked to global climate change. This …
21 Jun 2026 Document

Ramsar Fact Sheet 8 Keep Peatlands wet for a better future

… Fact Sheet 8 Peatlands cover only 3% of the Earth’s land surface, but store more carbon than all the world’s forests … fertile soil, including severe soil subsidence and salt water intrusion in lowland coastal areas. Peatlands Pristine … been drained, covering less than 0.4% of the global land surface. Yet this relatively small area contributes 5% of …
21 Jun 2026 Document

Case Study - Inland Wetlands in India

… of inland wetlands 46 for sustainable management of water resources 50 Ousteri wetland, Puducherry 52 53 Jammu … groups and ecosystems services. obtained on both surface and ground water use at different times of the year. … livestock damage, etc. Their cost- to reconvert land surface which earlier had been under mangrove cover (Das and …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity