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World Wetlands Day 2017 Factsheet 1: Wetlands: A natural safeguard against disasters

… up the recovery and help to “build back better” after a disaster, acting as natural water filters and nutrient … degraded ones means that a community can deal with a disaster even better next time. Disaster or hazard? We think of floods, droughts, tsunamis, …
17 Jun 2026 Document

World Wetlands Day 2017 Factsheet 3: Wetlands sustain lives. How can we take care of them?

17 Jun 2026 Document

World Wetlands Day 2017 Factsheet 2: Five wetlands that help us cope with extreme weather events

… and coastal marsh is worth up to $US15,161 a year in disaster-related services. Mangroves also store carbon …
17 Jun 2026 Document