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Guidance for identifying and designating peatlands, wet grasslands, mangroves and coral reefs as Wetlands of International Importance
… are most vulnerable and threatened by habitat loss and degradation, and thus in need of urgent priority action to … and include: a) direct threats, including drainage and land conversion, excavation, burning, over- grazing, … can occur as a human-made wetland type, under 3 (irrigated land, including irrigation channels and rice fields), and 4 …
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 … permission from IPS Peat < 5 % Peat 5 % – 10 % Peat > 10 % land area Mangroves Islands with peat Bays / lagoons often … have been drained, covering less than 0.4% of the global land surface. Yet this relatively small area contributes 5% …