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Document - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: its History and Development
… of human history, wetlands have remained in disrepute. Drainage and reclamation have always been considered … something to be confined by embankments or got rid of by drainage - especially where fertile plains were created for … bowls” of the Midwest made the perils of ill-considered drainage easier to appreciate. President Franklin D. …
3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts
… effective under conditions of significant restructuring drainage system lands. The aim of such drainage systems was disqualification of excessive amounts of … in the world - 3,4%). In the course of the large - scale drainage of peatlands and active peat extraction, especially …