quickly‚ oblivious to the consequences that may come. Wetlands are essential resources for the environment. Wetlands provide homes for many animals especially for birds and fishes; it also provides benefits for humans such as flood prevention‚ protection from erosion‚ and provides food. Four hundred years ago around 220 million acres of wetland existed across the 48 states in America by the year 1993‚ 110 million acres remain 50 percent of wetlands have been destroyed due to various reasons some include
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"A wetland is land that is saturated with water long enough to promote wetland or aquatic processes as indicated by poorly drained soils‚ hydrophytic vegetation and various kinds of biological activity which are adapted to a wet environment. Are important habitats that provide homes for many endangered species and that they help to control floods and filter some pollutants. LOCATION Victoria has 10 wetland sites on the List of Wetlands of International Importance (commonly called the Ramsar
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11/15/12 Wetland Treatment Environmental Systems Adam Pittman Bluefield State College 11/15/12 Wetland Treatment Environmental Systems Adam Pittman Bluefield State College Adam Pittman Environmental Systems Wetland Treatment A very important aspect in civil engineering is dealing with projects that contain wetland treatment. Wetland treatment is a very touchy matter in most environmental practices across the country and must be dealt with according to law in order to preserve wildlife
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Wetland Destruction Wetlands are very important to the ecosystem and human communities. They filter pollution‚ provide habitat for countless species‚ endangered plants and provide natural flood protection. In the 1600s more than 220 million acres of wetlands existed. Due to farming and development‚ by 1980 more than half of those had been destroyed. Wetland destruction is becoming a huge problem. Not only are wetlands disappearing but those still existing are suffering degradation from chemical
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What is a wetland? Wetlands are areas that are inundated by water cyclically‚ intermittently or permanently and can have fresh‚ brackish or salt water. The main wetland types include swamps‚ marshes‚ bogs‚ and fens. Wetlands are the link between land and water and are some of the most productive ecosystems in the world. Depending on the type of wetland‚ it may be filled mostly with trees‚ grasses‚ shrubs or moss. An area doesn’t need to be permanently wet to qualify as a wetland. It just needs to
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Report on Visit to Deepor Beel in Assam – a wetland included under National Wetland Conservation and Management Programme of the Ministry of Environment & Forests. 13-14 August 2008 1. Context The Expert Team constituted by the Planning Commission‚ Government of India‚ to Review the status of implementation of the National Wetland Conservation and Management Programme (NWCMP) of the Ministry of Environment & Forests‚ by visiting selected wetlands in the country‚ made an on-the-spot review and
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DISCUSS THE NATURAL AND HUMAN – INDUCED THREATS TO THESE WETLANDS AND OUTLINE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES WHICH COULD PROTECT AND SUSTAIN THEM. Mangroves are a type of marine ecosystem. They occur within the intertidal zone of the Minnamurra River estuary. This ecosystem is made up of a community of plants and animals interacting with each other and the abiotic environment. The vegetation of the shoreline is dominated by the Grey Mangrove and the River Mangrove. At the study site‚ both mangroves can
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A wetland is a land area that is saturated with water‚ either permanently or seasonally‚ such that it takes on the characteristics of a distinct ecosystem.[2] Primarily‚ the factor that distinguishes wetlands from other land forms or water bodies is the characteristic vegetation that is adapted to its unique soil conditions. Wetlands consist primarily of hydric soil‚ which supports aquatic plants.[3][4] The water found in wetlands can be saltwater‚ freshwater‚ or brackish.[4] Main wetland types
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Wet Lands and Water Birds of Bangladesh. Dhaka: Forest Department‚ Government of the People ’s Republic of Bangladesh. Forest Department. (1976). National Report for Bangladesh. In: Smart‚ M. (ed.)‚ Proc. International Conference on Conservation of Wetlands and Waterfowl‚ Heiligenhafen‚ Federal Republic of Germany‚ 2-6 December 1974: 74-80. Slimbridge: IWRB. Fugler‚ C.M. (1984). The Commercially Exploited Chelonia of Bangladesh: Taxonomy‚ Ecology‚ Reproductive Biology and Ontogeny. Fisheries Information
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Wetlands are areas of land that are wet‚ flooded either permanently or seasonally and where land retains water for long enough to allow the development of characteristics soils‚ plants and animals. Or Areas of marsh‚ fen‚ peat land or water‚ whether natural or artificial‚ permanent or temporary‚ with water that is static or flowing‚ brackish or salt‚ including areas of marine water the depth of which at low tide does not exceed six meters‚ (Ramsar Convention 2009). 1.
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