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Wetlands are often viewed as wasteland: places to be drained and converted for development and other land uses. Since 1900 more than 64% of wetlands have […]

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What Are Wetlands?

Wetlands occur where water meets land. They include mangroves, peatlands and marshes, rivers and lakes, deltas, floodplains and flooded forests, rice-fields, and even coral reefs. Wetlands exist in every country and in every climatic zone, from the polar regions to the tropics, and from high altitudes to dry regions. Read more...

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Species

European wetlands are home to a rich abundance of animal and plant life. From rivers filled with fish, mussels and snails, wetlands where freshwater turtles are found, to the Arctic, where migratory birds breed and marine mammals gather in summer and for migration, and from coastal wetlands teeming with playful dolphins, to drylands in areas close to Europe, where wetlands provide a seasonal lifeline for species of all kinds.

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Wetland Biodiversity

From the wild rivers of the Balkan Peninsula to the vast Arctic tundra, from mountain streams with giant salamanders to peat swamps filled with dazzling dragonflies, from waterholes to estuaries full of salmon, sea trout and waterbirds, wetlands provide some of the world’s greatest nature spectacles.

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