Ï㽶ÊÓƵ News - wetlands /channels/news_feeds/all/term/wetlands/rss en A second chance to protect wetlands /channels/channels/news/second-chance-protect-wetlands-330885 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Wetlands are among the most threatened ecosystems in the world. A new study, published in <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05572-6"><i>Nature</i></a><i>,</i> has found that the loss of wetland areas around the globe since 1700 has likely been overestimated. This is good news overall, however, the global picture hides significant variations, with several regions and distinct wetland types under significant levels of pressure. For instance, temperate river floodplains have been highly impacted while remote boreal-arctic peatlands remain comparatively unharmed.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/wetland_loss_-_resized.jpeg?itok=3aBOPv_n" width="160" height="90" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">8 </span><span class="month">February </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 08 Feb 2023 16:07:15 +0000 webfull 187075 at /channels A new global wetlands map /channels/news/new-global-wetlands-map-241106 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/wetlands-lowres50.jpg?itok=ZbjJgMCx" width="160" height="67" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">15 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2015</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 15 Jan 2015 14:59:05 +0000 webfull 107537 at /channels