How much wetland has the world lost? Long-term and recent trends in global wetland area

NC Davidson - Marine and Freshwater Research, 2014‏ - CSIRO Publishing
It has been frequently stated, but without provision of supporting evidence, that the world has
lost 50% of its wetlands (or 50% since 1900 AD). This review of 189 reports of change in …

The role of coastal plant communities for climate change mitigation and adaptation

CM Duarte, IJ Losada, IE Hendriks, I Mazarrasa… - Nature climate …, 2013‏ - nature.com
Marine vegetated habitats (seagrasses, salt-marshes, macroalgae and mangroves) occupy
0.2% of the ocean surface, but contribute 50% of carbon burial in marine sediments. Their …

An expert system model for map** tropical wetlands and peatlands reveals South America as the largest contributor

T Gumbricht, RM Roman‐Cuesta… - Global change …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Wetlands are important providers of ecosystem services and key regulators of climate
change. They positively contribute to global warming through their greenhouse gas …

Tracking the rapid loss of tidal wetlands in the Yellow Sea

NJ Murray, RS Clemens, SR Phinn… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
In the Yellow Sea region of East Asia, tidal wetlands are the frontline ecosystem protecting a
coastal population of more than 60 million people from storms and sea‐level rise. However …

Drivers, trends, and potential impacts of long-term coastal reclamation in China from 1985 to 2010

B Tian, W Wu, Z Yang, Y Zhou - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2016‏ - Elsevier
The reclamation of coastal land for agricultural, industrial, and urban land use—a common
worldwide practice—has occurred extensively in the coastal region of China. In recent …

Conversions between natural wetlands and farmland in China: A multiscale geospatial analysis

D Mao, L Luo, Z Wang, MC Wilson, Y Zeng… - Science of the Total …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Agricultural activity is widely recognized as a leading driver of natural wetland loss in many
parts of the world. However, little is known about the spatiotemporal patterns of conversion …

A global assessment of inland wetland conservation status

V Reis, V Hermoso, SK Hamilton, D Ward… - Bioscience, 2017‏ - academic.oup.com
Wetlands have been extensively modified by human activities worldwide. We provide a
global-scale portrait of the threats and protection status of the world's inland wetlands by …

Development and management of land reclamation in China

W Wang, H Liu, Y Li, J Su - Ocean & Coastal Management, 2014‏ - Elsevier
In recent decades, sea enclosing and land reclamation has become an important way in
China to accommodate the increasing need of space for living and development. In this …

China's water security: current status, emerging challenges and future prospects

Y Jiang - Environmental Science & Policy, 2015‏ - Elsevier
China has been facing increasingly severe water scarcity that seriously threatens the socio-
economic development and its sustainability of this country. This paper is intended to …

Simultaneous declines in summer survival of three shorebird species signals a flyway at risk

T Piersma, T Lok, Y Chen, CJ Hassell… - Journal of Applied …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
There is increasing concern about the world's animal migrations. With many land‐use and
climatological changes occurring simultaneously, pinning down the causes of large‐scale …