The world's big rivers and their floodplains were central to development of civilization and
are now home to c. 2.7 billion people. They are economically vital whilst also constituting …

In Brazil, the country with the highest plant species richness in the world, biodiverse
savannas and grasslands–ie, grassy ecosystems, which occupy 27% of the country–have …

Wetlands are important providers of ecosystem services and key regulators of climate
change. They positively contribute to global warming through their greenhouse gas …

Abstract About 5–10% of the world's land surface is currently wetland but possibly> 70% is
already destroyed or impaired. Conservation of these unique ecosystems lags progress in …

Understand the current concept of wetland and methods for identifying, describing,
classifying, and delineating wetlands in the United States with Wetland Indicators-capturing …

Many studies have shown that biodiversity regulates multiple ecological functions that are
needed to maintain the productivity of a variety of ecosystem types. What is unknown is how …

In many countries of the Global South, aquatic ecosystems such as streams, rivers, lakes,
and wetlands are severely impacted by several simultaneous environmental stressors …

Abstract The Amazon River and its large tributaries are bordered by floodplains covering
tens of thousands of square kilometers. Studies on the structure, function, and species …

The rapid transformation of land cover/land use (LCLU) is a strong indication of global
environmental change. In order to monitor LCLU through maps, a significant dataset and …

Wetlands are ecosystems at the interface between terrestrial and aquatic environments,
subject to flooding by shallow waters or with temporarily to permanently waterlogged soils …