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Contents below:
· General information
· Periodicals
· Institutions:
~ International
~ Research & education
~ Professional associations
~ NGOs
General information
Wetlands classification and types @ USEPA
Wetland Association & Organization List @ Rutgers
Periodicals
Journal of Wetland Archaeology
Institutions
~ International ~
Ramsar Sites Information Service
ASEAN Peatland Management Strategy 2023-2030
~ Governmental ~
Peatland Restoration Agency (PRA) [Indonesia]
~ Research & education
Global Wetlands Project (GLOW)
Wetlands Courses and Certificate Program
~ Professional associations ~
International Peatland Society (IPS)
Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS)
Rights of Wetlands Initiative & the Universial Declaration of the Rights of Wetlands
~ NGOs ~
Institute for Wetland and Waterfowl Research
· Changed in 1995 from the International Waterfowl Research Bureau (IWRB)
US wetland information
National Wetlands Inventory @ USFWS
Wetland Protection & Restoration @ USEPA
Wetland Reserve Enhancement Program
America's Wetland Foundation
· Defunct: Wikipedia entry.
National Association of Wetland Managers (NAWM)
Duke University Wetlands and Coasts Center
Living Observatory [Massachusetts]
Select readings on wetlands
· Reverse chronological order
Global Wetland Outlook: Special Edition 2021
· 2021 ~ Marianne Courouble, et al. ~ Gland, Switzerland: The Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands
· This is a report by the Ramsar Convention for the celebration of the convention’s 50 th anniversary.
· Its focus has more than 30 major assessments around the world with up-to-date scientific findings such
as the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, along with changes since 2018.
· It also covers the changes and lessons learned. It is also in French and Spanish, the official languages of the convention.
· Specifically, the topics of this report have four main parts: the impact of the pandemic, update on the
new findings since the 2018 report, wise use of wetlands & a look to future.
· There are also pages of acronyms and sources.
· 2015~ William J. Mitsch , James G. Gosselink ~ Wiley
· Textbook overview of the topic of wetlands.
· There have been many different editions since 1986 under the author Van Nostrand Reinhold.
· This new edition includes updates from data to images in the book, each with a description in different places, such as China.
· This book is also regularly updated.
· Five parts of the book:
1. introduction
2. scientific exploration of the wetland environment
3. wetland ecosystems, specifically tidal marshes,
tidal marshes, mangrove swamps, freshwater marshes, freshwater swamps, and riparian ecosystems peatlands
4. traditional wetland management
5. ecosystem services
· Includes an appendix for extra information & webpage.There is a newer edition of this, the 6
· Newer edition published in June 2023, with three more authors.