Why We Must Protect Wetlands

Wetlands across the world are drying up and burning — here's how we can protect them.

Wetlands provide clean water and food, serve as home for thousands of species, and mitigate climate change — but they're drying up and burning.

These ecosystems where the land is typically saturated with water — like swamps, marshes, and floodplains — cover nearly 500,000 acres across the world, and they're protected by the Ramsar Convention treaty.

But they're under constant threat from urban growth, drought, and wildfires. The increase and intensity of severe weather events are leading to acidification, cracking, and compaction of the soil, leaving ecosystems much more fragile.

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[animalswithtomek]

For example in Poland last year there was no snow in the winter and then the wetlands in Biebrza were burning:(

[thedamnedatheist]

The Murray Darling would be in decent shape if not for corrupt politicians & industrial farming of crops like cotton and rice which have no place in a dry country like Australia.

[YT-povp]

We used to have blue herons around my pond, havent seen one in the last 4 years!

[Skidmark]

In the 90s there was an org that you could donate to and they would buy wetlands to keep them from being developed. I dont know of any they actually bought. I think they just stole my money.

[mysteepulcine]

You showed a nuclear power plant while talking about global warming. Nuclear energy does not feed global warming. It is one of the safest and most efficient forms of energy. The "smoke" from the "smoke stacks" is just water, which is not a greenhouse gas. Please support nuclear as a fossil fuel alternative and do not lump it in with greenhouse gas producers.

[fasteddie]

Wetland are drying up but yet we have water levels rising. What he needs to say are the wealthy people are developing them because of greed. Just like cutting down the rain forest for exotic wood

[Kiyoone]

Brasil Pantanal burned bad last year... They do not care. The government officials (none have a degree in any science, if it have any degree at all) said that if they had more grass grazing cows, the fire would have been avoided...

[tocallopr]

“Why we (humans) must protect wetlands”...from whom??? Oh, yeah...OTHER HUMANS!!! 😆😆🤦🏻‍♂️

[danrynazewski]

Need to put those wetlands in a bottle ..we will settle for no less!!

[inevitable]

There is 1 man. Bill Gates. Who owns a large amount of farmland in the U.S. how much does he own?
242, 000 acres.