Conservation: 'No Net Loss' of Wetland Quantity and Quality

Qiang He

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2019.08.027

Conservation: 'No Net Loss' of Wetland Quantity and Quality

Curr Biol. 2019 Oct 21;29(20):R1070-R1072. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.08.027.

Author

Qiang He¹

Affiliation

¹ Coastal Ecology Lab, MOE Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecological Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China. Electronic address: he_qiang@hotmail.com.

PMID: 31639348
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.08.027

Abstract

The 'no net loss' policy is being implemented in many countries for wetland and biodiversity conservation. A new study shows that in China - despite recent increases in overall wetland area - natural wetlands continue to decrease.

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MeSH terms

Biodiversity
China
Conservation of Natural Resources*
Wetlands*