Why are rivers and deltas important? Water and food: Rivers are an important source of irrigation, food and agricultural irrigation. The river water replenishes the […]

Wetlands are often viewed as wasteland: places to be drained and converted for development and other land uses. Since 1900 more than 64% of wetlands have […]

Wetlands occur where water meets land. They include mangroves, peatlands and marshes, rivers and lakes, deltas, floodplains and flooded forests, rice-fields, and even coral reefs. […]