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Wetlands International

Index Wetlands International

Wetlands International is a global organisation that works to sustain and restore wetlands and their resources for people and biodiversity. [1]

27 relations: America's Wetland Foundation, Americas, Anatidae, Argentina, Asia, Biodiversity, Bird migration, Central Kalimantan, Climate change, Coral reef, Ede, Netherlands, Flyway, Inner Niger Delta, Mangrove, Mire, Netherlands, Overexploitation, Paddy field, Peat swamp forest, Ramsar site, Sahel, Tierra del Fuego, Water bird, Wetland, Yangtze, Yellow River, Zoigê County.

America's Wetland Foundation

America's WETLAND Foundation (AWF) is a nonprofit, tax exempt 501(c)(3) organization with the stated mission to save and conserve coastal wetlands in the U.S. state of Louisiana.

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Americas

The Americas (also collectively called America)"America." The Oxford Companion to the English Language.

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Anatidae

The Anatidae are the biological family of birds that includes ducks, geese, and swans.

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Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic (República Argentina), is a federal republic located mostly in the southern half of South America.

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Asia

Asia is Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres.

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Biodiversity

Biodiversity, a portmanteau of biological (life) and diversity, generally refers to the variety and variability of life on Earth.

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Bird migration

Bird migration is the regular seasonal movement, often north and south along a flyway, between breeding and wintering grounds.

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Central Kalimantan

Central Kalimantan (Kalimantan Tengah), is a province of Indonesia.

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Climate change

Climate change is a change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns when that change lasts for an extended period of time (i.e., decades to millions of years).

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Coral reef

Coral reefs are diverse underwater ecosystems held together by calcium carbonate structures secreted by corals.

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Ede, Netherlands

Ede is a municipality and a city in the center of the Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland.

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Flyway

A flyway is a flight path used in bird migration.

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Inner Niger Delta

The Inner Niger Delta, also known as the Macina or Masina, is the inland delta of the Niger River.

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Mangrove

A mangrove is a shrub or small tree that grows in coastal saline or brackish water.

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Mire

A mire is a wetland type, dominated by living, peat-forming plants.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands (Nederland), often referred to as Holland, is a country located mostly in Western Europe with a population of seventeen million.

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Overexploitation

Overexploitation, also called overharvesting, refers to harvesting a renewable resource to the point of diminishing returns.

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Paddy field

A paddy field is a flooded parcel of arable land used for growing semiaquatic rice.

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Peat swamp forest

Peat swamp forests are tropical moist forests where waterlogged soil prevents dead leaves and wood from fully decomposing.

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Ramsar site

A Ramsar Site is a wetland site designated of international importance under the Ramsar Convention.

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Sahel

The Sahel is the ecoclimatic and biogeographic zone of transition in Africa between the Sahara to the north and the Sudanian Savanna to the south.

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Tierra del Fuego

Tierra del Fuego (Spanish for "Land of Fire") is an archipelago off the southernmost tip of the South American mainland, across the Strait of Magellan.

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Water bird

The term water bird, waterbird or aquatic bird (not to be confused with wading birds) is used to refer to birds that live on or around water.

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Wetland

A wetland is a land area that is saturated with water, either permanently or seasonally, such that it takes on the characteristics of a distinct ecosystem.

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Yangtze

The Yangtze, which is 6,380 km (3,964 miles) long, is the longest river in Asia and the third-longest in the world.

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Yellow River

The Yellow River or Huang He is the second longest river in Asia, after the Yangtze River, and the sixth longest river system in the world at the estimated length of.

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Zoigê County

Zoigê County (Tibetan: མཛོད་དགེ་རྫོང༌།, Wylie: mdzod dge rdzong) is a county of Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, China, bordering Gansu to the north.

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Redirects here:

Asian Wetland Bureau, INTERWADER, IWRB, International Waterfowl & Wetlands Research Bureau, International Waterfowl and Wetlands Research Bureau, International Wildfowl Inquiry, International Wildfowl and Wetlands Research Bureau, Interwader, Wetlands for the Americas.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetlands_International

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