Wetlands are among the most important natural resources on earth, as sources of biological, cultural and economic … diversity. Conservation and management of wetlands have been identified as priority tasks for action in international … functions and concepts for sustainable use of wetlands and (ii) compiling relevant information sources on geographic …

Wetlands are often refereed to as the ‘kidney of the river’, but what is the value of the water filtration they provide …, and what is the cost of wetland destruction? This paper determines the economic value of wetlands for water filtration. It … demonstrates that wetlands are of considerable economic value, even where the volume of water filtered is in excess of that …

damages by using wetlands as storm buffers. The physical science literature shows that wetlands do provide situational … protection from storm surge. However, little economic analysis has explored the effect of wetlands on economic losses. This …-economic conditions and storm intensity allows the estimation of the value of wetlands for their protective ecosystem services under …