According to National Geographic, the term "wetland" encompasses areas of land either submerged or saturated with water. Although they cover only about six percent of Earth's surface, wetlands are ...

You’ll know you’re in a wetland when your shoe prints turn muddy and wet. They make up just 6 percent of Earth’s surface ... the Sackett family from building their home because the agency ...

They include all areas that are permanently or frequently covered by water ... have a national wetland inventory. Gathering data from satellite based sensors, called Earth observation data ...

China last month donated to the United Nations the first open-access, high-resolution map of Earth's ... ten types of land cover, including forests, artificial surfaces and wetlands, for the ...

Alhough they cover only around 6 per cent of the Earth’s land surface, 40 per cent of all plant and animal species live or breed in wetlands. Wetland biodiversity matters for our health ...

As a key participant and leading contributor to wetland conservation, China's wisdom on wetland protection has been widely recognized and praised by the international community, Lu Lunyan, chief ...