Journal of Geographical Sciences

, Volume 14, Issue 1, pp 45–51 | Cite as

Progress and prospect of wetland research in China

Physical Geography
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Abstract

Traditional wetland study in China mainly focuses on mire resources investigation and utilization. At present, environment, resources problems and sustainable development theory have infused new driving force into the wetland development. Since wetlands have huge ecological and environmental functions, they are paid more and more attention to by academic circles. The key field in wetland study at present is the natural process of wetlands, including hydrologic process, biogeochemical cycle process, and biological process, the relation between wetlands and global changes, wetland function evaluation and wetland rehabilitation. The paper reviews the main study progress of wetlands in China, analyses the present situation of wetland researches in China, and puts forward the main direction of wetland science researches in China.

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wetland science research progress prospect China 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Northeast Institute of Geography and Agricultural EcologyCASChangchunChina

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