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Applications of RS, GIS and GPS technologies in research, inventory and management of wetlands in China

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This paper introduces the state of waterlands in China and discribes the applications of Remote Sensing (RS), Geographical Information System (GIS) and Global Positioning System (GPS) in wetland research, including land-coverclassification and change detection, wetland evolutionary processes, landscape-change analyses, channel migration, flood and wetlands resource monitoring and spatial quantitative analyses/modeling, ecosystem service evaluation, ecological processes and risk assessments, disease control, water quality monitoring/modeling, pollution monitoring/modeling, wetlands hydrology, wetland information systems and WebGIS. The limitations and needs for optimal use of these technologies are discussed, such as the limited advanced technical knowledge and skills, low awareness and capacity, unclear link between GIS output and policy making, lack of supporting policies and standards, lack of a wetlands geo-information networklimite, and the use of these techniques in wetland research. It is suggested that for realising true applications of RS, GIS and GPS technologies, the availability, accessibility, reliability, homogeneity, and continuity of wetlands-related geo-information, enabling environment, policies and standards, and funding are needed.

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  1. Wetland research Centre, Chinese Academy of Forestry, 100091, Beijing, P.R. China

    Cui Li-juan

  2. Wetlands International-China, 100011, Beijing, P.R. China

    Anna van Paddenburg

  3. Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Northeast Normal University, 130024, Changchun, P.R. China

    Zhang Man-yin

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Foundation item: This project was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30270275)

Biography: CUI Li-juan (1968-), female, Ph.D., associate professor, Wetland Research Centre, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, P. R. China

Responsible editor: Song Funan

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Li-juan, C., van Paddenburg, A. & Man-yin, Z. Applications of RS, GIS and GPS technologies in research, inventory and management of wetlands in China. Journal of Forestry Research 16, 317–322 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02858199

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