Abstract
Wetlands occupy an estimated 6 per cent of the world’s land surface. Detailed inventories of types and location, however, are substantially incomplete and information on functions, values and status is extremely limited at the global scale.
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Maltby, E. (1988). Global Wetlands — History, Current Status and Future. In: The Ecology and Management of Wetlands. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8378-9_1
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