Like so many of the planet’s natural habitats, wetlands have been systematically destroyed over the past 300 years. Bogs, fens, marshes and swamps have disappeared from maps and memory, having been drained, dug up and built on.
2014 Report updating the 1993 Report
Report in the Wetlands of Oceania 1993
The management plan describes the priority strategies for the Ijuw/Anabar wetlands Proposed Conservation area (PCA) that will best maintain and improve the key conservation values in this area by reducing the impact of threats, including from climate change.Available onlineCall Number: [EL],574.526 325 MANISBN/ISSN: 978-982-04-0682-7,978-982-04-0683-4Physical Description: 13 p. 29 cm
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