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Review of Wetland Management Roles, Functions, and Innovations

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Faced with a loss of 50% of the world's wetlands plus increasing stress on the remaining wetlands (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 2005), it is time to review the eight previous case studies for lessons learned and any wetland management innovations that could be applicable to other wetland systems and other regions of the world. The focus of this final chapter will be to address these issues as well as to offer any guidance for sustainable wetland management from an international perspective.

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Smardon, R. (2009). Review of Wetland Management Roles, Functions, and Innovations. In: Sustaining the World's Wetlands. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-49429-6_10

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