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Wetlands International, the Glossary

Wetlands International is a global organisation that works to sustain and restore wetlands and their resources for people and biodiversity.^[1]

30 relations: Americas, Anatidae, Asia, Audubon, Biodiversity, Bird migration, Central Kalimantan, Christmas Bird Count, Climate change, Coral reef, Ede, Netherlands, Flyway, Inner Niger Delta, Mangrove, Netherlands, Overexploitation, Paddy field, Peat swamp forest, Peatland, Ramsar site, Sahel, Sea level rise, Tierra del Fuego, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Water bird, Wetland, Yangtze, Yellow River, Yellow Sea, Zoigê County.
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Americas

The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America and South America.

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Anatidae

The Anatidae are the biological family of water birds that includes ducks, geese, and swans.

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Asia

Asia is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population.

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Audubon

The National Audubon Society (Audubon) is an American non-profit environmental organization dedicated to conservation of birds and their habitats.

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Biodiversity

Biodiversity (or biological diversity) is the variety and variability of life on Earth.

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Bird migration

Bird migration is a seasonal movement of birds between breeding and wintering grounds that occurs twice a year.

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Central Kalimantan

Central Kalimantan (Kalimantan Tengah) is a province of Indonesia.

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The Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is a census of birds in the Western Hemisphere, performed annually in the early Northern-hemisphere winter by volunteer birdwatchers and administered by the National Audubon Society.

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Climate change

In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system.

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Coral reef

A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals.

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Ede, Netherlands

Ede is a town and municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland.

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Flyway

A flyway is a flight path used by large numbers of birds while migrating between their breeding grounds and their overwintering quarters.

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Inner Niger Delta

The Inner Niger Delta, also known as the Macina or Masina, is the inland river delta of the Niger River.

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Mangrove

A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows mainly in coastal saline or brackish water.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.

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Overexploitation

Overexploitation, also called overharvesting, refers to harvesting a renewable resource to the point of diminishing returns.

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Paddy field

A paddy field is a flooded field of arable land used for growing semiaquatic crops, most notably rice and taro.

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Peat swamp forest

Peat swamp forests are tropical moist forests where waterlogged soil prevents dead leaves and wood from fully decomposing.

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Peatland

A peatland is a type of wetland whose soils consist of organic matter from decaying plants, forming layers of peat.

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Ramsar site

A Ramsar site is a wetland site designated to be of international importance under the Ramsar Convention,. Wetlands International and Ramsar site are wetland conservation.

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Sahel

The Sahel region or Sahelian acacia savanna is a biogeographical region in Africa.

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Sea level rise

Between 1901 and 2018, the average sea level rise was, with an increase of per year since the 1970s.

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Tierra del Fuego

Tierra del Fuego (Spanish for "Land of Fire", rarely also Fireland in English) is an archipelago off the southernmost tip of the South American mainland, across the Strait of Magellan.

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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the UN process for negotiating an agreement to limit dangerous climate change.

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Water bird

A water bird, alternatively waterbird or aquatic bird, is a bird that lives on or around water.

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Wetland

A wetland is a distinct semi-aquatic ecosystem whose groundcovers are flooded or saturated in water, either permanently, for years or decades, or only seasonally for a shorter periods.

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Yangtze

Yangtze or Yangzi is the longest river in Eurasia, the third-longest in the world.

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Yellow River

The Yellow River is the second-longest river in China, after the Yangtze; with an estimated length of it is the sixth-longest river system on Earth.

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Yellow Sea

The Yellow Sea, also known as North Sea, is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean located between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula, and can be considered the northwestern part of the East China Sea.

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Zoigê County

Zoigê County or Ruo'ergai County is a county of Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan, China, bordering Gansu to the north.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetlands_International

Also known as Asian Wetland Bureau, INTERWADER, IWRB, International Waterfowl & Wetlands Research Bureau, International Waterfowl and Wetlands Research Bureau, International Wildfowl Inquiry, International Wildfowl and Wetlands Research Bureau, Wetlands for the Americas.