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| + | Wetlands can be considered as sinks into which surface water or groundwater flows from a surrounding catchment. Within landscapes they are “natural harvesters” of rainwater and, by definition, sites where water occurs at or close to the ground surface. | ||
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| + | ==Reference manuals, videos, and link== | ||
| + | * [http://wetlands-afrique.40fingers.eu/Resources/NewsEN/tabid/2693/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1873/Default.aspx Drought in eastern Africa worsened by wetland loss.] Wetlands International, 2009. | ||
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| + | ==Acknowledgements== | ||
[http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Publications/IWMI_Research_Reports/PDF/PUB137/RR137.aspx Wetlands, Agriculture and Poverty Reduction.] IWMI, 2010. | [http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Publications/IWMI_Research_Reports/PDF/PUB137/RR137.aspx Wetlands, Agriculture and Poverty Reduction.] IWMI, 2010. | ||
Revision as of 23:14, 25 May 2012
Wetlands can be considered as sinks into which surface water or groundwater flows from a surrounding catchment. Within landscapes they are “natural harvesters” of rainwater and, by definition, sites where water occurs at or close to the ground surface.
Reference manuals, videos, and link
- Drought in eastern Africa worsened by wetland loss. Wetlands International, 2009.
Acknowledgements
Wetlands, Agriculture and Poverty Reduction. IWMI, 2010.
