Wetlands

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.