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However, wetlands are disappearing more and more. For instance, about 50% of South Africa’s wetlands have already been destroyed or converted through draining, the building of dams, incorrect burning and overgrazing, invasive alien species, waste disposal, water abstraction, agricultural, urban development and inappropriate land management. These losses are expected to increase as the human population grows and demand for water resources and land expands.

 

Rural communities obtain direct benefits from wetlands when they harvest reeds for crafts, grow crops in wetland fields and extract water for drinking. They also obtain medicinal plants from wetlands, and at least 70% of South Africans are believed to use traditional medicine as their primary form of health care. Wetlands are also important carbon sinks, playing a key role in mitigating climate change.

==Reference manuals, videos, and link==

==Acknowledgements==

* [http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Publications/IWMI_Research_Reports/PDF/PUB137/RR137.aspx Wetlands, Agriculture and Poverty Reduction.] IWMI, 2010.* [http://www.moyawatenga.co.za/why-wetlands-matter-a-media-release-from-the-ewt/ Why Wetlands Matter | A media Release from The EWT.]

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