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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.

 

==Field experiences==

In Vientiane, the capital of Lao PDR, wetlands offer flood attenuation and wastewater treatment services valued at USD 2 million per year. It has been estimated that these ecosystem services constitute investment savings of more than USD 18 million in damage costs avoided and USD 1.5 million in the artificial technologies that would be required to fulfill the same functions. - [http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=19&ved=0CGkQFjAIOAo&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjourneytoforever.org%2Ffarm_library%2FAD15.pdf&ei=VBTAT8qiGuOsiALf_sX4Bw&usg=AFQjCNFVduvo_R82hs4Un2B-KjLg34oMzA&sig2=UqhRFw01IlMHiPZQDAZbuA MAKING WATER A PART OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.]

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