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The FMWSI’s Wetland Best Management Practices for Forest Management Planning…
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Read MoreA user-friendly overview of the interactions between boreal wetlands and…
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Report on waterfowl surveys conducted from 2013-2015 in the Seal…
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The Canadian and Alaskan boreal zone is one of the most water rich areas in the world, and contains an estimated combined surface water and peatland area the size of Indonesia (?1.94 million km2). Boreal wetlands are diverse in form and function and can be classified into five major types: bogs, fens, swamps, marshes, and shallow open water wetlands.
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Natural resource extraction is expanding towards increasingly remote areas. Meanwhile, the sustainability of most ecosystem service (ES) supplies, which form a great part of the livelihoods, health and economy of inhabitants in remote regions, is threatened by large-scale land-use changes.
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The consequences of considering ecosystem services (ES) in conservation assessment are still widely debated. The degree of success depends on the extent to which biodiversity and ES can be secured under joint conservation actions.
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There are 30 threatened or endangered species of waterfowl worldwide, and several sub-populations are also threatened.
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