Wetlands are a home for wildlife, a vital carbon store and protect us from floods -- but they're estimated to be disappearing three times faster than forests EarthDay CallToEarth
London While musicians and movie stars campaign vocally to protect our rainforests and oceans, the world's wetlands rarely get the same level of public support. They are in many ways the planet's unglamorous, unsung heroes -- yet by one estimate wetlands are disappearing three times faster than forests.
Our rivers, lakes, marshes, mangroves and peatlands are home to countless species that can survive nowhere else -- from beavers and freshwater turtles to waterfowl and thousands of kinds of fish. They're also a vital long-term store of carbon, helping protect the world from climate change."Inland wetlands are the biggest biodiversity hotspot in the world," says William Darwall, head of the Freshwater Biodiversity Unit at the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
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