Research news | 2022-02-02

We need to talk about wetlands and how to save them

Restoration of wetlands could make a significant contribution to the EU's climate targets. A new project can help us getting there

Research news | 2020-02-21

What history can teach us about the resilience of a system

Despite rapid urban growth, agriculture in a wetland area in the south of Mexico City soldiers on, more than a millennium after its birth

Research news | 2019-05-02

Saving the swamp

Preserving the worlds’ wetlands requires addressing social and environmental challenges. Researchers identify challenges for specific wetlands to see how they interact with the Sustainable Development Goals

Research news | 2018-04-26

Disrupting the flow

Construction of roads and water channels across Colombia’s Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta wetlands has altered the landscape to the point of surpassing mangrove ecosystem tipping points

Research news | 2017-02-02

The work of wetlands

Understanding plant traits key to more complete picture of the ecology of wetland ecosystem services