Wetlands play a fundamental role in climate change mitigation, and provide essential ecosystem services. Yet there is still a lot we don't know about their precise distribution, extent and inter-annual variability around the world, particularly in the tropics.
Global Wetlands Map Help us map the world's wetlands The Global Wetlands Map is a new initiative to collect and share information on tropical wetlands in a visual format. Users can access data and contribute their own, using standard geographic information systems software such as ArcGIS.
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Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR): Bogor, Indonesia
Publication year
2017
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Language
English
Keywords
carbon sinks, databases, maps, wetlands
