Knowra Wetland conservation Wetland conservation Wetland conservation protects and restores ecosystems where water saturates or covers soil, sustaining distinctive species, habitats, and ecological processes.
Wetland hydrology : The movement, storage, and seasonal variation of water in wetland landscapes. Conservation must maintain the water levels and flows that sustain wetland functions.
Peatland restoration : The repair of damaged peat-forming ecosystems, often by restoring waterlogged conditions. Rewetting peatlands protects specialized habitat and limits carbon loss from drained soils.
Biodiversity : The variety of life across genes, species, and ecosystems. Wetlands support distinctive communities whose persistence depends on habitat protection.
Protected area : A clearly defined geographic space managed to achieve long-term conservation of nature. Protected-area status can safeguard wetlands, but boundaries alone do not ensure ecological condition.
Environmental flows : Water flows managed to sustain ecosystems and the human livelihoods that depend on them. Allocating water downstream can preserve wetland inundation despite competing withdrawals.
Mangrove restoration : The recovery of mangrove forests through measures such as restoring tidal exchange and natural recruitment. Coastal wetland conservation often focuses on restoring mangroves that buffer shorelines.
Ecosystem services : Benefits people obtain from ecosystems, including material goods and processes that sustain life. Wetland conservation can sustain water purification, flood attenuation, and other benefits.
Wetland mitigation banking : A system that generates credits from wetland restoration or preservation to offset permitted wetland impacts elsewhere. Offset credits may permit losses that conservation advocates consider difficult to replace.
Hydrological restoration : The repair of altered water movement and levels to recover ecosystem processes. Rewetting drained sites often provides the physical foundation for wetland recovery.
Salt marsh restoration : The recovery of tidal salt marshes and their vegetation, sediment processes, and habitat. Restoring tidal marshes can rebuild coastal habitat and accommodate rising seas.
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