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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 28.
Published in final edited form as: Front Ecol Environ. 2017 Aug;15(6):319–327. doi: 10.1002/fee.1504

Figure 1.

Figure 1

The average global loss of wetlands – many of which are GIWs – is estimated at 31% since 1970 (Dixon et al. 2016). These losses have major societal consequences, including increased floods, impaired water supplies, impoverished biodiversity, and degraded fisheries. International policies (eg the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands) have sought to curb wetland loss with varying degrees of success. Although slowing in some parts of the world (eg North America), rates of wetland loss elsewhere (eg Europe) remain high. The photograph depicts Lake Naivasha, Kenya, a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance.

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