Brazilian wetlands: their definition, delineation, and classification for research, sustainable management, and protection

• Published in: Aquatic conservation Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 5 - 22
• Main Authors: Junk, W. J, Piedade, M. T. F, Lourival, R, Wittmann, F, Kandus, P, Lacerda, L. D, Bozelli, R. L, Esteves, F. A, Nunes da Cunha, C, Maltchik, L, Schöngart, J, Schaeffer‐Novelli, Y, Agostinho, A. A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2014; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Amazonian wetlands; biodiversity; Brazil; cerrado wetlands; climate change; coastal wetlands; flood pulse; Freshwater; hydrologic cycle; inventories; issues and policy; Marine; Pantanal; plant communities; Ramsar Convention; society; vegetation cover; wetland conservation; wetland policy; wetland vegetation; wetlands; Brazil

Although 20% of Brazilian territory is covered by wetlands, wetland inventories are still incomplete. In 1993, Brazil signed the Ramsar Convention but a coherent national policy for the sustainable management and protection of wetlands has yet to be established. Major gaps in the definition of a spe...