Every Year thousands of people gather on February 2nd to celebrate International Wetlands Day and to celebrate the uniqueness and importance of these natural resources.
For 2010, the Ramsar Convention chose the "Wetlands, Biodiversity and Climate Change" based on the close relationship between wetlands, global warming and rising sea levels.
Activities worldwide celebrating wetlands include presentations, hiking, bird wathcing and lectures. For more information on events in your area, visit www.ramsar.org .
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 02 February 2010 )
US Fish and Wildlife update Wetland Mapping Standards
Written by Administrator
Monday, 24 August 2009
The US FWS released an updated Wetlands Mapping Standard to better support accurate mapping and classification of wetlands, with an emphasis on the use of Geoegraphic Information Systems (GIS) which are predominant, in comparison to when mapping standards were first created. The new standard is also dedigned to be more conpatible with datasets from other government agencies, including the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) and NOAA datasets. For more information, read the report here .
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