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12 March 2026

• Community sounds off on wetlands protection: MP council approves 1st reading ordinance
  The town's months-long effort to draw up legislation to safeguard local wetland areas was on the table at a March 10 public meeting that saw residents mostly endorse a protective ordinance.
• Wetlands in Brazil's Cerrado are carbon-storage powerhouses
  The Amazon rainforest is famous for storing massive amounts of carbon in its trees and soils, helping regulate the global climate. Yet a paper published in New Phytologist shows that one of South...
• Mount Pleasant proposes wetlands protections following Supreme Court ruling
  A recent Supreme Court ruling has narrowed federal protections for wetlands, leaving areas without a “continuous surface connection” to rivers or lakes vulnerable to development.
• 35% of world's wetlands disappeared in last 50 years
  Considered the world's most threatened ecosystems, over 35% of the world's wetlands have disappeared in the last 50 years, according to the official website of World Wetlands Day. The importance of...
• Wetlands: a timeless legacy
  They feed us, protect us from storms, shape our culture, and quietly support our economy—yet they are disappearing faster than almost any other ecosystem on Earth.