Inclusive and environmentally sound sustainable development requires managing natural resources that societies depend on for the long term. In the context of marine and coastal resources which provide an important source of income for large numbers of households and revenue for countries, this...

Nitrogen pollution in medium-to-small rivers often brings about eutrophication to lakes. In this work, a composite technique consisting of retention pond (RP)-subsurface flow constructed wetland (SFCW)-stabilization pond (SP) was proposed in the present study. Results showed that RP-SFCW-SP can...

Information on water table depth (WTD) in polder areas and wetlands is important in, for example, estimating emissions of greenhouse gases, assessing the agricultural and ecological potential, and flood risk management. The seasonal variation of WTDs is summarized with averages of the yearly...

Low-polluted waters treated by traditional constructed wetlands (CWs) were usually difficult especially because of restricted available land use. A novel hybrid CWs could be applied to remediate low-polluted rivers, which can realize steps complementary to each other that exploit the specific...

Surface mining operations for bitumen have fundamentally altered large areas of boreal forest and fen peatland in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region (AOSR) of Alberta, Canada. Pilot projects intended to assess the feasibility of fen construction as a reclamation option have been designed, built, and...

Glyphosate is the most widely used herbicide in the world, and consequently has polluted numerous water bodies through agricultural runoff. Treatment wetlands (TWs) have shown great promise for mitigating such pesticide contamination. The objectives of our study were to determine the effects of...

Vertical flow constructed wetlands (VFCWs) are commonly considered an effective solution for the removal of a wide range of pollutants from wastewater. The classical French system is a variety of VFCW technology which has proved efficient in removing organic matter; however, the removal of...

Wetland CH 4 emissions are one of the most uncertain components of the global CH 4 budget. The complex nature of wetland CH 4 processes makes it challenging to identify causal relationships that could be used to improve our understanding and predictability of CH 4 emissions. In this study, we...

Agricultural non-point source pollution is the largest contributor to black-odor in rivers in rural areas. In particular, under the anoxic environment induced by wastewater with high ammonia nitrogen from the swine industry, sulfur compounds are produced, which lead to the formation of sulfides....

Regeneration and survival of bottomland hardwoods are affected by environmental variables related to the hydrologic regime. Climate change, specifically alterations to precipitation patterns, may have outsized effects on these forests. In Tennessee, USA, precipitation has increased by 15% since...

Vertical Flow Constructed Wetlands, which integrates natural ecological components such as soil, filler, plants, and microorganisms in a unit, is an effective rural domestic sewage treatment technology. Based on the principle of waste recycling, garbage ceramsite and soil were used as the...

Wetland ecosystems hold an important part of the world’s biodiversity and are complex social-ecological systems. Aiming to understand interdependencies among their components and to define management policies, the social-ecological trajectory of Oussudu lake – a wetland of Pondicherry region...

The objective of this study was the fully characterization of the pruning wastes from macrophyte Cyperus giganteus from tertiary sewage treatment of Wastewater Treatment Plant, Ponte dos Leites, located in Araruama, RJ, Brazil. Such analyses aimed at the systematic evaluation of the feasibility...

The object of research is biodiversity and humanistic ecology values of the wetlands and the negative impacts of the socio-economic development on wetland ecosystem. Propose practical solutions for the conservation, management and sustainable use of the wetland resources for the sustainable...

Inclusive and environmentally sound sustainable development requires managing natural resources that societies depend on for the long term. In the context of marine and coastal resources which provide an important source of income for large numbers of households and revenue for countries, this...

Last year, two WLF Legal Pulse posts (here and here) explored the federal government's incremental expansion of control over privately owned agricultural property through the Clean Water Act (CWA) and the law's hydra-like oversight of wetlands. Those commentaries presented one Erie, Pennsylvania...

Do institutions and culture affect environmental values? In this article we analyze 1,041 environmental valuations of 223 wetlands in 38 developing countries, to examine the effect of institutions and culture on environmental values. We assess three dimensions of institutional quality: economic...

Do institutions and culture affect environmental values? In this article we analyze 1,041 environmental valuations of 223 wetlands in 38 developing countries, to examine the effect of institutions and culture on environmental values. We assess three dimensions of institutional quality: economic...

This report was produced in response to the proposal by the Ontario government to develop a wetland offsetting policy. The new policy would enable the compensation for negative impacts of development through the restoration or creation of other wetlands. The report surveys relevant laws and...

Scientific evidence indicates that global warming could well lead to a sea-level rise of 1 meter or more in the 21st century. This paper seeks to quantify how a 1-meter sea-level rise that would affect coastal wetlands in 76 developing countries and territories, taking into account how much of...

USDA has spent more than $4.2 billion on wetland restoration and protection over the last two decades. One challenge in allocating these funds is the lack of information on variations in wetland benefits and costs across the Nation. This report discusses the biophysical impacts of new wetlands...