Loss of wetlands could be devastating: experts
Wetland are still being systematically destroyed in the Mekong River region despite wide international consensus that it is humanity’s best chance to avert a climate apocalypse, experts said.
On Saturday, the world celebrated World Wetlands Day with this year’s theme being “Wetlands and Climate Change”. The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands has emphasised the important roles of the flooded and often-overlooked ecosystems in reversing global warming, lessening the impacts of flood, drought, and extreme weather events, sustaining biodiversity, and providing food security.
Pratch Rujivanarom
