Preserving wetlands: A natural security issue 11 Articles

by Steve Wamback

Wetlands ecosystems and habitats are protected as "Waters of The United States" under The Clean Water Act just the same as lakes, rivers, and ocean shores. Wetlands serve as important resources, not only to the plants and ...read more

by Colette Georgii

Why should be preserve our wetlands? There are many wetland areas around the world, which are the habitats for many species of animals and organisms. Wetlands are composed of natural waterways and water environments al...read more

by L. Woodrow Ross

Preserving wetlands is a vital issue. Wetlands serve many critical purposes in the grand scheme of nature. They act as filters to remove silt from the flowing waters, they support myriad forms of life, they reduct the im...read more

by EMoore

Wetland are necessary for wildlife to live. Human habitation is encroaching on them and they are dwindling. Slowly and surely if something isn't done the natural habitat for animals will steadily give way to human habitati...read more

by Heather Lyon

Wetlands are one of the most viable types of ecosystems both on economic and natural diversity scales. In the terms of economics, wetlands provide various types of services including: water filtering or cleaning, carbon d...read more

by Perry McCarney

The preservation of the world's wetlands can be described as a "natural" security issue because they have a significant role to play in maintaining the environment in a fit state to support the continuance of human life as...read more

by Aldo Bonincontro

The word "wetland" refers to every water basin forming in small or wide areas of planes and coasts, where the soil is formed by clay and is sufficiently impermeable to not absorb water, letting it pass underground. Ponds...read more

by Rex Trulove

Oregon, a jewel in the Pacific Northwest, is not normally thought of as being a place with wetlands, yet the state has tens of thousands of acres that are strictly maintained for exactly that purpose. You may wonder why t...read more

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by Todd Rickey

Cycling of water through our world dynamically affects all aspects of life. Significantly, wetlands form an entire bridge within the hydrologic cycle. Because all portions of the natural sequence must flow uninterrupted ...read more

by Betsy Young

Preservation of the wetlands we have is a matter of National Security. The concerns are not only about environmental security but for the security of our food supply, secure clean water supplies, energy security and econom...read more

by Sharon Dewar

Fact: If Louisiana's wetlands had been better preserved, Hurricane Katrina may not have caused such detrimental impact on the region. Wetlands serve a vital function for flood control, water quality control, climate contro...read more