The dollars and ‘sense’ behind wetland conservation: USask research – News
L-R: Dr. Eric Asare (lead of paper and tool development), Dr. Chrystal Mantyka-Pringle (PhD), Dr. Ken Belcher (PhD) and Dr. Bob Clark (PhD). (Photos: Submitted)
As viable farmland becomes more important for sustainable food production, there are many pressures faced by farmers to convert wetlands into usable farmland, thus decreasing the overall wetland area. It has been estimated that inland freshwater wetlands have decreased by 70 per cent since the beginning of the 20th century.
Although at first glance wetlands seem to be wasted space across an…
