Issues concerning wetlands, particularly in Australia.
Date Submitted: 09/19/2003 14:53:16
Category: / Society & Culture / Geography
Length: 2 pages (498 words)
Category: / Society & Culture / Geography
Length: 2 pages (498 words)
The term 'wetlands' covers a wide range of water based environments. They can be natural or man made, although most people think of natural environments first when they hear the term wetlands. There is no one definition of wetlands, because of the range of different types. One, broad definition of a wetland is 'an area of land where the water level remains near or above the surface of the ground for most of the year'.
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pollution and make sure industries dispose of their waste properly.
There are things that you can do to help stop wetlands being damaged. Always dispose of rubbish properly so it doesn't end up in the waterways and get into wetlands. You could also volunteer for organisations such as landcare, and trees for life which support environmental causes that are beneficial to wetland areas as well as specific organisations such as Wetland care or Wetlands Australia
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