Members
Australian Centre for Tropical Freshwater Research
Chongxi Wetland Research Centre
Harry Oppenheimer Okavango Reserach Center
Howard T. Odum Center for Wetlands
Max-Planck Institute für Limnologie
Pantanal Ecology Research Group
Wetlands Research Center, University of Waterloo, Canada
Description:
The Wetlands Research Centre at the University of Waterloo is committed to research and training on all aspects of wetlands, including evaluation and classification, ecology, hydrology, geochemistry, function, values, management and conservation.Canada contains more wetlands than any other country in the world next to Russia. It is estimated that wetlands cover at least 15% of the Canadian landscape. Scientific research and public concern have greatly increased in recent years, largely as a result of the alarming rate at which wetlands have been disappearing in certain regions of the country, and with the realization that wetlands play a major role in the carbon cycle and global climate, and in the socio-economic base of Canada. Canada is well positioned to play a major role in international wetland issues given the large proportion of the world wetland resource situated in the country.
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Website: http://www.uwwrc.net/
Contact:
Director Barry G. Warner
University of Waterloo
Ontario N2L 3G1
Canada
Tel: +1 519 888 4567 ext 3607
Fax: +1 519 746 0658