Importance of wetlands

These are some of the Topics I will be covering for my presentation on the
Importance of wetlands,
- Reduces floods / flood control
- Source of water
- Habitats for animals / wetland animals: fish, mammals, amphibians, birds- waterfowl
- Protect shores from wave action
- C02 mitigation; C02 + H20 = H2C03 carbonic acid
- Improve water quality
- Biodiversity; after the Amazon Forrest, wetlands are the most biodiverse place on earth
- Climate change mitigation
- Reduce impacts of storm damage
- Sustainable
- Water control
- Types of wetlands and the differences and importance of each
- Erosion control
- Removal of toxins from water / watershed
- Flash flooding, high water in spring time on main rivers. No buffer exists to hold water
- Economic benefits; tourism, savings for flood control, hunting, bird watching, upland uses
- Education; research, awareness, knowledge of ecosystems and sustainability
- Medicine; possible medical implications
- phosphate reduction engines
- Gets us to look at our ecological foot print
- Climate control factors influencing climate change
- Aesthete value
- Cultural connections
- Home on base for organizations; ducks Unlimited Canada, delta waterfall
- Fauna and Flora that’s specific to these areas
- Pest control

I will be covering most of these but some I may mention berfily in my presentation.