世界湿地的作用与保护利用

本文说明了湿地的涵义,并用许多事例,阐述了湿地与人类的密切关系,湿地在生态、社会和经济3方面的重要价值,以及在渔、农、林、牧、副、工业、旅游业和人民生活等方面所起的重要作用。作者还说明了世界湿地目前面临的威胁和严重的破坏,概述了有关国际组织和许多国家为保护、管理和永续利用湿地所采取的主要措施。

The Important Functions, Conservation and Utilization of World's Wetlands

This article explains the meaning of wetlands and expounds with many examples the close relationship between wetlands and man, the important ecological,social and economic values which wetlands have, the important functions which wetlands perform on fishery, agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, side occupations, industry, tourism and the wellbeing of the people etc. The author gives numerous facts showing the threats and the serious destructions that world's wetlands are confronted with, and summarizes the major measures which some international organizations were concerned over and many countries have taken for the conservation, management and sustained and rational utilization of wetlands.