Download or read book Understanding Wetlands written by S. M. Haslam and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2003-08-15 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wetlands are an important, and sadly diminishing, habitat in many parts of the world. They contribute significantly to the planet's biodiversity, housing thousands of species of plants and animals. Increasingly, human management is required to sustain, and even create these fragile ecosystems, while global changes in climate are also taking their t