Wetlands

Providing a comprehensive account of marine conservation, this book examines human use and abuse of the world's seas and oceans and their marine life, and the various approaches to management and conservation. Healthy marine ecosystems - the goods and services that they provide - are of vital importance to human wellbeing. There is a pressing need for a global synthesis of marine conservation issues and approaches.

This user handbook has been prepared upon completion of the ESA funded GlobWetland II (GW-II) project. It is a tutorial for the wetland community on the concept and wide use of the information system and products developed in the frame of GW-II. The book provides an overview about the potential of Earth observation offered to all wetland parties for monitoring and assessing wetlands and reporting to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands.