PPT-Wetlands and Agriculture:

Partners for Growth World Wetlands Day 2014 Wetlands amp Agriculture Partners for Growth WWD 2014 Our World Wetlands Day WWD leaflet for 2014 looks at the relationship between agriculture and wetlands at the role wetlands play in agriculture at the negative impacts agriculture can have on wetlands and at some of the creative solutions that are in use to reduce these impacts It illustrates the need for real . UATI C As of 1997, Georgia, Florida, andLouisiana have the greatest amountof forested wetland in the South,followed, in descending order, byMississippi, South Carolina, NorthCarolina, Arkansas, Texas, By: Sam Bateman and Trent Topping. Arable Land . Land that is suitable for agricultural production. Examples of unsuitable land are forests, mountains, and inland water bodies. . Arable land includes many farms or fields. By: Sohaila Sallam. Wetlands. Wetlands. Wetlands are areas of land where water covers the . soil all . year or just at certain times of the . year. They are all around the world except for Antarctica. . Why should I care?. How wetlands are essential to our future. This . presentation and the images it contains are provided . by the . Ramsar. Convention on Wetlands solely . for . non-commercial use in education . On the front: slogan, picture showing the importance of wetlands, be colorful, neat and creative.. On the back: Explain your drawing and explain what your slogan means. You must also explain 2 ways that the wetlands can be saved.. By: Sam Bateman and Trent Topping. Arable Land . Land that is suitable for agricultural production. Examples of unsuitable land are forests, mountains, and inland water bodies. . Arable land includes many farms or fields. Why should I care?. How wetlands are essential to our future. This . presentation and the images it contains are provided . by the . Ramsar. Convention on Wetlands solely . for . non-commercial use in education . Characteristics. . of a Wetland. Wetlands vary widely due to local and regional differences in:. Topography . Hydrology. Vegetation. and other factors, including human disturbance. . Wetlands can be divided into two main classes: . Kara Skipper. Paige Hobaugh. Photos: Will Parson. Wetlands experience pressures from the water and from the land. The Fish Habitat Action Team has expressed interest in tidal estuarine wetlands due to the environmental and economic value they provide for commercial and recreational fisheries. 2 wetlands that depend on excessive emphasis of the provisioning services at the expense of the regulating services, in the MA view, and excessive water use from the CA perspective. This has led to we 1 The origins of the Guidelines on Agriculture and Wetlands Interactions (GAWI) weeks, in Valencia (Spain), there were the Global Biodiversity Forum 17 (GBF17) workshop Coordinated and edited byAdrian WoodWith substantive contributions by the partner organizations of the project Guidelines on Agriculture, Wetlands and Water Resource Interactions (GAWI):Food and Agric After this lesson, you will be able to:. Explain the importance of different types of wetlands. Describe where you might find different types of wetlands. Demonstrate the services provided by wetlands. 1. National Wetlands Inventory as primary and can use NRCS, State, and Local Wetlands Data. Contact FWS or a wetlands professional if the presence is not shown on maps but is suspected or known.. Contact your local HUD FEO or REO if you have a project that already has a 404 Individual Permit. .