Losing wetlands to grow crops Date: March 25, 2013 Source: BioMed Central Limited Summary: Getting enough to eat is a basic human need – but at what cost to the environment?

A lawsuit filed on Tuesday argues the federal government knows a rare desert wetland wildflower is in trouble, but it isn’t ...

Resisting pressures to convert wetlands for agriculture, bio-fuels and hydro-electricity is vital to avoid destroying ecosystems that provide a suite of services essential to humanity, including ...

The Hadejia Wetlands National Park in northwestern Nigeria is a vital ecological treasure, designated as both a globally ...

Woodcliff Lake now has four new floating wetland islands to eliminate algae in one of Veolia North America's reservoirs along ...

Industrial agriculture in the Upper Midwest has been a driving force behind wetland loss. The farm bill might hold a solution.

Wetlands provide the ideal environment for moisture-loving plants. From grasses and ferns, to flowering perennials, shrubs, and trees, wetlands also serve as a valuable source of food, shelter ...

Other crops that may be suitable for paludiculture. Food: bilberry, celery, cranberry, meat, nettle, sedge grains, sweet grass grains, watercress and water pepper Herbal remedies, medicines and ...

St. Charles Parish Wetland Watchers Park is a popular place on the weekends. Hundreds of people visit the lakeshore park to crab, fish, kayak, picnic, or just relax. Recently, in ...

Thirty million acres of unprotected wetlands across the Upper Midwest, including 1 million acres in Illinois, are at risk of being destroyed largely by industrial agriculture — wetlands that ...

In 2009 it was estimated that about a third of Uganda's wetlands had been lost to growing crops and grazing. While the environmental significance of wetland loss is important, ...