Global Wetlands geoportal - Sustainable Wetlands Adaptation and Mitigation Program
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Global Wetlands geoportal - SWAMP
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Abstract
Wetlands play a fundamental role in climate change mitigation and provide essential ecosystem services. Yet there is still a lot we don’t know about their precise distribution, extent and inter-annual variability around the world, particularly in the tropics.
The Global Wetlands Map is an initiative to collect and share information on tropical wetlands in a visual format. Users can access data and contribute their own, using standard geographic information systems software such as ArcGIS.
Explore the interactive web-based map and country and sub-national level wetland profile, take a tour to visit some interesting places, or download the datasets to conduct your own analysis.
The Global Wetlands Map is produced by the Sustainable Wetlands Adaptation and Mitigation Program (SWAMP), a collaborative effort between the Center for International Forestry Research ( CIFOR ) and the United States Forest Service, supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA).