升金湖湿地景观格局变化对越冬鹤类地理分布的影响

升金湖湿地是安徽省内的唯一以越冬鹤类为保护对象的国家级自然保护区。研究湿地景观格局变化对越冬鹤类地理分布的影响在恢复湿地生态系统、保护鹤类种群等方面具有重要参考价值。该文对升金湖湿地的白头鹤、白鹤、灰鹤及白枕鹤越冬鹤类的地理分布特征进行了分析,结合升金湖湿地1986～2017年间的8期遥感影像分析景观格局变化特征,并探讨了景观格局变化对越冬鹤类地理分布特征的影响。结果表明:1986～2017年间,升金湖湿地景观格局变化显著,斑块数量增加,景观破碎化严重。泥滩地、草滩地、建设用地、水田面积总体呈增加态势,旱地、林地、芦苇滩地及水域面积总体呈减少态势;4种鹤类数量总体呈减少趋势。鹤类主要地理分布区域为水域、水田、芦苇滩地、泥滩地及草滩地;升金湖湿地景观破碎化不断加剧,鹤类地理分布区域面积整体上在逐渐减少,适宜鹤类生境面积减少,直接导致近30年来鹤类数量逐渐减少。     

Assessment of the red-crowned crane habitat in the Yellow River Delta Nature Reserve, East China

As wildlife habitat is in constant evolution, periodic monitoring is essential to assess its quality. In this study, the change to the red-crowned crane habitat in the Yellow River Delta Nature Reserve was detected from multi-temporal remote sensing data from 1992 to 2008 in a geographic information system. Habitat fragmentation was derived from both physical constraints and human disturbance. The changing habitat quality was assessed against five landscape indices. The results obtained from Landsat TM images indicate that potential habitat shrank 37.9 % during 1992–2001, but recovered 99.4 % by 2008. Suitable habitat shrank by 4,329 ha to a level below that of 1992 despite an increase of 4,747 ha in potential habitat due to an increase of 9,075 ha in fragmented areas. Both landscape indices and the red-crowned crane population reveal that suitable habitat was the most fragmented in 2001, but the least fragmented in 1992. Therefore, it is inadequate to just restore wetland through artificial diversion of channel flow to the Reserve to preserve the crane habitat. Commensurate efforts should also be directed at improving habitat quality by minimizing human activities and spatially juxtaposing water and reed marshes harmoniously inside the Reserve.     

Coastal wetland loss and environmental change due to rapid urban expansion in Lianyungang,Jiangsu, China

To address the growing need for developable land, many coastal cities are draining and filling wetlands, transforming them into urban built-up areas, and thereby substantially altering the structure and function of coastal ecosystems. We demonstrate an integrative approach for investigating the dynamics and impacts of coastal development in China’s Jiangsu Province, where urban expansion has resulted in extensive wetland losses and sea reclamation (the process of creating new land from ocean or coastal waters). Remotely sensed data reveal that landscape change in the study area has been accompanied by an increase in total impervious surface area and an increase in mean surface “heat island effect.” These indicators of change can be detected with remote sensing data and used to support a strategic environmental assessment (SEA) for urban coastal planning. Changes detected in Lianyungang during 2000–2006 suggest that reclaimed areas are environmentally sensitive and should be a focus of concern in future development planning, which has historically targeted coastal salt pond wetlands for conversion to land for the development. Given the current and projected rate of coastal development in China and elsewhere in the developing world, our findings and assessment approach have implications for coastal management decisions in the developing coastal zones of China and other regions of the world that are experiencing rapid urban growth.     

升金湖自然湿地越冬鹤类生境适宜性变化研究

升金湖湿地位于安徽省长江中下游区域，是鹤类重要的越冬地之一，湿地景观的变化影响越冬鹤类的生境质量。研究湿地内越冬鹤类生境变化地对湿地生态恢复有着重要的研究意义。以升金湖国家级自然保护区为研究对象，利用ERDAS软件将1986年到2015年间8个年份冬季的TM影像数据将景观类型分为8种类型，用FRAGSTATS软件计算出各个年份的景观指标。选取干扰程度、食物丰富度、植被覆盖和水文条件4种因子作为影响越冬鹤类生境的主要因子。建立越冬鹤类生境适宜性评价模型，用ArcGIS生成鹤类生境适宜性评价图。用皮尔逊相关分析研究鹤类数量与生境适宜性的相关性。结果表明：升金湖保护区的景观格局变化明显，湿地斑块数量增加，景观的破碎度程度增加，景观斑块差异在逐渐变小，多样性指数和均匀度指数逐渐变大。越冬鹤类生境适宜性综合指数从0.845下降到0.465，总体的生境明显恶化。越冬鹤类的生境适宜性面积从1986年的 13 577.11 hm2 下降到2015年的 7 424.42 hm2,进而导致越冬鹤类数量在1986年到2015年总体呈下降趋势。鹤类数量与生境适宜性呈正相关。 关键词： 生境影响因子；生境适宜性评价模；越冬鹤类；景观格局     

武汉市湿地景观格局变化研究

在遥感和地理信息系统支持下,利用1996年和2001年两个时期的Landsat TM假彩色合成影像作为信息源,选取斑块密度、斑块分维数、景观破碎度、景观多样性、优势度和均匀度等指标,对武汉市湿地景观格局的变化进行定量分析,并利用马尔科夫转移矩阵模型研究各类景观的转化情况。研究结果表明,1996~2001年间,该研究区的湿地景观格局在人类活动的影响下发生了较大变化,湖泊面积减小,人工湿地面积增加,湿地景观趋于破碎化,景观分布趋于均匀。     

1990~2013年来洞庭湖区鸟类生物多样性热点区时空动态及变动机理

评估与确定生物多样性分布格局与热点区是建立保护区、制定生物保护决策的基础。洞庭湖地区位处长江中游，是我国重要的淡水湖泊湿地生态系统，为中国乃至亚洲较大的鸟类越冬地之一。以洞庭湖地区14种Ⅰ、Ⅱ级重点保护鸟类为指示物种，基于1990~2013年间的多期遥感影像，运用物种生境分布MAXENT模型，选取地形、水系、植被、气候及人类干扰等共35个影响因子，对其进行生境适宜性评价及生物多样性热点区的筛选与制图，并对热点区时空动态特征进行分析。结果表明：（1）鸟类生物多样性热点区的分布范围呈现出组团状特征，1990~2013年来，热点区面积呈下降趋势；（2）鸟类栖息生境景观格局总体上趋于破碎，生境形状向简单且扁平化形态转变，生境格局呈复杂化；（3）经济与社会发展因素对研究区的鸟类生物多样性热点区变化影响显著，而自然因素产生的影响不明显。研究结果在制定区域生物多样性保护规划方案中可体现较好应用价值。     

基于景观格局的盐城海岸带土地利用时空变化分析

在GIS和RS技术支持下,以行政区划为评价单元,通过土地利用转移矩阵、景观格局指数对盐城海岸带土地利用变化的主要方式、景观格局特征及时空分异规律进行定量分析。结果表明:2000~2010年,盐城海岸带土地利用类型以耕地、建设用地和水域为主,其中耕地是盐城海岸带的优势类型,虽然近年来呈逐渐下降的趋势,但仍是区域景观基质类型,均占总面积的78%以上;海岸带景观水平趋于破碎化,区域景观格局更加复杂化、分散化和多样化;研究区北部景观水平特征指数较中部、南部为高。自然地理条件、经济发展水平及不同土地利用方式所带来的利益差异是导致盐城海岸带景观格局变化的关键驱动因素。     

Regional challenges in tourist wetland systems: an integrated approach to the Ria Formosa in the Algarve, Portugal

Coastal change and coastal erosion have been a long-existing source of environmental changes. Traditionally, regional changes in wetland systems and their relations to agriculture, industry and urbanization are a major cause for concern. Nowadays, coastal distress has reached even global proportions: the problems of coastal change are strongly linked to the loss of fragile ecosystems, eutrophication and loss of biodiversity. Given that over 70 % of all human activity is in coastal areas, it is clear that many environmental and socio-economic changes occur at a local level and manifest themselves in a spatial context. The physical effect on the geographic morphology is evident in the related consequences for land use. A deep understanding of the changes in land use, and simultaneously in coastal erosion, calls for the integrated monitoring of the most relevant effects in fragile regions. The Ria Formosa wetland system is a unique and very special wetland system in the Algarve (Portugal) and has been integrated in the NATURA 2000 network. The strong symbiosis between nature, agriculture and fisheries, as well as tourism, in the Algarve has led to spatial-ecological synergy. By using coastal recession analysis techniques by means of remote-sensed imagery from 1987, 1989, 2000 and 2007 and by combining this information with available data sets on surface erodibility, a cost surface on multitemporal transitions of land-use classes from the CORINE Land Cover data allows us to assess and integrate a decision-making framework by means of GIS. The novelty of this combined approach to land-use management is the blend of spatial analysis and remote-sensing techniques that share important information on ecosystems at risk. Our findings suggest a growing concern to the area brought by anthropogenic activity. This is studied to a spatial accounting of the distribution of land changes and transitions, where (1) a significant loss of coastal area is witnessed along the Ria Formosa, leading in particular to loss of agricultural land. (2) This loss is underpinned by an increase in leisure facilities to respond to the tourism demand of the region of the Algarve, while landscape metrics suggest that these areas are more volatile for coastal erosion. (3) Simulation through Markov chains on the land use and effects of urban, agricultural, forest and wetland dynamics suggests that by 2026, it is expected to continue to have an increase in urban land, leading to an augmented vulnerability of coastal erosion processes brought by the loss of forest areas which protect from erosion given the root system that directly protects from the existing wave energy and helps sedimentation processes. The above methodology and the availability of data that are freely available render such a combined approach interesting for many other regions of the world, where tourism, coastal change and regional balance are of the utmost importance for sustainable development. The advanced research tools presented here are of critical importance for coastal zone degradation management.     

基于中低分辨率遥感影像的分类方法对比研究——以鄱阳湖水鸟栖息地遥感分类为例

选取中国鄱阳湖南矶山湿地为研究范围,通过分析候鸟在越冬期的栖息特征,构建适宜于提取候鸟栖息地的湿地分类系统。以Landsat8卫星OLI遥感影像为数据源,采用面向对象分类方法,通过多尺度分割、特征提取和决策树建立等关键步骤,实现湿地信息的快速提取;通过与传统像元法的分类结果对比,系统分析了面向对象方法在基于中低分辨率遥感影像的湿地信息提取中的有效性。研究表明:在面向对象湿地信息提取中,构建不同等级的分割尺度,在多个尺度上提取同一地物,可以更好识别复杂的湿地景观类型;相比仅依据像元光谱特征进行分类的传统像元方法,面向对象方法综合利用光谱、空间、形状和纹理等多种特征,因此可以获得更高的精度(总体分类精度达到87.64%,Kappa系数为 0.855 2);基于中低分辨率遥感影像,采用面向对象分类方法,能够获得较高精度的湿地景观分布,是一种成本较低且行之有效的技术手段。     

升金湖湿地时空演变对越冬鹤类种群动态的影响

升金湖湿地是我国主要的鹤类越冬栖息地之一。研究升金湖湿地时空变化对越冬鹤类种群动态的影响在湿地生态环境改善、鹤类种群恢复等方面具有重要参考价值。对1986～2015年升金湖湿地白头鹤（Grus monacha）、白鹤（Grus leucogeranus）、灰鹤（Grus grus）及白枕鹤（Grus vipio）种群数量的变化趋势分别进行了曲线拟合；结合升金湖湿地1986~2015年间8期遥感影像分析了研究区土地利用/覆盖的时空变化；并探讨了湿地时空变化与越冬鹤类种群数量变化之间的相关性。结果表明：1986~2015年间，研究区的景观格局发生了较大变化，草地、水田、滩涂及其他用地的面积总体呈增加态势，而林地、旱地、水域及芦苇沼泽地面积总体呈减少的态势；4种鹤类的数量总体呈下降趋势，曲线拟合中白鹤和白枕鹤种群数量变化的趋势方程拟合度较高；芦苇沼泽地及水域面积变化与越冬鹤类种群数量呈显著的正相关关系，而草地、滩涂及水田的面积与鹤类种群数量呈较强的负相关关系；其他景观面积变化间接对鹤类种群数量产生影响。 关键词： 时空变化；鹤类；遥感影像；土地利用/覆盖；升金湖     

人类活动影响下的四湖地区湿地景观格局分析

湿地景观空间结构研究是湿地生态研究的核心之一，景观功能性的性质和发挥，影响着湿地的物质流、信息流和能量流的特征，进而影响湿地区域的资源开发利用与保护。运用景观的空间格局指数，在遥感和GIS技术的支持下，结合江汉平原四湖地区的湿地农业的区域特点，确定了 四湖地区湿地景观分类系统，为了更好地定量分析四湖地区湿地景观格局的特点，我们选取了三类景观格局指数来定量描述于景观空间格局，即基本空间格局指标（多样性、均匀度及优势度）、景观空间构型指标（聚集工、破碎化）及斑块特征指标（斑块分维数），比较系统地分析四湖地区湿地景观空间格局。在此基础上探讨了人类干扰对四湖地区湿地同的结构和空间演替的影响。     

基于土地覆被变化的安徽省生境质量时空演变特征

基于InVEST模型的生境质量模块,采用1995～2018年安徽省3期的土地覆被数据,分析省域生境质量时空演变特征及其对土地覆被变化的响应。结果表明:安徽省土地覆被变化主要是农田转向建设用地和林草地,以及农田和湿地之间的相互转化;23年间,安徽省生境质量整体呈单边小幅下降趋势;由于作为生境质量威胁源的建设用地急速扩张和蔓延,引发合肥和沿江5市城区及周边生境质量的显著下降;部分保护地及周边开展了有效的退田还湖(湿)和退耕还林(草),局域生境质量有明显改善,但多数生态源地生境质量的区域性变化并不明显;最后,对省域生境质量优化提出了相应的对策建议。     

长江流域湿地现状与变化遥感研究

湿地与湿地环境问题早已引起国际与国家层面的高度关注。基于多时相卫星遥感数据（MSS、TM/ETM、CBERS 02等），以ERDAS、ARCGIS、MAPGIS等软件为平台，在长江流域系统开展了1975、2000、2007年等不同时相湿地遥感信息提取、编图及以次级流域为单元的统计分析，全面掌握长江流域主要湿地类型、面积、结构、分布现状以及30余a的湿地变化规律，分析其自然及人类地质营力作用机制，研究其变化态势，为流域内国土资源的合理开发利用提供大区域基础资料。结果表明：长江流域湿地现状总面积为7931 9×104 km2，其中河流、湖泊、沼泽、人工湿地各占4233%、2093%、1853%、1821%；湿地类型发育齐全，空间分布广，但次级流域或局域湿地分布严重不匀且[JP2]类型结构不全；从1975~2007年的30余a，湖泊湿地总量消减889×102 km2，沼泽湿地消减591[JP]×102 km2，河流湿地增加350×102 km2，人工湿地增加了6302×103 km2，湿地总量累计增加了5172×103 km2；湿地变化方式主要是面积的增减和类型的转换，变化受制于自然与人类活动地质营力共同作用；湿地变化阶段性特征明显，2000年前为湿地不良变化期，2000年后为良性缓变期，长江流域湿地环境表现为总体趋好、局域问题较多态势     

基于重力空间熵的城市湿地压力模型构建研究——以武汉南湖湿地为例

城市化进程中人口和建设用地需求增加引发的湿地退化压力日益凸显，熵理论为城市扩张、土地利用结构变化和城市湿地退化压力建模研究提供了新思路。已有研究表明，城市湿地损失、湿地区域建设用地的增加会导致土地利用结构空间熵的数值不断下降，但仅依靠空间熵理论难以定量湿地退化压力。因此依据城市地理学中的重力递减理论，引入距离因素，从湿地区域土地利用空间熵、湿地本身面积、距湿地中心的距离、距商业中心的距离4个要素构建重力空间熵的城市湿地压力模型。研究以1988年武汉南湖湿地遥感影像为基础，制作矢量图，从南湖湿地周边众多湖泊湿地中，随机选取40个样本湿地，分别计算了1988年、1992年、1996年、2000年、2004年5个时期的样本湿地压力值，并利用Kriging空间插值对南湖湿地所受的压力值分布进行可视化处理。结果表明：（1）湿地所在区域土地利用空间熵越小，湿地所承受压力越大；距中心湿地越远越靠近城市商业中心且面积越小的城市湿地更容易发生消亡；（2）根据城市湿地压力模型计算的压力值大的湿地更容易在下一阶段发生显著的损失或消亡；（3）随着城市化的推进，建设用地的扩张，城市湿地承受的压力值逐年增加，当压力值到达0.7左右，湿地存在极大消亡风险。遥感影像解译的结果与按照重力空间熵的城市湿地压力模型计算结果一致，说明该模型能较好地预测城市湿地在城市扩张压力下的演化过程。模型的建成对于城市湿地动态变化和保护规划具有重要意义，了解并把握这一湿地损失过程和趋势，预测城市湿地在城市扩张压力下的演化过程能为城市管理者对城市湿地的具体保护提供方向和指导。 关键词： 城市湿地； 重力空间熵； 压力模型； 城市扩张划具有重要意义，了解并把握这一湿地损失过程和趋势，预测城市湿地在城市扩张压力下的演化过程能为城市管理者对城市湿地的具体保护提供方向和指导。 关键词： 城市湿地； 重力空间熵； 压力模型； 城市扩张     

基于遥感的上海市湿地资源与生态服务价值研究

基于遥感开展城市湿地资源与生态服务价值研究是当前生态环境研究的热点问题之一。利用1987年、2000年和2007年的Landsat遥感影像,利用遥感和地理空间分析方法,结合野外调查及研究区相关资料,监测了1987~2007年上海市湿地资源的变动情况,并借助生态系统服务价值理论,估算研究区1987~2007年湿地资源的生态服务价值变化。结果表明:(1)1987~2007年间上海市湿地资源呈现不断退化的趋势,特别是2000年后退化趋势明显,主要表现在稻田、河流、库塘、滩涂等湿地面积的显著减少;(2)1987~2007年上海市湿地生态服务总价值呈下降趋势,其中河流、库塘、稻田的生态服务价值减少,滩涂、湖泊的生态服务价值增加。上海湿地资源与生态服务价值的变化主要是城市化快速发展导致的。以上研究结果,可为政府城市发展中对湿地资源的保护、开发和利用提供依据。     

洞庭湖区湿地景观指数选取与格局分析

在遥感与地理信息系统的支持下，从2000年的LANDSAT TM影像中提取洞庭湖湿地信息，结合景观结构分析软件FRAGSTATS计算湿地景观指数，采用主成分分析法与方差矩阵分析法选取最能表征湿地结构及功能的核心景观指数，分析洞庭湖区湿地的景观结构特征及功能状态。研究表明：Shannon多样性指数、斑块面积标准差、斑块丰富度密度与景观类型平均分维度最能反应湿地景观的信息及特征；研究区景观格局的空间差异性与组织结构状态具有明显的不均衡性，湿地景观类型比例不均，水田与湖泊景观优势显著；以洞庭湖核心区滨湖的县市和远离湿地核心区的县市为两大群体，在景观格局复杂性和多样性状态中表现出两大群体相似的特征。     

雅砻江流域湿地景观格局变化分析

应用ArcGIS软件，对雅砻江流域湿地1986和2000年遥感数据进行解译、矢量化处理，用Apack软件进行湿地景观格局指数计算，研究了近15 a雅砻江流域景观空间格局特征及其变化。结果表明：（1）近15 a雅砻江流域湿地景观面积减少，减少量为49404 hm2，占2000年湿地总面积的0506%；（2）两个时期内湿地斑块密度保持不变，湿地景观的聚集度都很高，均在099以上，湿地景观集中分布，破碎化水平低；（3）雅砻江流域湿地景观的多样性指数水平和均匀度水平较低，而且两指数在两个个时期内没有发生太大的变化，且各类湿地景观比例差异相对较大，沼泽湿地景观控制的程度较高；（4）雅砻江流域的5类湿地景观分布质心基本上未发生变化，但总体格局分布质心向南偏移001°，再向西偏移023°，整体上向西南方向偏移了2532 km     

东营市海岸带区域综合承载力评估

随着人类对海岸带开发强度的不断提高,海岸带资源、环境问题日益突出,海岸带可持续发展成为人类共识,海岸带区域综合承载力研究作为该区域可持续发展的基础性研究,可以为海岸带区域合理开发与管理提供重要理论支撑。本文选取东营市海岸带为研究区域,以海岸带湿地遥感解译数据、浅海水质监测数据及社会经济统计数据为数据源,运用状态空间法计算了研究区2010—2014年海岸带区域的综合承载力;对东营市与潍坊市、滨州市的海岸带区域综合承载力进行了比较分析;预测了2016—2020年东营市海岸带区域综合承载力;依据研究结果探讨了海岸带可持续利用的未来途径。结果表明:在过去的2010—2014年和预测的2016—2020年东营市海岸带区域综合承载力均处于超载状态,但总趋势是向好的;同时,2010—2014年东营市海岸带在吸引外资、港口发展、海岸带生态系统服务价值、浅海海域水环境方面具有明显优势,但社会公共服务投入不平衡、不稳定。与2016—2020年东营市海岸带区域综合承载力预测结果相比较而言,2011年东营市海岸带区域综合承载力超载最明显,与该年环境压力大和社会投入不足有关。2014年东营市各县区海岸带区域综合承载力均处于超载状态,广饶县超载最明显;同时各县区自然、社会、经济发展水平差异较大,市辖区社会经济指标优于各县区。东营市海岸带区域综合承载力相比潍坊市、滨州市在资源、环境、生态方面具有明显优势,但在社会支撑方面投入不足,因此可以通过保持资源、生态优势,弥补社会投入不足等措施提高东营市海岸带可持续利用水平。     

Spatial-temporal analysis of wetland landscape pattern under the influence of artificial dykes in the Yellow River delta

The influence of anthropogenic activities,especially artificial dykes,on the coastal wetland landscape is now considered as a serious problem to the coastal ecosystem.It is important and necessary to analyze changes of coastal landscape pattern under the influence of artificial dykes for the protection and management of coastal wetland.Our study aimed to reveal the quantitative characteristics of the coastal wetland landscape and its spatial-temporal dynamics under the influence of artificial dykes in the Yellow River delta(YRD).It was analyzed by the methods of the statistical analysis of landscape structure,five selected landscape indices and the changes of spatial centroids of three typical wetland types,including reed marshes,tidal fiats and aquaculture-salt fields.The results showed that:(1)Reduction of wetland area,especially the degradation of natural wetlands,had been the principal problem since the dykes were constructed in the YRD.The dykes created conditions for the development of artificial wetlands.However,the new born artificial wetlands were still less than the vanished natural wetlands.(2)Compared with the open area,the building of artificial dykes significantly speeded up the changes of landscape patterns and the aggravation of the landscape fragmentation in the closed area.(3)The changes of area-weighted centroids of three typical wetland landscapes were greatly affected by dykes,and the movement of the centroid of the aquaculture-salt field was very sensitive to the dykes constructed in the corresponding period.     

China's coastal wetlands: Conservation history,implementation efforts,existing issues and strategies for future improvement

China has approximately 5.80 × 10⁶ ha coastal wetlands by 2014, accounting for 10.82% of the total area of natural wetlands. Healthy coastal wetland ecosystems play an important role in guaranteeing the territory ecological security and the sustainable development of coastal zone in China. In this paper, the natural geography and the past and present status of China's coastal wetlands were introduced and the five stages (1950s–1970s, 1980s–1991, 1992–2002, 2003–2010 and 2011–present) of China's coastal wetlands conservation from the foundation of the People's Republic in 1949 to present were distinguished and reviewed. Over the past decades, China has made great efforts in coastal wetland conservation, as signified by the implementation of coastal wetland restoration projects, the construction of coastal wetland nature reserves, the practice of routine ecological monitoring and two national wetland surveys, the promulgation of local wetland conservation statutes and specific regulations, the coordination mechanism to enhance management capacity, the wide development of coastal wetland research and public participation, and the extensive communication to strengthen international cooperation. Nonetheless, six major issues recently emerged in China's coastal wetland conservation are evidently existed, including the increasing threats of pollution and human activities, the increasing adverse effects of threaten factors on ecosystem function, the increasing threats of coastal erosion and sea-level rising, the insufficient funding for coastal wetlands conservation, the imperfect legal and management system for coastal wetlands, and the insufficient education, research and international cooperation. Although the threats and pressures on coastal wetlands conservation are still apparent, the future of China's coastal wetlands looks promising since the Chinese government understands that the sustainable development in coastal zone requires new attitudes, sound policies and concerted efforts at all levels. The major strategies for future improvement of China's coastal wetland conservation include: exploring effective measures in response to major threaten factors; improving the conservation and compensation system for coastal wetlands; strengthening coastal wetland legislation and management; increasing funds for coastal wetland conservation and research; and strengthening coastal wetland education and international cooperation.