BEIJING, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) Historic achievements have been made in wetlands conservation in China and its area of wetlands has increased to 56.35 million hecta
President Xi Jinping Addresses the Opening Ceremony of the 14th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
1.5 billion acres across north america the world s largest land based ecosystem and one of the last strongholds for our continent s natural resources holding over 25% of the world s surface water 20% of the world s wetlands and storing 12% of the world s carbon to help cool the planet and regulate global climate the boreal is home . to thousands of species of plants and wildlife including billions of birds that nest here every year ducks unlimited is the world s leader in wetlands conservation and we re working with our conservation partners to protect the boreal forest because this is one resource we can t afford to lose join ducks unlimited to protect the boreal for people and for wildlife.