Key Message for December: Wetlands and extractive industries - what's at stake

Greetings from the Ramsar Secretariat:

The Ramsar Key Message for December is "Wetlands and extractive industries - what's at stake?"

Economic, industrial and energy developments are leading to accelerating global demand for extracted resources, including non-renewable resources such as oil and gas, precious and base minerals, coal, sand and gravel, industrial minerals and peat. Artisanal, small- and large-scale extraction projects all have the potential, if not well-managed, to impact wetlands and wetland ecosystem services.

Wetlands may be particularly vulnerable because many extractive industries use water-intensive processes, which affect the availability of water for sustaining wetlands, and may also generate toxic waste that can contaminate surface and underground water bodies in and around wetlands.

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Kind regards, The Ramsar Secretariat
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Sandra HAILS
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