Managing our Wetlands: some result of the function of a Wetland in Perak, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Wan Ruslan Ismail,, Ahyauddin Ali,
• Format: Article
• Published: Environmental Management Society, Malaysia 2002
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2181/; http://www.ems-malaysia.org/mjem/index.html

The global extent of wetlands is estimated to be from 7 to 8 million km2 and, compared to other ecosystems; wetlands are an extremely productive part of the landscape with average annual production above 1000gC m-2 yr-1. In Malaysia and other developing countries, the wetlands are becoming a threate...