Current Status and Management Strategies of Wetland Resources in Ninglang County of Yunnan Province

Abstrac GIS, GPS and Remote Sensing technologies were used in combination with field survey to investigate current status of wetland resources in Ninglang county of Yunnan province. There are 4 categories of wetlands in the county, including river wetlands, lake wetlands, marsh wetlands and artifi cial wetlands, and 8 types of wetlands. The total wetland area was 8 837.35 ha. There were more than 500 wetland plant species of 90 families, 6 vegetation types and 34 formations, and 50 wetland bird species of 11 families belonging to 7 orders. To solve the problems existing in wetland management, strategies were proposed to improve institutional management and intensify law enforcement.