Summary of research on wetland protection and management

Wetland has great ecological and environmental value.Every country attaches much importance to the protection and management of the wetland. There have been seven international meetings,of which the Fifth,the Sixth,and the Seventh are more important.To protect the wetland,countries such as the USA,Canada and Australia have put forward corresponding wetland protection policies and made a large number of researches on the fields of water resources comprehensive management,wetland monitoring technique,resuming and rebuilding of degraded wetland,evaluation of wetland effect,protective plans on important wetland,etc.,The protection and management of wetland in China can be divided into three stages.Macroscopical studies are mainly focused on seven aspects such as wetland protection and developing,etc.,while microscopical studies are mainly on swamps,lakes,rivers and coastal wetland.Based on a full account of studies made at home and abroad,this paper explores into the aspects of wetland natural reserve construction,wetland protection and development,wetland monitoring system construction,and wetland legislation,etc..It also points out that measures should be taken to strengthen wetland protection and management:(1)water resources comprehensive management;(2) the acting of Action Plans of China Wetland Protection;(3)rescuing protection of important wetland;(4)the combination of protection management and resuming and rebuilding of degraded wetland;(5)promoting the legislation of wetland protection and management.