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[[Image:wetlands.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Wetlands of South Africa. Photo: [httphttps://www.moyawatengaewt.coorg.za/why-wetlands-matter-a-media-release-from-the-ewt/ Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT).]]]
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Wetlands can be considered as sinks into which surface water or groundwater flows from a surrounding catchment. Within landscapes they are “natural harvesters” of rainwater and, by definition, sites where water occurs at or close to the ground surface.
In Uganda alone, the use of inland water resources is worth almost USD 300 million a year in terms of forest catchment protection, erosion control and water purification services. Almost 1 million urban dwellers rely on natural wetlands for wastewater retention and purification services. Work carried out in the Zambezi Basin in Southern Africa shows that natural wetlands have a net present value of more than USD 64 million. That is USD 16 million in terms of groundwater recharge, USD 45 million in terms of water purification and treatment services and USD 3 million in reducing flood-related damage costs.
- To read more, go here: [httphttps://www.siwiwho.orgint/documentswater_sanitation_health/Resources/Reports/CSD_Making_water_part_of_economic_development_2005waterandmacroecon.pdf MAKING WATER A PART OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTPDF.]
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===Manuals, videos and links===
* [http://www.indiawaterportal.org/news/bombay-hc-orders-ban-wetland-reclamation Bombay HC orders ban on wetland reclamation]
* [http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Publications/Books/PDF/wetlands-and-people.pdf Wetlands and people]. IWMI. 2014.
===Acknowledgements===
* McCartney, M.; Rebelo, L-M.; Senaratna Sellamuttu, S. et al. [http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Publications/IWMI_Research_Reports/PDF/PUB137/RR137.aspx Wetlands, Agriculture and Poverty Reduction.] or [http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Publications/IWMI_Research_Reports/PDF/PUB137/RR137.pdf direct link to PDF]. IWMI, 2010.
* [http://www.moyawatengarainharvest.co.za/2013/01/why-are-wetlands-matterso-a-media-release-from-the-ewtimportant/ Why Wetlands Matter | A media Release from The EWT.] The Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT). Posted 2010.* [http://web.archive.org/web/20120916073336/http://www.siwi.org/documents/Resources/Reports/CSD_Making_water_part_of_economic_development_2005.pdf MAKING WATER A PART OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: The Economic Benefits of Improved Water Management and Services]. Stockholm International Water Institute, SIWI. Governments of Norway and Sweden.