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African countries are losing the battle to save their wetlands

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Wetland in dunga area, next to lake Victoria, which is in danger of human encroachment with people building houses which become engulfed when it rains. [Michael Mute, Standard]

Wetlands have played, and continue to play, critical ecological functions in regulating water regimes and providing habitats supporting flora and fauna. They are also of great economic, cultural, scientific and recreational value.

Some 85 per cent of the world's wetlands have declined in both quality and quantity since 2019. In Africa, wetlands are threatened by several factors, including climate change, pollution, invasive alien species, human encroachment and subsequent habitat loss and degradation.

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