Ebook: An International Perspective on Wetland Rehabilitation

Bill Streever, author of Bringing Back the Wetlands and numerous technical articles about wetland restoration and creation, worked for two years to bring together this collection of papers. Authors ranging from private landowners to government managers to scientists present regional overviews, case studies, and discussions of various issues. Regional overviews cover areas as small as the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to areas as large as Australia and Africa. Case studies range from relatively small projects, such as rehabilitation of damage caused by wheel ruts in the high arctic, to much larger projects, such as attempts to rehabilitate thousands of hectares of Northern Territory wetlands in Australia. Seedbank ecology, economics, remote sensing, community involvement, the role of the wetland consulting industry, and other issues are discussed. In an effort to synthesize information from around the world, Joy Zedler presents a model that allows comparison of projects and may lead to better predictability of project outcomes. In An InternationalPerspective on Wetland Rehabilitation, authors describe planting, engineered structures, prescribed flooding, excavation, and other rehabilitation methods, from Israel to New Zealand to the Netherlands and elsewhere. For the first time, one volume offers an impression of the magnitude and diversity of the field of wetland rehabilitation around the globe.

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Bill Streever, author of Bringing Back the Wetlands and numerous technical articles about wetland restoration and creation, worked for two years to bring together this collection of papers. Authors ranging from private landowners to government managers to scientists present regional overviews, case studies, and discussions of various issues. Regional overviews cover areas as small as the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to areas as large as Australia and Africa. Case studies range from relatively small projects, such as rehabilitation of damage caused by wheel ruts in the high arctic, to much larger projects, such as attempts to rehabilitate thousands of hectares of Northern Territory wetlands in Australia. Seedbank ecology, economics, remote sensing, community involvement, the role of the wetland consulting industry, and other issues are discussed. In an effort to synthesize information from around the world, Joy Zedler presents a model that allows comparison of projects and may lead to better predictability of project outcomes. In An InternationalPerspective on Wetland Rehabilitation, authors describe planting, engineered structures, prescribed flooding, excavation, and other rehabilitation methods, from Israel to New Zealand to the Netherlands and elsewhere. For the first time, one volume offers an impression of the magnitude and diversity of the field of wetland rehabilitation around the globe.

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Bill Streever, author of Bringing Back the Wetlands and numerous technical articles about wetland restoration and creation, worked for two years to bring together this collection of papers. Authors ranging from private landowners to government managers to scientists present regional overviews, case studies, and discussions of various issues. Regional overviews cover areas as small as the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to areas as large as Australia and Africa. Case studies range from relatively small projects, such as rehabilitation of damage caused by wheel ruts in the high arctic, to much larger projects, such as attempts to rehabilitate thousands of hectares of Northern Territory wetlands in Australia. Seedbank ecology, economics, remote sensing, community involvement, the role of the wetland consulting industry, and other issues are discussed. In an effort to synthesize information from around the world, Joy Zedler presents a model that allows comparison of projects and may lead to better predictability of project outcomes. In An InternationalPerspective on Wetland Rehabilitation, authors describe planting, engineered structures, prescribed flooding, excavation, and other rehabilitation methods, from Israel to New Zealand to the Netherlands and elsewhere. For the first time, one volume offers an impression of the magnitude and diversity of the field of wetland rehabilitation around the globe.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Compensatory Wetland Mitigation in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: An Incipient Discipline....Pages 3-17
Wetland Rehabilitation in Australasia....Pages 19-28
Mangrove Rehabilitation in the Coastal Mekong Delta, Vietnam....Pages 29-36
Mangrove Rehabilitation in the Philippines....Pages 37-42
Rehabilitation of Wetlands: An African Perspective....Pages 43-53
Wetland Rehabilitation in the Mediterranean Basin....Pages 55-68
Central European Perspectives in Lake Shore Rehabilitation....Pages 69-80
Putting Policy into Practice in South West England....Pages 81-89
Wetland Rehabilitation in the Caribbean....Pages 91-103
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
Rehabilitating Wyndgate: Bringing Back Wetlands on a Family Property in South Australia....Pages 107-111
Saltwater Intrusion and the Mary River Wetlands of the Northern Territory....Pages 113-119
Effective Planning and Community Consultation: the Big Swamp Urban Wetland Rehabilitation Project, City of Bunbury, Western Australia....Pages 121-125
Moanatuatua Bog—Proposed Restoration of a New Zealand Restiad Peat Bog Ecosystem....Pages 127-137
Local Community Involvement in Mangrove Rehabilitation: Thailand’s Yadfon....Pages 139-142
Prescribed Flooding and Wetland Rehabilitation in the Zambezi Delta, Mozambique....Pages 143-158
Management of the Alien Weed, Salvinia molesta, in the wetlands of the Okavango, Botswana....Pages 159-166
Conservation and Rehabilitation of Lake Kanyaboli Wetland, Kenya....Pages 167-172
The Hula Valley (Northern Israel) Wetlands Rehabilitation Project....Pages 173-180
Ecology and Politics of Rehabilitation: Mogan Lake Wetland Ecosystem, Ankara, Turkey....Pages 181-187
Restoration Prospects of Degraded Lowland Brook Valleys in The Netherlands: An Example from the Gorecht Area....Pages 189-196
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
Rehabilitation Following Industrial Contamination: Jaua Lake, a Coastal Wetland in Camacari, Bahia, Brazil....Pages 197-203
Restoration of High Latitude Wetlands: An Example from the Canadian High Arctic....Pages 205-214
Front Matter....Pages 215-215
Valuing Wetland Rehabilitation....Pages 217-224
Revegetation Strategies for Northern Temperate Glacial Marshes and Meadows....Pages 225-241
The Consulting Industry in Wetland Rehabilitation....Pages 243-249
Wetland Rehabilitation and Remote Sensing....Pages 251-264
Ecological Theory and Its Role in the Rehabilitation of Wetlands....Pages 265-275
Disused Shrimp Ponds and Mangrove Rehabilitation....Pages 277-297
Front Matter....Pages 299-299
The Ecological Restoration Spectrum....Pages 301-318
Constraints to Successful Rehabilitation of Subtropical and Tropical Wetlands....Pages 319-326
Back Matter....Pages 327-338

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Bill Streever, author of Bringing Back the Wetlands and numerous technical articles about wetland restoration and creation, worked for two years to bring together this collection of papers. Authors ranging from private landowners to government managers to scientists present regional overviews, case studies, and discussions of various issues. Regional overviews cover areas as small as the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to areas as large as Australia and Africa. Case studies range from relatively small projects, such as rehabilitation of damage caused by wheel ruts in the high arctic, to much larger projects, such as attempts to rehabilitate thousands of hectares of Northern Territory wetlands in Australia. Seedbank ecology, economics, remote sensing, community involvement, the role of the wetland consulting industry, and other issues are discussed. In an effort to synthesize information from around the world, Joy Zedler presents a model that allows comparison of projects and may lead to better predictability of project outcomes. In An InternationalPerspective on Wetland Rehabilitation, authors describe planting, engineered structures, prescribed flooding, excavation, and other rehabilitation methods, from Israel to New Zealand to the Netherlands and elsewhere. For the first time, one volume offers an impression of the magnitude and diversity of the field of wetland rehabilitation around the globe.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Compensatory Wetland Mitigation in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: An Incipient Discipline....Pages 3-17
Wetland Rehabilitation in Australasia....Pages 19-28
Mangrove Rehabilitation in the Coastal Mekong Delta, Vietnam....Pages 29-36
Mangrove Rehabilitation in the Philippines....Pages 37-42
Rehabilitation of Wetlands: An African Perspective....Pages 43-53
Wetland Rehabilitation in the Mediterranean Basin....Pages 55-68
Central European Perspectives in Lake Shore Rehabilitation....Pages 69-80
Putting Policy into Practice in South West England....Pages 81-89
Wetland Rehabilitation in the Caribbean....Pages 91-103
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
Rehabilitating Wyndgate: Bringing Back Wetlands on a Family Property in South Australia....Pages 107-111
Saltwater Intrusion and the Mary River Wetlands of the Northern Territory....Pages 113-119
Effective Planning and Community Consultation: the Big Swamp Urban Wetland Rehabilitation Project, City of Bunbury, Western Australia....Pages 121-125
Moanatuatua Bog—Proposed Restoration of a New Zealand Restiad Peat Bog Ecosystem....Pages 127-137
Local Community Involvement in Mangrove Rehabilitation: Thailand’s Yadfon....Pages 139-142
Prescribed Flooding and Wetland Rehabilitation in the Zambezi Delta, Mozambique....Pages 143-158
Management of the Alien Weed, Salvinia molesta, in the wetlands of the Okavango, Botswana....Pages 159-166
Conservation and Rehabilitation of Lake Kanyaboli Wetland, Kenya....Pages 167-172
The Hula Valley (Northern Israel) Wetlands Rehabilitation Project....Pages 173-180
Ecology and Politics of Rehabilitation: Mogan Lake Wetland Ecosystem, Ankara, Turkey....Pages 181-187
Restoration Prospects of Degraded Lowland Brook Valleys in The Netherlands: An Example from the Gorecht Area....Pages 189-196
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
Rehabilitation Following Industrial Contamination: Jaua Lake, a Coastal Wetland in Camacari, Bahia, Brazil....Pages 197-203
Restoration of High Latitude Wetlands: An Example from the Canadian High Arctic....Pages 205-214
Front Matter....Pages 215-215
Valuing Wetland Rehabilitation....Pages 217-224
Revegetation Strategies for Northern Temperate Glacial Marshes and Meadows....Pages 225-241
The Consulting Industry in Wetland Rehabilitation....Pages 243-249
Wetland Rehabilitation and Remote Sensing....Pages 251-264
Ecological Theory and Its Role in the Rehabilitation of Wetlands....Pages 265-275
Disused Shrimp Ponds and Mangrove Rehabilitation....Pages 277-297
Front Matter....Pages 299-299
The Ecological Restoration Spectrum....Pages 301-318
Constraints to Successful Rehabilitation of Subtropical and Tropical Wetlands....Pages 319-326
Back Matter....Pages 327-338
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