RDE601 A review of the importance of global wetlands, and their ecosystem

This work will aim to assess the current understanding of the role of wetland ecosystem services in poverty reduction in lower and middle-income countries. To achieve this, it will seek to fulfil the following objectives: (1) collect and organise available information on the flows, distribution and value of wetland ecosystem services; (2) combine this information with data on poverty in lower and middle countries, and interpret this evidence using the necessary technical expertise; (3) summarise key findings, and illustrate these with case studies, to inform wetland conservation policies and their relationship to poverty reduction; and (4) identify current knowledge gaps and provide a steer of where future research work is most needed.