Restoration of wetlands in northeastern Hungary

Lakatos, Gyula (1997) Restoration of wetlands in northeastern Hungary. MAGYAR VÍZIVAD KÖZLEMÉNYEK, 3. pp. 309-316. ISSN 1416-1389 (nyomtatott); 1419-6107 (elektronikus)

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Abstract

Nowadays is evidently proved that the maintenance of state of protected or potential protected wetlands can only be provided through the restoration activities based on the results of well founded research. There are many different types of wetlands, each of which provides a different range of benefits to human society. The term wetlands groups together a wide range of inland, coastal and marine habitats which share a number of common features, but on the decision of the Ramsar Convention defining wetlandv as: Äreas of marsh, fen, peatland or water, whether artificial, permanent or temporary, with water that is static or flowing, fresh, brackish or salt, including areas of marine water the depth of which at low tide does not exceed six meters.” Wetlands are an ecotone, the transitional zone between land and water, and they combine characteristics of both environments. The wetland habitat consist of permanent or seasonal shallow water dominated by large aquatic plants and broken into diverse microhabitats (Horne and Goldman, 1994) Despite the importance of wetlands, vast areas have been degraded or lost as the results of human impacts. In order to reduce the rate of wetlands loss and enhance the contribution that these ecosystems can make to sustainable socio-economic development, a range of actions needs to be taken to improve restoration (Dugan, 1990) Only recently has recognition of their value as wildlife feeding and breeding are led to protection and restoration.

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