Wetlands and Natural Resource Management

1 Wetland Functioning in a Changing World: Implications for Natural Resources Management J.T.A. Verhoeven, B. Beltman, D.F. Whigham, R. Bobbink 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Clarity on Wetlands and Water Use 1.3 Wetlands and Environmental Flows 1.4 Wetlands and Water Quality 1.5 Biogeochemical Insights 1.6 Wetlands and River Fisheries 1.7 Wetlands and Climate Change 1.8 Further Developments in Wetland Science and its Applications References Section I The Role of Wetlands for Integrated Water Resources Management: Putting Theory into Practice 2 Restoring Lateral Connections Between Rivers and Floodplains: Lessons from Rehabilitation Projects H. Coops, K. Tockner, C. Amoros, T. Hein, G. Quinn 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Threatened Life at the Aquatic--Terrestrial Interface 2.3 Reconnecting Side-Channels Along the Rhône (France) 2.4 Rehabilitation of Side-Channels of the River Danube (Austria) 2.5 'Environmental Flows' for Rehabilitating Floodplain Wetlands (Australia) 2.6 Lessons from Rehabilitation Projects References 3 Sustainable Agriculture and Wetlands F. Rijsberman, S. de Silva 3.1 Agriculture and Wetlands: Introduction 3.2 Water for Food, Water for Environment 3.2.1 'Ecosystems Produce the Water Used by Agriculture' 3.2.2 'Irrigated Agriculture Uses 70% of the World's Water' 3.2.3 'Water Scarcity: Fact or Fiction?' 3.3 Producing More Rice With Less Water 3.4 Towards a Dialogue Among Agronomists and Environmentalists 3.4.1 Water, Food and Environment Issues in Attapeu Province, Lao PDR 3.5 Research on Sustainable Agriculture and Wetlands 3.6 Conclusions: Towards Sustainable Agriculture and Wetlands? References 4 Sustainable Water Management by using Wetlands in Catchmentswith Intensive Land Use C. Yin, B. Shan, Z. Mao 4.1 Semi-Natural Wetlands Created by Humans Before the Industrial Age 4.2 Water Regulation by the Multipond Systems 4.2.1 Research Site Description 4.2.2 The Regulation Process for the Crop Water Supply by the Pond System 4.3 Other Ecological Functions of Ancient