Scientists gather in Dubai to save world`s crucial wetlands
(WorldNews Environment)

More than 1,000 scientists and policymakers are meeting in Dubai to map out the future of the world´s wetlands, after a sobering report showed more than a third of them have been destroyed since 1970. The 170 signatories to the Ramsar Convention meet every three years to assess the state of wetlands. This year´s meeting follows the release of the first Global Wetland Outlook, a comprehensive look at global wetlands health. `The hope is that the report will inform discussions here this week and be taken by up the local governments, the local policymakers and individuals when they go back home,` said Royal Gardner, a professor of law at Stetson University in Florida and one of the lead authors...