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亞洲區內保育工作：保護濕地生態系統—

孟加拉鴇、黑臉琵鷺、大禿鸛和赤頸鶴

Regional Conservation Efforts: Safeguarding Wetland Ecosystems –
Bengal Florican, Black-faced Spoonbill, Greater Adjutant and Sarus Crane

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赤頸鶴
Sarus crane

威脅及保育價值 Threats and conservation values

濕地是全球生態系統不可或缺的基石，各種各樣的 A wide variety of animals and plants depend on wetlands for their
動植物依靠濕地生存。濕地不僅保護海岸線免受 survival. Not only do wetlands protect the shoreline from waves and
海浪影響和減少洪水帶來的破壞，還可吸收有害 reduce the damaging effects of flooding, they also absorb harmful
污染物並改善水質。 pollutants and improve water quality.
The Cambodian Lower Mekong Delta is a biodiverse wetland that
位於柬埔寨湄公河三角洲的濕地生物多樣性非常 supports the livelihoods of three million people. It is also home to the
豐富，不單養活了當地三百萬人口，更是面臨絕種 threatened sarus crane, black-faced spoonbill, greater adjutant and
的赤頸鶴、黑臉琵鷺、大禿鸛和孟加拉鴇的家園。 Bengal florican. But with more than 60% of the region’s wetlands
不過，當地六成以上的濕地卻因為不可持續的急速 being lost to rapid, unsustainable development, habitat fragmentation
發展而流失；棲息地變得破碎，令高度依賴天然 is leaving those most dependent on natural resources worse off than
資源的人類和物種同樣受到冲擊。 ever.

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