Wetland Loss in the Yellow Sea
The Yellow Sea lies at the center of one of the most populated regions on earth. More than 420 million people live in its vicinity and the pressure on natural resources cannot be overstated. Already more than half of the Yellow Seas intertidal areas have been converted to land through a process dubbed reclamation and the pace of this reclamation is accelerating. If the remaining intertidal areas are lost, long distance migrant bird species and the livelihoods of people that make their living from thes
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