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• Because the wetlands are the habitat for many bio-diversity. And human activity has already shrunk the wetland greatly. We are not saving them we are tying to undo the devastation to the natural habitat for various spices of animals that can only survive in the wetlands. While naturally Methane can be produced in swamp lands and wetland ... the areas of the world that were naturally covered by the wetlands compared to the total land area was very small and the life form need them to sustain the food chain. Paving the wetland is not a solution nor is just leaving them as they are... we need to reduce the man made pollution and green house gas emissions instead of finding fault with the wetlands that at least also support abundant bio-diversity and have no other alternatives. Your argument is like saying why don%26#039;t we drill in Alaska wild life refuge? All the wild life protection of the wetlands is just a drop in the bucket ... before we know it the sea levels will be so high that all of east coast or what is left of it above ground will be wetlands. So saving wetlands is to save biodiversity not to reverse global warming. Global warming solution will need a lot more than just paving the wetlands even if that were possible. But a good start is to stop paving the Amazon and Indonesia. 0% 0 Votes
  If not so, you probably need to live a most polluted and most toxic and dangerous city, Hong Kong. Hong Kong is a cement forest lives with 7 million citizens. Due the air pollution, the Li Ka Shing Medical Centre, University of Hong Kong has recorded a total ten million clinical visits for the treatment of foul air caused diseases of asthma, heart and lung just in 2007. 0% 0 Votes 0% 0 Votes
• Ah, there are many animals that depend on these lands for survival. If someone took away your home, what would you do? It also protects animals that are endangered! 13% 1 Vote
• Because they have ALOT of wildlife that you can%26#039;t find anywhere else....and a lot of those animals need the wetlands to survive. 0% 0 Votes
• Because they are an essential part of the biosphere. 0% 0 Votes
• Interesting point, I guess when it comes to solutions this was not on the list. 0% 0 Votes
• so we can get mosquito bites 0% 0 Votes