System · Rationale

Wetland

Natural ecosystem in which land is saturated or covered by water permanently or seasonally, providing water regulation, biodiversity, and carbon storage.

Definition source: Ramsar Convention on Wetlands; IPCC AR6 WGII

Synonyms

marsh, swamp

Broader

Natural ecosystem

Narrower

Peatland, Coastal wetland, Constructed wetland

Counts as adaptation

System is exposed to a climate hazard, OR is acted on by a hazard-addressing intervention, OR benefits from a qualifying outcome or an adaptation-specific impact; NOT adaptation when named only as the sector or commodity of work, with no exposure and no hazard-addressing action on it.

Example of use

Climate context: sensitive to climate-driven hydrological change.

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

SYS_045 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/SYS_045
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/SYS_045)