System · Rationale

Constructed wetland

Wetland engineered to mimic natural wetland processes, using vegetation, soils and microbial assemblages to treat wastewater, manage stormwater runoff, create wildlife habitats and provide other ecosystem services.

Definition source: AGROVOC: constructed wetlands (c_331329); Ramsar Convention Art. 1.1 (wetland)

Synonyms

treatment wetland

Broader

Wetland

Narrower

none

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.

Provenance

Restructure (v5)

Identifier

SYS_117 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/SYS_117
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/SYS_117)