Study on the Loss and Degradation and Sustainable Development Countermeasures of the Coastal Wetlands in Qinhuangdao

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Qinhuangdao coastal wetland is the distribution of China's most representative of the sandy coastal wetlands, and its main wetland types are sandy coast wetland, rocky coast wetland, estuarine wetland, lake wetland, shallow sea wetland and artificial wetland. Under the influence of natural factors and human factors, coastal wetlands degradation constantly. Land reclamation, city and port development, pollution, coastal erosion and excessive use of coastal biologic resource are considered as the main factors to the degradation of the coastal wetlands. Based on the analysis the main factors contributing to the loss and degradation of the coastal wetlands and the characteristics of wetland degradation, sustainable development countermeasures are suggested in this paper.

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