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The Canadian Wetland Inventory 
The Benefits
The CWI will be an invaluable tool to help:
- Support environmental assessment and sustainable development planning
- Model wetland carbon storage and climate change
- Develop policy based on science for all levels of government
- Manage wetlands to sustain their functions and values
- Measure performance towards sustainability objectives and assess the effectiveness of conservation programs
- Focus conservation, restoration and scientific research programs
- Provide a foundation for national wetland monitoring
- Maintain the well-being of all Canadians
- Carbon budgeting
- Enhanced management of water quantity and quality
For more information on the CWI, please email cwi@ducks.ca
The four founding partners of the CWI are:
- Canadian Space Agency
- Ducks Unlimited Canada
- Environment Canada - Canadian Wildlife Service HQ
- North American Wetlands Conservation Council (Canada)
Modelling climate change and carbon research are two invaluable tools that will benefit from the CWI. Wetlands store carbon, but when wetlands are drained, that carbon is released into the atmosphere as C02 adding to climate change. The CWI will provide the foundation to be able to monitor wetland loss and how it impacts our environment.
