Editing Wetland (section)

===Wetland products===
[[File:Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary marsh.jpg|thumb|Wetland at the Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary in Massachusetts, United States, in February]]

Wetlands naturally produce an array of vegetation and other ecological products that can be harvested for personal and commercial use.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Waterlogged wealth: why waste the world's wet places? |last=Maltby |first=E. |date=1986 |publisher=International Institute for Environment and Development |others=Earthscan |isbn=978-0905347639 |location=London |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/waterloggedwealt0000malt}}</ref> Many fishes have all or part of their life-cycle occurring within a wetland system. Fresh and saltwater fish are the main source of protein for about one billion people<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Tidwell |first1=James H |last2=Allan |first2=Geoff L |date=2001 |title=Fish as food: aquaculture's contribution: Ecological and economic impacts and contributions of fish farming and capture fisheries  |journal=EMBO Reports |language=en |volume=2 |issue=11 |pages=958–963 |doi=10.1093/embo-reports/kve236 |issn=1469-221X |pmc=1084135 |pmid=11713181}}</ref> and comprise 15% of an additional 3.5&nbsp;billion people's protein intake.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Béné |first1=Christophe |last2=Barange |first2=Manuel |last3=Subasinghe |first3=Rohana |last4=Pinstrup-Andersen |first4=Per |last5=Merino |first5=Gorka |last6=Hemre |first6=Gro-Ingunn |last7=Williams |first7=Meryl |date=2015-04-01 |title=Feeding 9 billion by 2050 – Putting fish back on the menu |journal=Food Security |language=en |volume=7 |issue=2 |pages=261–274 |doi=10.1007/s12571-015-0427-z |s2cid=18671617 |issn=1876-4525|doi-access=free }}</ref> Another food staple found in wetland systems is rice, a popular grain that is consumed at the rate of one fifth of the total global calorie count. In Bangladesh, Cambodia and Vietnam, where rice paddies are predominant on the landscape, rice consumption reach 70%.<ref name="ramsar b">{{cite web|url=http://www.ramsar.org/cda/en/ramsar-documents-info/main/ramsar/1-31-59_4000_0__|title=The Ramsar Information Sheet on Wetlands of International Importance|date=September 18, 2009|access-date=November 19, 2011}}</ref> Some native wetland plants in the Caribbean and Australia are harvested sustainably for medicinal compounds; these include the red mangrove (''[[Rhizophora mangle]]'') which possesses antibacterial, wound-healing, anti-ulcer effects, and antioxidant properties.<ref name="ramsar b" />

Other mangrove-derived products include fuelwood, salt (produced by evaporating seawater), animal fodder, traditional medicines (e.g. from mangrove bark), fibers for textiles and dyes and tannins.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hogarth |first=Peter J. |title=The biology of mangroves and seagrasses |date=2015 |isbn=978-0-19-102590-7 |edition=Third |location=Oxford |oclc=907773290}}</ref>