This book comprises the Proceedings of the Third International Wetlands Conference in Rennes, France, 19-23 September 1988. It is divided into four sections which deal successively with conservation and resource use with particular emphasis on agriculture, coastal zone conservation and management, fisheries management and the management problems of wetland hydrology.
Individual papers are short.
They were not prepared with the intention of appearing in the traditional scientific or conservation journals, but rather with deliberate intent to highlight new cases, assessments and examples of the needs, problems and priorities of wetland conservation. The volume thus provides a unique contribution to, and information base for, the development of new policies for wetland conservation worldwide.