China’s coastal wetlands: Ecological challenges, restoration, and management suggestions

Coastal zones are defined as the areas where the land meets the sea. Although coast zones have significant resource and ecological value, they are ecologically vulnerable to human activities and natural disasters. In the past 70 years, the coastal wetlands of China have experienced ecological problems such as wetland degradation, coastal erosion, environmental pollution, and non-native species invasion caused by natural and man-made factors....