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Sustainable Development <br />"WETLANDS ARE NOT WASTELANDS" <br />NON-CONSUMPTIVE <br />RECREATION <br />RECREATIONAL <br />HUNTING AND FISHING <br />FOREST PRODUCTS <br />WATER DUALITY ENHANCEMENT <br />AND FLOOD CONTROL <br />COMMERCIAL TRAPPING, <br />HUNTING AND FISHING <br />MARKET GARDENING <br />PEAT HARVESTING <br />ANNUAL ECONOFAC VALUES <br />$3A Billion <br />S1.4 Billion <br />$525 Million <br />$200 Million <br />$150 Million <br />5100 Million <br />S70 Million <br />RICE AND HAY HARVESTING $10 Million <br />AND AGUAWLTURE <br />Canadian Wildlife Service <br />Environment Canada <br />FIGURE 1 <br />Sustainable Development <br />Causes of Wetland Decline <br />Agricultural <br />Drainage (85%) <br />Expansion (9%) <br />Recreation Development <br />(2%) <br />Hydro Development and <br />Lake Level Management (2%) <br />Forestry and Peat Harvesting (2%) <br />Unknowns: Climate Change <br />Pokdion/Acid Rain <br />Canadian Wildlife Service <br />Environment Canada <br />FIGURE 2 <br />38