Ecoblog 6 Explain the value of wetlands to human societies; include the concept of biodiversity and wetlands’ role in maintaining water resources for human use.

Wetlands are important to human societies because they release new life and rejuvenate the ecosystem by balancing human affects to rivers and lakes. Wetlands clean the water by filtering out sedimentation, decomposing vegetation and chemical wastes thus resulting in clean water for humans to drink. Also they act like sponges by absorbing water from floods and other large masses of water which helps maintain the water level for human societies along with it's purification. When water levels are low they release water for humans so that we survive. Wetlands help create more biodiversity in the areas due to the fact that animals use them for migration and reproduction. Also the wetland ability to recycle nutrients is an important function in the process of water purification, giving us humans more safe water resources for our survival.