What are the national requirements for wetland protection?

The "Wetland Protection Law" stipulates that if the legitimate rights and interests of wetland owners or users are damaged due to ecological protection and other public interests, the people's government at or above the county level shall provide compensation.

Article 36 of the "Wetland Protection Law" states that the state establishes a compensation system for wetland ecological protection.

The State Council and provincial people's governments should increase financial investment in the protection of important wetlands in accordance with the principle of division of powers and increase financial transfer payments to areas where important wetlands are located.

The state encourages the people’s governments of wetland ecological protection areas and wetland ecological beneficiary areas to carry out inter-regional ecological protection compensation through consultation or market mechanisms.

If the legitimate rights and interests of wetland owners or users are damaged due to ecological protection and other public interests, the people's government at or above the county level shall provide compensation.

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Article 37 People’s governments at or above the county level shall adhere to the principle of giving priority to natural restoration and combining natural restoration with artificial restoration. , strengthen wetland restoration work, restore wetland area, and improve the quality of wetland ecosystems.

People's governments at or above the county level shall carry out comprehensive remediation and restoration of natural wetlands that are severely fragmented or have degraded functions, giving priority to the restoration of important wetlands with severely degraded ecological functions.