Title:	Wetlands and agriculture: Are we heading for confrontation or conservation
Author(s):	Gopal, Brij
Date:	2000
Source:	In: Proceedings of a Conference on Sustainability of Wetlands and Water Resources, May 23-25, Oxford, Mississippi, eds. Holland, Marjorie M.; Warren, Melvin L.; Stanturf, John A., p. 88-93
Description:	Wetlands and agriculture are closely linked. Historically, agriculture had its beginning in riparian wetland habitats and expanded into other wetlands. Later, large areas of riverine, palustrine, and coastal wetlands were converted into paddy fields or drained for agriculture. Agriculture has grown most at the expense of natural wetlands. Today, the intensive agriculture depends upon heavy inputs of water (irrigation) and agrochemicals. Thus, agriculture now threatens the remaining wetlands through alteration of hydrological regimes, siltation, and pollutants. Conservation of wetlands requires an integrated, balanced, and coordinated approach to the management of water resources whereby the impacts of agriculture on wetlands are minimized without compromising agricultural production.
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