Wetlands are ecosystems with high biodiversity that are perennially or seasonally flooded by fresh, brackish, or seawater with a maximum depth of 6 meters. In some cases they are swamps marshes, bogs, lakes or lagoons, usually accompanied by grasses, marine algae, mangroves or other vegetation. In other cases, they are temporarily dry but become productive and full of life during the rainy season.

Mangrove ecosystems including flats, lagoons, swamps, pasture and so on are seen as useless land by hotel operators, shrimp, and other "developers,” thus justifying the destruction of wetlands and replace them with hotels, housing colonies, shrimp farms and other activities they consider most productive, regardless of environmental damage, and the social and economic cost to local communities and humanity.

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