Preface.- eadwater Wetlands; J. Krecek, M. Haigh.- Mapping Wetlands in European Headwater Areas; M.L. Paracchini, J.V. Vogt.- The Role of Forest on the Hydrology of Headwater Wetlands; Y. Fukushima.- Role of Grassland Ecosystems in Protection of Forested Wetlands; J. Krecek et al.- The Effect of Peat Land Drainage and Afforestation of Runoff Dynamics: Consequences on Floods in the Glomma River; E. Beheim.- Impact of Herbaceous Vegetation on Recovery of a Harvested Headwater Catchment; J. Novakova, J. Krecek.- Leaching of Nitrogen from Upland Forest-Regeneration Sites into Wetland Areas; E. Kubin.- Hydrology of Disturbed Peat-Land, Heads of the Valleys, Wales; M. Haigh, M.P. Kilmartin.- Estimation of Water Budget in the Forested Peatlands of Western Ireland; R. Chandran et al.- Role of the Planktonic Communities in the Regulation and Indication of Eutrofication Processes in Shallow Mountain Wetlands; I. Traykov et al.- New Wetland Formation in Subsidence Hollows of Western Donbass, Ukraine; I.M. Loza, N.N. Nazarenko.- Integrating Wetlands into Watershed Management: Effectiveness of Constructed Wetlands to Reduce Impacts from Urban Stormwater; J. Brydon et al.- Disasters and Climate Change - Their Relation to Wetland Headwaters; A. Hocevar et al.- The Alleghe Lake (Dolomites, Italy): Environmental Role and Sediment Management; L. Marchi et al.- Alpine Wetlands from Ecological Network to Land Based Risk Prevention: The Case of Pian Di Spagna, Italy; A. Valentinelli.- Headwater Resources and Headwater Hazards - The Perspective of Environmental Education. Case Study Galtur, Austria; A.M. Hama et al.- Hydrology of Wetlands in the Headwaters of Great African Rivers; J. Balek.- Headwater Wetlands in Eastern and Southern Africa. The Evolving Debate; A. Wood.- Economic Contribution of Headwater Wetlands. Experience from western Ethiopia; A. Wood.- The Lake Kinneret Drainage Basin: Headwater Discharges, Hydrology and Nutrient Dynamics in the Hula Valley Wetland; M.Gophen.- Environmental Change in Headwater Peat Wetlands, UK; M. Haigh.- Environmental Problems of Headwater Wetlands in Hungary; A. Kertesz et al.- Headwater Wetlands in the Czech Republic; J. Krecek.- Analysis of the Water Balance of Small Paramo Catchments in South Ecuador; W. Buytaert et al.- Summary Reports: Wetlands in Slovakia, Slovenia, Poland, Belarus and Canada; S. Markova et al.- Headwater and Wetland Protection: The Italian Legal Framework; A. Valentinelli.- Next Generation of Watershed Management Programmes: Objectives and Expected Results; M. Achouri.- Conclusion - Wetlands in Context; M. Haigh and J. Krecek.- List of Contributors. Participants. Index.
