Abstract
A precise distribution map of wetlands can provide basic data of wetland conservation and management for Ramsar parties in each region. In this study, based on the Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform and Sentinel-2 images, the integrated inundation dynamic, phenological, and geographical features for a multi-class tropical wetland mapping method (IPG-MTWM) was used to generate the Southeast Asia wetland cover map (SEAWeC) in 2020, which has a 10 m spatial resolution with 11 wetland types. The overall accuracy (OA) of SEAWeC was 82.52%, which, in comparison with other mappings the SEAWeC, performs well. The results of SEAWeC show that (1) in 2020, the total wetland area in Southeast Asia was 123,268.61 km2, (2) for the category I, the coastal wetlands has the largest area, reaching 58,534.78 km2, accounting for 47.49%, (3) for the category II, the coastal swamp has the largest area, reaching 48,002.66 km2, accounting for 38.94% of the total wetland area in Southeast Asia, and (4) significant difference in wetland rate (WR) between countries in Southeast Asia, in which Singapore has a WR of 6.96%, ranking first in Southeast Asia. The SEAWeC can provide the detailed spatial and type distribution data as basic data for the Southeast Asia to support the Ramsar strategic plan 2016–24.
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