We are dedicated to saving the world’s peatlands; they globally store at least 550 Gigatonnes of carbon and are home to many threatened species.

 

We restore mangrove forests and introduce sustainable shrimp farming in coastal areas, which have suffered degradation. We convince governments and businesses to join us.

 

We protect and monitor millions of waterbirds that depend on a chain of healthy wetlands for their migration routes every year.

 

We sustain and restore wetlands as a cost-effective strategy for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation.

 

Find detailed information including spatial information and downloadable GIS data on many important wetlands that are designated under the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, 1971).

 
 

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Publication

Putting community resilience into practice

  At the halfway point in implementation of the Partners for Resilience programme (PfR), a wealth of initial successes and lessons learnt have been identified. Based on the PfR resilience vision of eight key principles, the partners have now gathered case studies that illustrate how this is currently being translated into practice. Read more

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Blog

Putting the carbon ahead of the drivers

By Vera Coelho The round of applause at the end of the REDD+ negotiations in Bonn reflected the relief of the Parties at having concluded work on several difficult issues. But their efforts will not stop deforestation and forest degradation. Read more

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Who are we?

Wetlands International is the only global non-profit organisation dedicated to the conservation and restoration of wetlands. We have 18 offices with a headquarters in the Netherlands. Read more 

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Discussions with DGIS

Discussions on Netherlands’ development cooperation policies.

Wetlands International is working together with Both Ends and IUCN-Netherlands Committee in the Ecosystem Alliance, financed by the Netherlands' Government (DGIS). One of our joint activities is to contribute to the Netherlands policy considerations regarding environment, ecosystems and sustainable development. On Tuesday 25 June, the Ecosystem Alliance partners will organise together with DGIS a brown bag lunch meeting in The Hague to discuss the challenges of the interrelationships and interdependencies of trade, poverty reduction and environment with regard to sustainability, and the role of civil society organisations and private sector. The meeting will focus on the palm oil sector as an example.

See more about this activity, click here (NL).