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Wetlands International is a global organisation that works to sustain and restore wetlands and their resources for people and biodiversity. This English global site shows our global organisation, our projects and publications.

We also have specific sites for our offices in South Asia, Oceania , Malaysia, Africa (French), Latin America (Spanish), Russia, the Black Sea Region, Thailand, North Asia (Chinese & English), Japan (Japanese) and Indonesia (English & Indonesian).

Our latest news!

Support for Unilever's moratorium on deforestation for palm oil

Wetlands International supports the call of the global company Unilever for a moratorium on deforestation for palm oil. With the call, companies and NGOs dealing with palm oil urge companies to respect this moratorium. The call will also be translated into a resolution for the Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (meeting in November 2008).

Populations of migratory waterbirds are declining along the African-Eurasian Flyways

A study showing declines of 41 per cent of migratory waterbird populations along their main migration routes in Africa and Eurasia is presented to the Fourth Meeting of the Parties to AEWA (MOP4) in Antananarivo, Madagascar this week (15-19 September 2008).

Call for EU to reject biofuel target

10 September 2008. Tomorrow, the Industry, Research and EnergyCommittee (ITRE) of the European Parliament will vote about the Renewable Energy Directive. Wetlands International calls for a rejection of the 10% target for biofuel use in 2020.

Follow the migrating Purple Heron online!

Ten Purple Herons can be monitored from today onwards in their trek to Africa. These herons are equipped with a satellite transmitter, which allows their position to be determined with a ten metre accuracy. The flyway of the Purple Heron can be observed online at: www.vogelbescherming.nl/purperreiger.

Water scarcity problem-solving in Kenya's wetlands

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This video tells the story on how wetland water management can benefit people and nature in Africa. It was made together with the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) and Entreprise-Works VITA (EWV).

The project related to this video is the Wetlands Poverty Reduction Project (WPRP), which is part of our Wetlands and Livelihoods strategy.

For more videos of Wetlands International, visit our video page.