Brochures, posters & leaflets

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.

The integration of ecosystems and natural resource management in disaster risk reduction (DRR) has been largely overlooked to date. This document introduces a set of criteria, which can be used by policy makers and practitioners to better integrate the management of ecosystems and natural resources in their DRR work.

Millions of people around the world are vulnerable to natural and man-made hazards. Unsustainable management and use of ecosystems is often a root cause of such vulnerability. Wetlands International calls for better integration of approaches to disaster risk reduction, bringing together expertise from relevant sectors and making optimal use of the natural protection provided by ecosystems.

This leaflet explains the concept of hybrid engineering as it relates to mangrove coasts. It provides a rationale for moving away from over-reliance on hard engineered structures, and moving towards working alongside and with nature for coastal resilience. The information contained in this leaflet can be used by policy makers and practitioners when considering options for coastal defence in tropical coastal regions.

Esta publicación de la Cruz Roja Nicaragüense es una guía popular sobre el cambio climático, edicón 2013. Esta publicación fue actualizada por la Cruz Roja Nicaragüense, a través del Programa Gestión de Riesgos de Desastres ante el Cambio Climático, implementado por la Alianza por la Resiliencia con el apoyo técnico y financiero de Cruz Roja Holandesa, Cruz Roja Italiana y Wetlands International.

 This book contains basic information on the 35 wetland sites designated by the Government of the Russian Federation for the List of Wetlands of International Importance under the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971).

 Con este folleto se trata de mostrar como las acciones que alteran el régimen hidrológico de un humedal modifican drásticamente sus características ecológicas y producen graves impactos que comprometen el bienestar y los modos de vida de las comunidades locales y de las poblaciones vecinas que habitan su área de influencia.

Wetlands International is working closely with Red Cross, Cordaid, Red Cross Climate Centre and CARE to implement a range of activities in Asia, Latin America and Africa to increase people's resilience against (climate related) disasters via ecosystem restoration and management. Together we have formed the “Partners for Resilience” (PfR).

Peatlands support millions of people around the world, store twice as much carbon as all forests worldwide, and are home to many threatened species of plants and animals. Peatland degradation has devastating economic and social consequences. Wetlands International promotes global and national land use practices and policies that counter peatland destruction and degradation, promote conservation incentives and support local communities.

This decision support tree was developed for the 2012 report, Peatlands – guidance for climate change mitigation by conservation, rehabilitation and sustainable use. The report, available on line, outlines the steps in the decision-making process. Download the decision-support tree

Several million hectares of abandoned and drained peatlands in European Russia are highly vulnerable to fires, such as those that resulted after an extremely dry summer in 2010 that billowed smog over Moscow. Rewetting and establishing a sustainable use of degraded peatlands, especially abandoned peat mining sites, may prevent such fi res, and mitigate negative impacts on climate and biodiversity.

This poster displays how - as part of a broader initiative to strengthen the conservation of migratory waterbirds - the Wadden Sea Flyway Initiative (in the framework of Wadden Sea World Heritage activities) and the Conservation of Migratory Birds project (BirdLife International and Wetlands International) are improving the monitoring of waterbirds in especially the coastal zone of West-Africa.

This leaflet presents information on the unprecedented loss of East Asian intertidal areas and the crisis facing waterbirds that depend on these habitats.

La visión de la Alianza por la Resilience (PfR) se basa en la experiencia práctica y en varios niveles en nueve países y representa un cambio en la forma en que se destinan los recursos para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres (RRD). Es urgente una forma de abordar la reducción de riesgo debido al incremento impredecible del riesgo a desastres y las pérdidas económicas a las que se enfrentan las comunidades.

 Upaya Pengurangan Resiko Bencana melalui kegiatan rehabilitasi pesisir dipadukan dengan peningkatan ekonomi masyarakat

 Upaya Pengurangan Resiko Bencana, melalui kegiatan rehabilitasi di Kab. Sika

 Upaya Pengurangan Resiko Bencana dan adaptasi terhadap Perubahan Iklim, melalui kegiatan rehabilitasi dipadukan dengan peningkatan ekonomi masyarakat (Bio-rights)

Together with our partners in the Dutch WASH Alliance, we are calling attention to the emerging issue of water grabbing. This leaflet served as background information for our water grabbing event at World Water Week in Stockholm on 28 August 2012.

En el marco del componente Economía con Enfoque Ecológico del proyecto de la Fundación Humedales / Wetlands International Argentina, el "Programa Soja y Humedales" está orientado a promover la integración de la conservación y el uso sustentable de los humedales en las políticas y agendas del sector público y privado relacionadas con el cultivo de soja y con la producción de soja responsable en particular.

La Fundación para la Conservación y el Uso Sustentable de los Humedales (Fundación Humedales) -Oficina Argentina de Wetlands International- desarrolla este proyecto en el marco de la iniciativa de la “Ecosystem Alliance”, gracias al financiamiento del Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores de los Países Bajos (DGIS).

Folleto sobre el proyecto e implementación de las obras.

Migratory waterbirds are culturally and economically important, but vulnerable to habitat loss, overexploitation and other pressures. Countries along their flyways have a shared responsibility for sustainable management of their populations. Through the African-Eurasian Waterbird Monitoring Partnership, Wetlands International and partners support science-based decision-making to help countries meet their AEWA commitments to waterbird conservation.

Wetlands International champions and enables the adequate management, restoration and sustainable use of mangrove forests. In this brochure we highlight our approaches and activities to increase coastal resilience and reduce disaster risk.

Here we highlight our approaches to working in the Mediterranean, our successes in the region and our ambitions for the future.

Here we highlight our approaches to working in the Mediterranean, our successes in the region and our ambitions for the future.

Here we highlight our approaches to working in the Mediterranean, our successes in the region and our ambitions for the future. 

 Mangrove sebagai komponen kunci dalam pertahanan pesisir dan pengembanganakuakultur

Peatlands play a critical role in climate regulation, storing twice as much carbon as the entire world’s forest biomass and emitting large amounts of carbon when drained. The UNFCCC provides significant opportunities to safeguard and restore these concentrated and important reservoirs of terrestrial carbon.

This paper introduces Mangrove Capital; a programme conceived by Wetlands International and partner organisations, that aims to bring the values of mangroves to the fore and provide the knowledge and tools necessary for the improved management of mangrove forests.

Las Buenas Prácticas Ambientales en Cultivos de Arroz son un conjunto de recomendaciones para alcanzar las mejores acciones de manejo para la producción sustentable del arroz. 

The article highlights the uses of the Critical Site Network tool for african birders in a playful and easy to read way.

During the coming 5 years, Wetlands International will work closely with Red Cross, Cordaid, Red Cross Climate Centre and CARE to implement a range of projects in Asia, Latin America and Africa to increase people's resilience against (climate related) disasters via ecosystem restoration and management. Together they have formed the “Partners for Resilience” (PfR).

A Brochure on the importance of conserving the Peat Swamp Forest in Brunei. The Brochure mentions the major threats, solutions and what is being done to safeguard Brunei's peatlands.

El aumento en el uso de los recursos naturales del Delta del Paraná, la sustitución de la vegetación nativa y la modificación de los patrones de drenaje, sumados a la ocurrencia de intensas sequías e incendios, resultaron en impactos que afectan a los humedales de la región, su biodiversidad y los medios de vida asociados. En este contexto, la creación del “Plan Integral Estratégico para la Conservación y Uso Sostenible del Delta del Paraná” (PIECAS) es una oportunidad para el cambio, y para el trabajo con distintos sectores y variadas disciplinas, con una meta común: facilitar la resolución de los problemas del Delta del Paraná y de su gente, aprovechando de manera sustentable los servicios ambientales que permitan la preservación de la naturaleza de este vasto humedal.

Paper made by the NGOs working together in the EU on the European biofuels policy. The Paper describes how the European biofuels policy will cause indirect land use change of a magnitude of 69 000 km² of forests, wetlands and other ecosystems; an area twice the size of Belgium.

Nuestros humedales y el cambio climático presenta información sobre los servicios que prestan los humedales en la mitigación y adaptación al cambio climático, haciendo hincapié en los humedales de Cuyo, en el marco del proyecto componente humedales del Programa Nacional de Acciones para la Adaptación al Cambio Climático.

Esta publicación muestra los diferentes impactos de las actividades humanas en los humedales del Delta del Paraná, evidenciando la contribución que los humedales brindan al bienestar de nuestra sociedad y la necesidad de conservarlos.

A menudo se piensa que la conservación de la naturaleza impide la lucha contra la pobreza, y viceversa - que no es posible conservar la naturaleza y combatir la pobreza, al mismo tiempo. Wetlands International, a través de su programa de humedales y medios de vida, sostiene que no sólo los esfuerzos de conservación de la naturaleza y el desarrollo se refuerzan uno al otro, sino que en realidad se necesitan mutuamente para alcanzar el éxito.

El conjunto de humedales que existen en la cuenca baja del río Paz (manglares, esteros, ríos y mar); proveen de servicios ecosistémicos fundamentales para la sostenibilidad de los medios de vida de las comunidades locales y su bienestar. Más del 70% de la población de la zona depende de forma directa de los servicios ecosistémicos que prestan, especialmente de la pesca, la recolección de crustáceos y moluscos, del agua para el consumo humano y la producción y de la madera o la leña.

Brochure by Wetlands International Africa on the Flood Prediction Tool for the Inner Niger Delta in Mali and how this tools benefits freshwater biodiversity, especially fish populations. 

Poster: Healthy Wetlands, Healthy People (2)

Poster: Healthy Wetlands, Healthy People

Esta publicación define el significado de los turbales, muestra los beneficios y valores, como así también la importancia de su conservación mediante herramientas tales como el proyecto "Estrategia y planificación territorial para el uso racional de las turberas de Tierra del Fuego".

Esta publicación muestra a través de investigaciones los valores y funciones vitales que brindan los humedales del Delta del Paraná y que contribuyen al bienestar humano de la población de la zona de influencia.

Esta publicación da cuenta de la realidad ecológica de los humedales del Delta del Paraná, mostrando como los impactos del cambio climático y los incendios están afectando los pulsos naturales sequía-inundación de los humedales y en consecuencia a las actividades productivas de la región.

Esta publicación muestra el mapa de los terraplenes y endicamientos de la región del Delta del Paraná realizado en base al análisis e interpretación visual de una serie de tiempo de imágenes satelitales y a información corroborada mediante visitas a campo, sobrevuelos y entrevistas a informantes calificados (pobladores locales y técnicos).

Esta publicación da cuenta de la situación jurídico-institucional de la región, mostrando los instrumentos legales que facilitarían el ordenamiento ambiental territorial de la región del Delta del Paraná, contribuyendo al Plan Integral Estratégico para la Conservación y el Uso Sostenible del Delta del Paraná (PIECAS).

Upaya Pengurangan Resiko Bencana, melalui kegiatan rehabilitasi pesisir dipadukan dengan pemberdayaan ekonomi masyarakat

 Flyer ini memberikan gambaran akan fungsi dan manfaat hutan gambut serta permasalahan dan cara mengatasi permasalahannya

Se trata de un documento de comunicación que permite dar una primera introducción al proyecto “ Conservación de los humedales y Modos de Vida del Delta del Paraná”. Además, este folleto incluye información sobre las funciones y valores (Bienes y Servicios) que poseen los humedales y cuales son las amenazas e impactos que los afectan.

Poster ini mngajak masyarakat untuk menjaga kelestarian batu karang dan ekosistem pantai 

This paper shines light on the issue of greenhouse gas emissions due to conversion of areas with peatsoils for palm oil production, including for biodiesel. The paper will focus on palm oil in Southeast Asia; the most relevant area for vegetable oil production on peatlands, with alarming greenhouse gas emissions as a result.

Sierra Leone’s coastal and marine biodiversity faces many threats ranging from habitat destruction, climate change (coastal erosion, flooding and droughts), hunting, collection of sea turtle eggs, to land use change as a result of agriculture and settlement and fish stock overexploitation. However, there are initiatives already addressing some of these issues for some time.

The title of this poster is "Peatland loss fuels climate change". It is a cartoon showing the conversion of peatlands into palm oil plantation, which causes the relases of CO2 through burning practices as well as oxidation of the peat soil from the deforestation and drainage. The palm oil company employee has his pockets filled with dollars, stating "We plant oil palm to save the climate, and get REDD and biofuels subsidies".

"Prevent mal-adaptation: protect and restore wetlands to adapt to climate change" is the title of this double-sided cartoon poster explaining how wetlands serve to mitigate impacts and thereby help to adapt to climate change.

This the A3 sized poster of:

Reducing emissions from peatlands:

A global responsibility.

Support reducing emissions from peatlands under LULUCF and REDD

You can download by clicking on the link.

This the flyer of the Global Peatland Fund, which reduces greenhouse gas emissions by rehabilitating degraded peatlands – especially peatswamp rainforests in Southeast Asia. Peatland rehabilitation and conservation are extremely cost effective carbon mitigation options (US$7 to US$17 per tonne of CO2).

This 6-page brochure demonstrates how wetlands in a healthy, intact condition can greatly contribute to attenuate the water related impacts of climate change. Due to their ability to store and slowly release water, these wetlands are a vital lifeline in periods of extreme droughtsWetlands International urges governments, development organisations and finance institutions to integrate wetlands into climate change adaptation strategies. .

Иллюстрированный буклет содержит описание нового туристического маршрута, который пройдет по территории российского национального парка «Себежский» и белорусского заказника «Освейский», связанных единой озерной системой. This illustrated booklet provides description of a new ecological route created in the Sebezhsky National Park of Russia and the Osveysky Nature Reserve of Belarus sharing a single lake system.

As an important part of the "Wetland School Network Programme Popularized in Asian Countries along the East Asian-Australasian Waterbird Flyway", the booklet entitled "Wetlands, Shorebird and Flyway" is characterized by easily understandable language and attractive illustrations used for explanation of wetlands,shorebird and flyway, which is uesful for students to enhance the wetland awareness and encourage them to portect environment and wildlife by their own hands. The booklet is edited and designed by Wetlands International.

Weh Island, well known as Sabang is the one of the most outer island of Indonesia (0 km point of Republic Indonesia). Weh Island’s coastal ecosystems is dominated by coral reef, it made Weh Island famous as marine tourism. Tsunami December 2004 destroyed Weh Island especially its coral reef ecosystem where many of them buried with sand. 

Wetlands International Africa and IUCN are combining their efforts within the PRCM to promote a wiser use of mangrove resources. The unique functions and values of mangroves sustain a high level of biological productivity which is extremely profitable to both animal species and human beings. This ecosystem, rich with species of flora and fauna, plays an important ecological and economic role for countries along the West African coast.

Under the PRCM umbrella, Wetlands International Africa brought together many international partners and led the development process of the manatee conservation strategy, with the support of the Abidjan Convention.

Книга содержит информацию о болотах: их свойствах, животном и растительном
мире, необходимых условиях для сохранения их функций. Приводятся примеры
экскурсий и даются материалы, которые могут быть использованы как на уроках
в школе, так и при проведении внеклассных занятий.

This brochure provides a base for decisions regarding the use of water of the Upper Niger. The brochure presents facts about proposed and existing dams and on the costs and benefits, winners and losers.

Wetlands International has a long standing history in investigating the role of wetlands in relation to water provision and supplies, flood pervention and increasing coastal resilience to extreme weather events. This factsheet on this role of wetlands in adapting to climate change was made for the UNFCCC Climate Talks in Bonn, June 2009.

A coastal forest Arboretum in Kajhu village and Gampong Baro, Aceh Besar district: Integrating ecosystem rehabilitation with environmental education and economic empowerment

Arboretum Tanaman Hutan Pantai di Desa Kajhu dan Gampong Baro Kabupaten Aceh Besar : Keterpaduan antara Rehabilitasi Ekosistem, Pendidikan Lingkungan dan Pemberdayaan Ekonomi.

Брошюра посвящена заказнику "Журавлиная родина", особо охраняемой природной территории на севере Московской области. Издана в рамках проекта по сохранению водно-болотных угодий Московского региона. This brochure (in Russian) addresses the Dubna Mire or Crane Homeland nature reserve in the Moscow region in Russia.

Wetlands International Indonesia Programme (WIIP) with WWF through the Green Coast Project (funded by Oxfam) has facilitated around 31 local NGOs and 29 community based organizations to found the community of suffering from the Tsunami to carry out coastal ecosystem rehabitation integrated with the efforts to create alternative means of livelihood in Aceh-Nias since October 2005. So far, this approach has produced good result because the community participation in rehabitating the ecosystem is related to the incentive provision in the form of business capital loan.

Green Coast Project for Nature and People after the Tsunami

Around 26,130 hectares of mangrove are destroyed by tsunami has been rehabilitated with mangrove by various institutions. However, the most of the mangrove rehabilitation activities only took place in ex-mangrove habitat land and not in the community fishery ponds that used to be mangrove habitat too. This means that there are still fishery land that are potential to be rehabitated by planting mangrove by the pond dikes and in a little part of inner ponds by adopting silvo-fishery method. In fact, if the fishery land is reforestrated, some environmental and economic benefits can be increased.

Rehabilitasi Ecosistem Pesisir di Kecamatan Jaya Kabupatan Aceh Jaya

This brief was used by the team of Wetlands International attending COP 14 in Poznan, Poland (December 2008). The aim is to advice delegations on the different issues on the agenda in different committees of the COP.

Poster created for the UNFCCC meetings to show that the global climate community is doing nothing to address the significant emissions from peatland loss.

Factsheet explaining the methods and achievements of the Central Kalimantan Peatland Project (CKPP).

Poster about peatland restoration in Central Kalimantan, explaining the Central Kalimantan Peatland Project to people in the area (in Indonesian).

Leaflet in Bahassa Indonesia to local communities the problems connected to peatland drainage and the solutions of the Central Kalimantan Peatland Project.

This brochure (4 pages) presents the main projects in 2008 for which we look for support from donors: Green Coast, Wings Over Wetlands and the work on restoring the South-east Asian peatswamps.

Leaflet on how the GREEN COAST PROJECT promotes SILVOFISHERY in Aceh and Nias.

Green Coast initiated community base rehabilitation projects hrough micro, small and large grants. This brochure describes what the small grants projects in India did to undo the negative effects of the tsunami.

Green coast poster