Wetlands and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
This book presents a baseline of information that helps understanding of how WASH and wetland service provision are connected, why these linkages are vital and how they can be better managed. Furthermore, the publication presents a set of principles to be taken on by sector professionals as a way forward to improve integration in the future. The publication is the result of an ongoing collaboration between individuals and organisations from the wetland conservation sector and the water supply, sanitation and hygiene sector. Read more...
Status of Waterbirds in Asia
The Asian Waterbird Census (AWC), conducted each year in January, is a waterbird and wetland-monitoring programme initiated in 1987 within the framework of the International Waterbird Census. This report summarises the results of the AWC from 1987 to 2007, comprising counts at 6,705 sites in 27 countries. A total of 1,387 sites met at least one of two criteria of internationally important sites according to the Ramsar Convention. Of these, 312 sites were reported to support more than 20,000 waterbirds, and 1,382 sites recorded more than 1% of the biogeographic population of at least one species of waterbird. Read more...
The Wader Atlas
The Wader Atlas is a compilation of current knowledge of the numbers, distribution and movements of one of the most remarkable groups of birds in the region covered by the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA). Long-term waterbird count data have been combined with an extensive literature review, especially published results of bird ringing and national bird atlases, to produce maps showing the population boundaries that are used as a basis of the conservation of these species.
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Invisible Connections
This book and its wonderful photographs by Jan van de Kam bring to life the dramatic journeys of migratory shorebirds in the East Asian – Australasian Flyway, the importance of their staging sites and the need for international cooperation to maintain this cycle. "Invisible Connections" is a wonderful photographic journey that follows the migration of shorebirds flying from their breeding grounds in the Arctic through East Asia to Australasia. It highlights one of nature's most spectacular phenomena and reveals the surprising and little-known connections that exist between countries, habitats and people through this migration. Read more...
Waterbird Populations Estimates, Fourth edition
This publication sets the global standard in presenting estimates of the numbers and trends of waterbird populations throughout the world. This fourth edition provides a comprehensive update on information last provided in 2002 and summarizes population data on 878 waterbird species. Read more...
Directory of Azov-Black Sea Coastal Wetlands
Although the Black Sea coastal wetlands are of vital importance for both human society and wildlife, because of extensive human activity they are amongst the most threatened habitats. The large network of diverse and distinctive coastal wetlands in the Black Sea region belongs to an intricate system of marine, riverine and steppe environments. This network of wetlands is of utmost importance for millions of migratory waterbirds in the East African and Mediterranean flyways and plays therefore a key role in the African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA, under the Bonn Convention). Despite their considerable deterioration in size and quality over the last few decades, these wetlands maintain extensive areas of relatively high ecological integrity.
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Results from the International Waterbird Census in the Western Paleartic and Southwest Asia 1995 and 1996
This report shows the status of Waterbirds in North Africa, Europe and Western Asia. This is the first time that factual distrubution maps are displayed of a wide range of waterbirds in this region. This publication helps to take the right decisions regarding wetland areas and waterbirds. This publication is out of print but may be downloaded for free on this page. Click here for more information about the International Waterbird Census. Read more...
The Niger, a lifeline
An extensive study on the impact of existing and planned dams in the Upper Niger. Impacts such as irrigation, hydropower generation but also loss of agricultural and grazing lands, changing fish stocks and biodiversity loss are quatified and compared. Multidisciplinary in nature, this study draws on the fields of hydrology, ecology and environmental economics. Hydrological interventions (i.e. dams and irrigation schemes) aim to increase economic independence and food security in the unstable Sahel environment. Tapping the Niger’s flow, however, is not without consequences. The costs and benefits of expensive hydrological structures have to be carefully balanced. In this study we incorporate downstream interests into our analysis. Downstream outcomes are inherently difficult to quantify, and are therefore often omitted in similar enquiries. Read more...
An Atlas of Movements of Southwest Siberian Waterbirds
One of the scientific results of the project “Conservation of Wetlands and Wetland Species in South West Siberia” is the Atlas of movements of Southwest Siberian waterbirds”. It is based on eight decades of bird banding and recovery work by Russian scientists, involving more than half a million waterbirds. The basic field data was stored in databases of local Russian research agencies but most data were never disclosed for the wider scientific audience. Due to excellent cooperation between Russian and Dutch scientists the data were analysed and interpreted in 2005, resulting in the current atlas. It provides a significant contribution to the knowledge of migration movements of waterbirds. Read more...
Directory of Wetlands in the Middle East
This Directory represents the culmination of a two-year project, the Middle East Wetland Inventory, sponsored jointly by IUCN, WWF, IWRB, BirdLife International and Ramsar. It consists of a series of national chapters describing the principal wetlands in 13 countries from Syria and Lebanon in the west, to Afghanistan in the east, and the Republic of Yemen in the south. Some 223 sites of international importance are described, based on the "Ramsar Criteria". While these wetlands are important for a host of other functions and benefits, including water storage, flood control, coastal protection and fisheries production, as well as for their wildlife. Read more...
Overview of Ramsar Sites
The second in the series, the "Overview" presents a thematic and graphically illustrated analysis of the world''s Wetlands of International Importance at 31 December 1998, including information on: the regional distribution of Contracting Parties to the Convention on Wetlands and their designated Ramsar sites; the kinds of wetlands represented in the Ramsar List of sites; the reasons why these wetlands have been designated as internationally important; the principle of ''wise use of wetlands'' and the land uses recorded in Ramsar sites; and the factors of change challenging these and other wetlands. Read more...
Atlas of Anatidae Populations in Africa and Western Eurasia
This publication brings together a wealth of information on Anatidae (swans, geese and ducks) in Africa and Eurasia, in the form of maps and text. The information about the populations of these birds provides the crucial data that is necessary for national and international conservation policies. It shows what governments of range states need to do to meet their international obligations, for instance the policies related to the African Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA). For each species, the most appropriate flyway boundaries are discussed and plotted on maps. Maps also show all potential and actual key-sites, and breeding ranges for migratory species. Key-sites are also presented in table form, with justification for all flyway population estimate and boundary changes. Read more...
Waterbird Population Estimates - Third Edition.
All the information on the global state of waterbirds in one publication. Launched at the eighth Conference of the Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands in Valencia, Spain, in November 2002, this publication sets the global standard in presenting estimates of the numbers and trends of waterbird populations throughout the world. Read more...
Wetlands in Russia. Volume 4.
Volume 4 contains descriptions of 37 wetlands, with a total area of c. 3.7 million ha, located in Northeastern Asia. This volume presents the first example of a detailed wetland inventory compiled for a major natural region of the Russian Federation. Twenty four out of 37 sites covered by the inventory are recommended for inclusion in the Ramsar List. This major region, covering 1,300,000 km2, includes several administrative regions of the Russian Federation: the Chukot Autonomous Area, Magadan Region, and partly, the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) and KhabarovskTerritory. The region is bordered by the Verkhoyansk Range in the south-west, the extensive Primorskaya Lowland (northeastern Yakutia) in the west and north-west, the Arctic seas in the north, the Pacific Ocean in the east, and the Kolyma Highlands and the Sea of Okhotsk in the south and south-east. The wetland sites along the Arctic coast are dominated by permafrost and severe subarctic climates with the mean annual air temperature well below -10°C. Read more...
Status survey and conservation action plan for the Black Crowned Crane Balearica Pavonina
The Black Crowned Crane Balearica pavonina, a resident of the Sahel and Sudan Savannah regions of Africa, is of global conservation concern. Historically, the Black Crowned Crane was abundant and widely distributed across at least 27 countries but during the past thirty years the species has been decreasing across much of its range. In 1999, ICF and Wetlands International launched a comprehensive programme to assess the status of Black Crowned Cranes and develop concrete plans for the conservation of the species. Read more...
Wetlands in Russia. Volume 3.
This volume contains descriptions of 166 wetland sites, which are presently on the Ramsar Shadow List of the Russian Federation. The total area of these sites is nearly 44 million ha. These wetlands include 33 different wetland types, following the Ramsar classification system. The volume contains 31 chapters, in accordance with the number of biogeographical regions identified for the purpose of national wetland inventory (these regions are shown in Fig. 1). Each chapter includes an introductory section that describes the wetland types found within the region, major threats, and the current status of conservation activities, and identifies priority objectives and actions at regional level. This section is followed by descriptions of listed sites located within the given biogeographical region. Outline maps are provided showing the location of the sites in each region. Read more...
Wetlands in Russia. Volume 2.
This volume provides information on 51 important peatland sites covering over eight million ha that meet the Ramsar Convention Criteria. This information has been compiled on the basis of the revised TELMA List (first published in 1979) and some recent inventory studies. The selected peatlands play a key part in regulating hydrological and climatic conditions over extensive areas, support rare and endangered species of plants and animals, and provide representative examples of mire types characteristic of the tundra and taiga biogeographical regions. The descriptions of sites are given in accordance with the biogeographical zoning and classification, generally agreed in Russian mire science. Read more...
Wetlands in Russia. Volume 1.
This volume contains 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). The total area of Russian Ramsar sites is 10.3 million ha. These sites support large populations of water birds, up to an estimated total of 10 million birds at the end of the breeding season. Read more...
Wetland benefits
Important public awareness tool to promote the wide range of benefits from wetlands and to assist in their wise use. Read more...
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