News 28 Jul 2022 For effective waterbird conservation along East Asian – Australasian Flyway, “best guess” is not enough
News 21 Jun 2022 Wetlands International calls for global wetland targets ahead of critical CBD COP15 negotiations
News 13 Oct 2021 Driving investment in Eco-DRR to build climate resilient communities in developing countries
News 30 Aug 2021 Wetlands International welcomes the 2030 Action Targets and calls for a focus on wetlands
News 15 Aug 2021 Wetlands International celebrates opening of largest birdwatching centre in South America
News 27 Jul 2021 New trial ensures successful planting of seedlings to restore areas in Pantanal degraded by fires
News 29 Jun 2021 Wetlands International launches new online portal for the world’s latest data on waterbird populations
News 24 Jun 2021 Wetlands International Argentina wins national Water Project Competition with restoration of the Llancanelo Lagoon
News 09 Jun 2021 Wetlands International Brazil and partners launch new tool that monitors burned areas in the Cerrado, Pantanal and Amazon
News 03 Jun 2021 World Migratory Bird Day: Celebrating birds, wetlands and communities in China’s Liaohekou estuary
News 28 Apr 2021 Mangrove green belt in Demak sees rapid mangrove recovery through fishpond conversion
News 22 Apr 2021 Greenchoice and Wetlands International kick-off their partnership on Earth Day to restore Guinea-Bissau’s mangroves
News 02 Apr 2021 Two long-standing wetland champions appointed as Counsellors of Honour to Wetlands International
News 08 Mar 2021 Investments and collaboration needed at scale to revive wetlands and speed up adaptation
News 05 Mar 2021 Wetlands International becomes supporting partner of UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
News 22 Jan 2021 Promising new opportunities and pressing threats concerning efforts to conserve biodiversity in 2021: Horizon scan
News 20 Jan 2021 Wetlands International congratulates the Irish Government’s inspiring leadership in making wetlands core to climate action
News 14 Dec 2020 Virtual community training to continue to rewetting peatlands in Indonesia and Russia
News 14 Dec 2020 Supporting the re-integration and self-sufficiency of India’s displaced workers across wetlands
News 13 Dec 2020 Safeguard and restore wetlands to support people and nature through the pandemic and beyond
News 11 Dec 2020 Setting global targets would drive investment needed to scale up wetland recovery for climate action
News 10 Dec 2020 Building with Nature programme in Indonesia wins international Flood & Coast Excellence award
News 01 Oct 2020 Authorities urged to revise plans for large-scale irrigation and dam construction along Mali’s blue lifelines
News 26 Aug 2020 Convention on Biological Diversity: highlighting essential sub-grouping of ecosystems
News 26 Aug 2020 Rising global temperatures driving birds from the tropics faster and at greater scale than anticipated
News 27 May 2020 Water, Peace and Security Partnership awarded Luxembourg Peace Prize in the Environment Category
News 29 Apr 2020 Let’s recognize paludiculture as an eligible practice in the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy
News 24 Mar 2020 Convention on Migratory Species conference adopts ‘ecological connectivity’ declaration
News 13 Mar 2020 Dutch trade mission in Indonesia discusses integration of Building with Nature solutions for coastal and urban resilience
News 18 Feb 2020 Wetlands International South Asia launches the Asian Waterbird Census 2006-2015 Synthesis Report
News 20 Jan 2020 Largest ever number of Endangered Black-faced Spoonbills recorded in the Philippines
News 28 Nov 2019 Valuing Wetlands in climate and biodiversity agendas: recommendations for climate pledges
News 12 Nov 2019 On Pantanal Day, Wetlands International and partners go to Brasília-DF to discuss effective biome protection measures
News 29 Oct 2019 Wetlands International calls for collective action to halt and prevent further Pantanal fires
News 25 Oct 2019 Wetlands International and One Architecture intensify collaboration for climate resilient cities
News 23 Sep 2019 Systems approaches are key to scaling up nature-based solutions, Wetlands International Chief Executive tells Climate Action Summit
News 22 Sep 2019 Initiative for scaling up Building with Nature in Asia to transform water engineering sector launched at Climate Action Summit
News 22 Sep 2019 Wetlands International and Africa Union Commission – Great Green Wall Initiative call for revival of wetland systems in the Sahel at New York Climate Summit
News 12 Sep 2019 Open letter to the Mediterranean Shipping Company from conservation organisations: Where is the compensation for pollution of the Wadden Sea?
News 10 Sep 2019 Global Flagship on Adaptation report: Work with nature, humanity first line of defence
News 16 Aug 2019 RSPO adopts palm oil standards developed with Wetlands International to limit peatland degradation
News 02 Aug 2019 Yellow Sea wetlands achieve UNESCO World Heritage status with support from Wetlands International
News 02 Aug 2019 Wetlands International emphasises conflict-sensitive and human-security approaches to infrastructure as new Malian government takes office
News 10 Jul 2019 Asia rallies behind Building with Nature to scale up climate change adaptation efforts
News 05 Jul 2019 Business and industry need to join civil society and governments to improve the condition of wetlands
News 19 Jun 2019 EDD19. Discussing how to address water threats to promote peaceful and inclusive societies
News 20 May 2019 Our efforts paid off: Global Platform for DRR 2019 emphasises the key role of ecosystems
News 20 May 2019 Time for action, not despair: The IPBES Global Assessment report and the solutions we offer
News 11 May 2019 Joint Statement on World Migratory Bird Day: re-evaluating people’s relationship with nature
News 17 Apr 2019 Toward sustainable fisheries in the Parana-Paraguay Corridor: Development of the Paraná Delta Artisanal Fisheries Network
News 22 Mar 2019 Call for Wetland Decade under the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030)
News 26 Feb 2019 Promoting blue-green infrastructure for urban resilience at the EU Forum Cities and Regions for Development Cooperation
News 15 Feb 2019 Water, Peace and Security partnership: Addressing human security risks related to water in Mali
News 12 Dec 2018 Arcadia Fund helps us support restoration and management of critical habitats for migratory waterbirds in the Yellow Sea
News 15 Nov 2018 Ziway-Shalla Basin in Balance: climate resilience for people and nature in the Ethiopian Rift
News 13 Nov 2018 Astonishing and alarming: the book ‘Barr Al Hikman: shorebird paradise in Oman’ makes an urgent call to conserve
News 30 Aug 2018 First design workshop in Semarang to develop solutions for the city’s sinking and flooding challenges
News 27 Apr 2018 Work under Partners for Resilience in Odisha selected as one among the best practices in Asia
News 18 Jan 2018 Wetlands International welcomes better international cooperation in the Mesopotamian Marshes
News 10 Oct 2017 Besides Building with Nature Demak needs to tackle subsidence to safeguard coastline
News 29 Sep 2017 Communities living along the Ewaso Ng’iro basin journey with camels to advocate for the conservation of the river
News 26 Jul 2017 Experts draw attention to a successful method of mangrove regeneration on International Mangrove Day
News 03 May 2017 New report: Degradation of wetlands in the Sahel is wrecking lives, driving migration
News 20 Dec 2016 A civil society alliance to improve resilience to climate change along the Lujan River basin, Argentina
News 22 Nov 2016 Investments in wetlands highlighted at African Regional Platform on DRR starting today
News 21 Nov 2016 Building with Nature prominent as sustainable coastal management approach during Dutch trade mission to Indonesia
News 16 Aug 2016 Wetlands International to highlight soil subsidence and flooding at International Peat Congress
News 05 Aug 2016 Celebrating 50 years of the International Waterbird Census in Laguna Llancanelo, Argentina
News 28 Jul 2016 A new paper rejects claims that drainage of peatlands for plantations can be sustainable
News 20 Apr 2016 “No Sustainable Development Goals unless action is taken to reduce the deficit in natural infrastructure”
News 20 Apr 2016 Indonesia’s largest pulp-for-paper producer risks defaulting on sustainability commitments due to bad peatland management
News 11 Dec 2015 A new report on impacts of plantations on the Kampar Peninsula peatland confirms that drained plantations on peatland cannot be sustained
News 27 Nov 2015 Indonesian Civil Society presents a Roadmap towards sustainable peatland management for pulpwood plantations
News 13 Nov 2015 New initiative launched to create climate resilient wetlands for waterbirds and communities
News 21 Oct 2015 Wetlands International calls for National Peatland Strategy in Indonesia to curb haze disaster
News 28 Sep 2015 Wetlands International commits to reduce water scarcity by restoring wetlands during Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting 2015
News 20 Aug 2015 New typology of management regimes to inform decision makers about mangrove ecosystem services
News 13 Mar 2015 Focus on better water management and ecosystem restoration urgent at UN summit on Disasters
News 13 Mar 2015 Focus op beter waterbeheer en ecosysteemherstel op VN top Rampenbestrijding hard nodig
News 11 Dec 2014 New guide launched at climate talks in Lima for financing wetland carbon initiatives
News 04 Dec 2014 Statement on H5N8 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in Poultry and Wild Birds
News 06 Nov 2014 Mangroves Provide Measurable Risk Reduction Benefit to Coastal Communities from Storm Waves and Flooding
News 23 Sep 2014 Wetlands International awards Staff Medal of Excellence to Daniel Blanco and Ritesh Kumar
News 20 Sep 2014 Wetlands International to award Luc Hoffmann Medal for Wetland Science and Conservation
News 29 Jul 2014 Dutch experts assess flood risk reduction options for devastated Tacloban city, the Philippines
News 12 Jun 2014 Mauritania, Senegal and Russia commit to better cooperation for migratory waterbird conservation
News 03 Jun 2014 Where was the role of the environment at the Regional Platform for DRR in the Americas?
News 04 Feb 2014 Miljoenen euro’s van Postcode Loterij om Filipijnen beter tegen rampen te beschermen
News 03 Feb 2014 Conservation Groups Launch Global Freshwater Fish BioBlitz, Inviting Citizen Scientists to Help Monitor Fish Species
News 13 Jan 2014 Wetlands International welcomes ground-breaking ruling against illegal destruction of Tripa Peat Swamp Forests