This factsheet explains the causes and consequences of the rapid and severe subsidence of peat soils in South-east Asia as a result of the drainage […]

The new RSPO (April 2013) Principles and Criteria (P&C) require the avoidance of new plantation developments on peatlands and provide important guidance for addressing the issues […]

The scope of this study encompasses the Upper Niger Basin in Mali, focussing on the downstream Inner Niger Delta up to Tombouctou. It focuses on […]

AWC Newsletter #19, of Dec 2012 brings you up to date on progress of the AWC network over 2012 and looks ahead at 2013.

This annual report summarises the totals per country per species of all waterbirds counted under the International Waterbird Census in the African-Eurasian region. The 2012 […]

The “Migratory Birds for People”-network is developing well and we have now started engaging the ‘scientific world’ with the network-programme. This newsletter provides an update […]

This media briefing provides some background information on how peatland restoration and conservation action, stimulated by UNFCCC incentives, could significantly contribute to closing the so-called […]

The draft report “The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity for Water and Wetlands” was released as a contribution to the 11th meeting of the Conference […]

Information for Convention on Biological Diversity COP 11. This leaflet presents information on the unprecedented loss of East Asian intertidal areas and the crisis facing […]

This decision support tree was developed for the 2012 report, Peatlands – guidance for climate change mitigation by conservation, rehabilitation and sustainable use, which outlines […]