This report focuses on mangrove forests and the role they can play in reducing wind and swell waves. While mangrove forests are usually found on […]

The Lakes IJsselmeer and Markermeer form the largest fresh water lake complex in the Netherlands. They have a very important function for waterbirds as breeding, moulting, migration and wintering […]

A new initiative for monitoring in coastal West Africa. This poster displays how – as part of a broader initiative to strengthen the conservation of migratory […]

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 […]

This a new paper on avian influenza in wild birds in Lithuania that was recently published in Lithuanian Journal of Veterinary. This is the latest publication […]

Due to the enormous emphasis on soybean cultivation within Argentina, activities such as cattle raising but also the cultivation of soybeans are increasingly pushed to […]

Wetlands International signed the letter from a coalition of European  NGOs to the governments and Commission on banning carbon dense fuels. The NGOs ask to take […]

Citation: Van Eerden, M.R., van Rijn, S. and Keller, V. (eds.) 2011. Proceedings 7th International Conference on Cormorants, Villeneuve, Switzerland 23-26 November 2005, Wetlands International-IUCN […]

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 […]