The Tana River Basin covers 22% of Kenya’s total land mass and is home to 18% of the country’s population. It provides a range of ecosystem services vital for […]

If we could travel back in time, to the year 1900, 65% of all wetlands in the world would not yet have been lost. We […]

The fact that wetlands are shrinking amidst rapid development is common knowledge, and also that  the world is more climate insecure than ever as the […]

This policy brief from the Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction (of which Wetlands International is a member) analyses the Sendai Frame for Disaster Risk […]

Hasty, business-as-usual solutions to managing disaster risks in expanding coastal cities can undermine sustainable development and actually put people, urban infrastructure and valuable land at greater risk. Integrated Risk […]

New York – At the High-level Thematic Debate on Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) NGO Wetlands International states that better management and restoration of […]

In 2015, world leaders committed to achieving the 17 goals of the United National 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (the Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs). […]

All major global policy agreements conclude: wetlands are vital ecosystems in the landscape and are indispensable to achieve a sustainable and secure world. This policy […]

The Mahanadi delta and Kosi-Gandak floodplains in India are not only home to dolphins and turtles, they are also home to more than 21 million […]