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Welcome to the website of the Malaysian programme of Wetlands International; a subsite of our global site. Wetlands International is a global organisation that works to sustain and restore wetlands and their resources for people and biodiversity.This site is maintained by our Malaysian office in Selangor, Malaysia.
Ramsar Convention
In Malaysia, Wetlands International has been instrumental in the country's accession to the Ramsar Convention in 1994 with the designation of Tasek Bera as the country's first Ramsar site. The Government of Malaysia is a country member of Wetlands International since 2002.
Wetlands International Malaysia has developed several major regional programmes on waterbird and wetland monitoring and conservation action, including the Asian Waterbird Census (since 1991), the Asia-Pacific Migratory Waterbird Conservation Strategy (1996-2006) and the Asian Wetland Inventory (1999-2004).
Today, Wetlands International Malaysia focuses its activities in the following areas:
- Informing stakeholders and decision makers about the status and trends of wetlands in Malaysia
- Mainstreaming the role of wetlands in sustainable development
- Show the importance of the services and values of wetlands in Integrated Water Resource Management
- Conserving wetland species and habitats, in particular migratory waterbirds
We provide technical, project and information services to a range of national and state government agencies and organizations to build capacity and to facilitate wetland conservation activities, and to ensure their wise use.
AWC Newsletter 17
In this edition, the AWC Coordinator, Dr. Bharat Jethva announces the dates for 2010 census. An update of the 2009 census is provided along with details of milestone 20 year review of the Asian Waterbird Census. News from the region follows.
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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...
Annual Review 2008
The Annual Review 2008 charts the main achievements, as well as projects, finance and publications of Wetlands International during 2008. Furthermore, it highlights our work in relation to climate change adaptation and on incentive mechanisms for community-based wetland management. As you can read in the Achievements and projects sections of this review, Wetlands International was highly active in all regions during 2008. The outcomes that we achieved in 2008 are important in themselves, but most are just steps towards much longer-term goals to bring about lasting benefits to people and nature. Read more...
Asian Waterbird Census Newsletter 16
This is the 16th newsletter of the Asian Waterbird Census with the introduction of the newly appointed international coordinator of the Asian Waterbird Census (AWC) and the update on the developments related to the AWC since June 2008.
Read the 16th Newsletter of the Asian Waterbird Census Read more...
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| Wetland loss mayor source of SE Asian climate emissions | Greenhouse gas emissions due to the loss of peatsoils have rapidly increased in Southeast Asia in the last twenty years and now have reached a magnitude equal to 70% of all fossil fuel carbon dioxide emissions. This conclusion follows from the first ever inventory of peatland carbon emissions per country, as presented by Wetlands International in cooperation with Greifswald University at this week’s UN Climate Summit in Barcelona. |
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