
XV World Forestry Congress held in Seoul Korea
Wetlands International was invited by our BwN core group member – FRIM to highlight the importance of local community involvement in ensuring sustainable Mangrove Restoration […]
We safeguard and restore wetlands for people and nature
Wetlands International was invited by our BwN core group member – FRIM to highlight the importance of local community involvement in ensuring sustainable Mangrove Restoration […]
1. Background Governments and donors throughout Asia are increasingly applying Building with Nature (BwN) or nature-based solutions (NBS) to reduce hazards, mitigate and adapt to […]
More than 30 world leaders, 50 ministers, 50 international organisations, experts and other stakeholders gathered at the virtual Climate Adaptation Summit 2021, hosted by the Netherlands at the end of January. […]
This book makes the urgent and compelling case for scaling up the Building with Nature approach to adapt to and mitigate climate change. It contains […]
Malaysia has about 5,000 km coastline of which approximately 30% is suffering from coastal erosion due to strong waves from the sea and loss […]
Background Wetlands International is working on a programme called Accelerating Adaptation through Building with Nature Asia. This initiative is aimed at getting the governments of […]
So, you know a Wetland Champion who has shown outstanding leadership in wetland science, conservation or awareness raising? And you’d like to nominate them for […]
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We are a global not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the conservation and restoration of wetlands. Wetlands are areas where water is the primary factor controlling the […]
Floodplains are nature’s flood storage areas, evolving to make space when a river is periodically in a flood state. Society has evolved alongside floodplains using their fertile soils and flat land. As a result, vast stretches of floodplains are heavily modified and have lost their natural functions.