We at Wetlands International South Asia condole the sudden demise of our beloved colleague Satish Kumar. Satish was a Technical Officer with us, and was […]

Wetland ecosystems can reduce disaster risk and help communities adapt to the impacts of climate change. These landscapes (protected areas or Ramsar sites) can play […]

Alongside climate change, the unprecedented biodiversity loss due to human activity presents a global emergency. The preservation of biodiversity is essential for meeting global climate […]

Educating youth on wetlands is essential to increase public awareness and initiate conservation action. With the ambition of reaching out to the school community across […]

The hill-state of Sikkim has constituted wetland committees at the local level to provide a multi-stakeholder platform for management of their diverse wetland regime. These […]

A webinar titled, “Avian Influenza in 2021: What we know and what needs to be done”, is being organised on 12 February 2021 from 17:00-18:30 […]

The theme of 2021 World Wetlands Day was ‘wetlands and water’ highlighting the inseparability of wetlands and water management in the quest for sustainable development. […]

The Asian Waterbird Census (AWC) is part of the global International Waterbird Census (IWC) initiative. This programme supports the conservation and management of wetlands and waterbirds worldwide. Like […]

2nd February of each year is observed as World Wetlands Day to mark the date of adoption of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. The theme […]