The Governing Body of Wetlands International South Asia met on September 21, 2018 to consider the annual report and financial statements for 2017-18. New initiatives, […]

Wetlands management cuts across disciplines, sectors and stakeholders. Building the capacity of wetlands managers is therefore crucial for ensuring that wetlands are managed sustainably. Wetlands […]

A consultation workshop ‘Water as Leverage’ was organised by Netherlands Enterprise Agency, in collaboration with 100 Resilient Cities, UN-Habitat and Partners for Resilience on September […]

On August 15, 2018, Wetlands International South Asia celebrated India’s 72nd Independence Day. A flag unfurling ceremony was held at the office in presence of the […]

In a new collaboration under the Partners for Resilience (PfR) programme, six delegations from South Sudan visited the Indian PfR sites for a week-long knowledge […]

The Partners for Resilience Asia Team participated in the AMCDRR held during July 3-6, 2018 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. PfR Philippines, Indonesia and India as part of the PfR […]

Water, food and climate security of South Asia region is inextricably linked with its diverse wetland regime. However, the region’s complex development dynamics, coupled with […]

In 2002, Chilika Lagoon became the first Asian Ramsar Site to be delisted from Montreux Record, following a successful hydrological restoration and basin-scale management interventions, […]

Under the programme, Partners for Resilience (PfR) led by Wetlands International South Asia, a case study on sustainable community-based disaster risk management - Responding to emergencies, A PfR perspective - was selected as one among the best practices in Asia by the Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC). This case was submitted under the programme Institutionalizing Sustainable Community Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM).

Chilika, one of the first two wetlands to be designated as Ramsar Sites in India, has the unique distinction of having a resident population of […]