Wetlands International wishes you and your loved ones a happy holiday season! Thank you for your support in 2025 - we look forward to more impact in the new year! https://www.wetlands.org/blog/2025-wrapped-our-year-in-review/

2025 has been a year of renewed urgency and strengthening global recognition that #wetlands are not optional add-ons, but central to #climate action, #water security, #biodiversity and human #wellbeing. Read all about our year below⤵️ https://www.wetlands.org/blog/2025-wrapped-our-year-in-review/

📋 Seit mehr als 60 Jahren beteiligen wir uns an der jährlichen internationalen Wasservogelzählung von @wetlandsint.bsky.social. Im Winter sind viele der Vogelarten leichter zu erfassen, da sie sich in besser zugänglichen Lebensräumen aufhalten. Welche Vögel das genau sind, erfährst du im Artikel 🦆

Hundreds of communities in Sierra Leone’s Bonthe district have signed a benefit-sharing carbon agreement with the Africa Conservation Initiative for the protection of mangroves in the Sherbro River Estuary. If implemented correctly, it could address “deep-rooted issues of fairness,” experts say.

When it comes to nature, people might have got the impression that @cop30brazil.bsky.social was only interested in forests & oceans. But look a little deeper and it's clear that there is real momentum building behind the country-led Freshwater Challenge www.wetlands.org/freshwater-c...

Big boost to peatlands in #Scotland. Diageo to invest in restoring up to 3000 hectares of peatlands in collaboration with Caledonian Climate & Wetlands International Great news as healthy peatlands are critical to water security, biodiversity and climate action. www.wetlands.org/diageos-big-...

#ExcitingNews! India has designated Gogabil Lake as its newest Wetland of International Importance. This #RamsarSite is an oxbow wetland situated between the Rivers Ganga (Ganges) and Mahananda. Details: www.ramsar.org/news/india-n...

✨ Julie Mulonga is a 2025 Woman Changemaker in the World of Wetlands, a prestigious global honour recognising women. She hopes her recognition will increase support for wetlands conservation across Kenya. @wetlandsint.bsky.social Read more: nation.africa/kenya/health...

As part of our work to promote #riverrestoration, we co-sponsored this year's Dam Removal Award. The award was presented today! The winner is a project involving the removal of obsolete barriers in the Zakarpatska region, Ukraine. 👏 Thx, @wetlandsint.bsky.social www.wetlands.org/ukraine-wins...

BREAKING: Ukraine wins 2024 Dam Removal Award despite wartime challenges! An inspiring project removed 3 obsolete dams in the western Tiza region, restoring 200km of rivers - boosting biodiversity and climate resilience. www.wetlands.org/ukraine-wins... @eib.org @wwfnederland.bsky.social

🌍 Missed our webinar, People, Wetlands & Birds? 🎥 Watch the full recording here 👉 youtu.be/W6t6KUNNxZ8?... Thanks to Ward Hagemeijer, Nandi Thobela & Rebecca Stewart for an inspiring discussion. 👀 Stay tuned for key takeaways & highlights! @wetlandsint.bsky.social @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social

Happy #DamRemovalDay! It's the first one ever. And about time too. Removing obsolete dams is one of the most effective restoration tools - rapidly bringing life and resilience back to rivers. And benefiting people and nature. Find out more in this superb video www.youtube.com/watch?v=PceJ...

Momentum keeps building behind the #FreshwaterChallenge. #Bangladesh & #Namibia have just joined - becoming the 52nd and 53rd country members, along with the EU www.freshwaterchallenge.org @nature.org @wwf.panda.org @ramsar.org @unep.org @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social @wwtworldwide.bsky.social

A historic partnership for people and nature. ✨ The World Bank and BirdLife International are scaling up conservation efforts across the African-Eurasian Flyway 🤝, supporting over 2 billion migratory birds and numerous communities. 🌍 Discover more here: www.birdlife.org/news/2025/10...

NEW: GLOBAL RENEWABLES OVERTAKES COAL How the heck did that happen so quickly?!...🧵

Fascinating article on opposition to new Heineken beer plant in a water scarce region of Mexico in the @theguardian.com But missed a key question - why did Heineken choose to make vast amounts of beer where communities already struggle to access water? www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

What an incredible celebration the #WorldRiverRun has been! From Kenya to Mexico, classrooms to riverbanks, people everywhere came together to celebrate and protect our rivers. A huge thank you to @wetlandsint.bsky.social, and to each of you who brought this movement to life. Until next time! 🙏💙

We’re excited to welcome Ward Hagemeijer, Senior Adviser @wetlandsint.bsky.social, to our CREAF Webinar! 🌍 He’ll share how participatory approaches strengthen wetlands, migratory birds & communities. 👉 Register: zoom.us/webinar/regi... #Wetlands #MigratoryBirds #EastAtlanticFlyway

Handed over! Joint global call for a Wetlands Ministerial at COP30 signed by 120+ orgs from 45 countries was delivered to Ana Toni Executive Director of @cop30brazil.bsky.social at a pre-COP meeting in the Pantanal Wetlands are key climate solutions. A high level event would push them up the agenda

Key databases and digital tools to accelerate wetland restoration in Europe: www.linkedin.com/pulse/wet-ho... @wethorizons.eu @wetlandsint.bsky.social

Journalism doesn’t draft statutes, sure land tenure, or plant trees. It supplies the oxygen those actions require: credible information, in time, in public. Journalism is a catalyst, not a cure. It nudges complex systems by making facts hard to ignore. www.butlernature.com/2025/09/08/f...

Very proud that Wetlands International partnered with @minaguli.bsky.social & @thirstfoundation.bsky.social on the #WorldRiverRun Fantastic way to raise awareness about our the need to protect & restore our rivers - and raise funds for community water & wetland projects 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️👏

How can participatory approaches protect wetlands, migratory birds & community resilience along the East Atlantic Flyway? 🌍 Webinar: People, Wetlands & Birds 📅 9 Oct 2025 | 16:00 CEST | Zoom (EN/FR) 🔗 Register: zoom.us/webinar/regi... #Wetlands #Resilience @wetlandsint.bsky.social

Groundbreaking decision of a vast majority of IUCN Members: protected areas are for nature conservation, not for massive development, including for mass tourism. @euronatur.bsky.social @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social @tourduvalat.bsky.social @wetlandsint.bsky.social www.euronatur.org/en/what-we-d...

👉 This dangerous precedent prompted the development of Motion 130, initiated by Albanian NGO PPNEA and co-sponsored by 14 organisations from 13 countries — including @euronatur.bsky.social, @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social and @wetlandsint.bsky.social.

Just 4 days to #WorldRiverRun with @minaguli.bsky.social. Fantastic to see so many people signing up to take part and help raise awareness about the need to protect & restore rivers. Our team has already pledged to run (& walk!) 100km. 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ Still time to sign up: go.runblue.org

Poor water governance costs Europe dearly: annual losses of €9 billion from floods & droughts alone The price of not implementing the Water Framework Directive is even higher... €51.1 billion every year💸! Do the maths. Let’s protect Europe’s waters! 💧 www.wwf.eu?18612866/A-m...

📣💧🏃 Announcing the #WorldRiverRun 2025! 📣💧🏃‍ On 28 September, World Rivers Day, we’re partnering with @wetlandsint.bsky.social to bring back a #RunBlue classic: the #WorldRiverRun!

Gargantuan cost of climate-fuelled disasters in Europe this summer: if only govts & businesses would spend a fraction of this on restoring freshwater & coastal wetlands to help buffer our communities, cities & companies from extreme floods, droughts & fires www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Yet another seriously alarming study on the Colorado! Action needed now to #SavetheColorado “Everybody needs to be looking at ways to cut [water use] right now" - Jack Schmidt, director of Utah State University’s Center for Colorado River Studies

Win for #wetlands: Ontario Investing $9.6 Million in Wetlands Conservation 🥳 🙌 "This funding represents an investment in the health of our landscapes and the well-being of our communities." https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1006402/ontario-investing-96-million-in-wetlands-conservation

"Wetlands are nature's early warning systems. Their decline tells us that we are approaching ecological limits." https://english.news.cn/europe/20250905/edd40ff3b3294d99a7d15fb34c2b3ae0/c.html

⏳Just 1 day left to speak up for nature! The European Commission wants to roll back vital environmental protections – and they’re asking for your opinion.📢 It’s our nature, our home, our future, our right. Tell them to keep their #HandsOffNature 👉 handsoffnature.eu

"Saving Dhaka's wetlands is essential for saving the city, and there is no alternative to restoring water bodies." https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/saving-dhakas-wetlands-essential-saving-the-city-adviser-rizwana-3979851

Superb article by @ianjames.bsky.social about vast areas of the Earth drying out. Urgent need to invest in protecting & restoring healthy wetlands (such as floodplains, peatlands etc) to store more water in nature and replenish aquifers.

On the front page of today’s @latimes.com Fresh water is disappearing and much of the world is getting drier Research by @hrishikeshac.bsky.social & @jayfamiglietti.bsky.social shows large swaths of the world are losing vast amounts of water www.latimes.com/environment/... @sean-greene.bsky.social

Wetlands like the Pantanal are #carbon sinks. But wetland-specific solutions are still absent from most countries’ emissions reduction pledges. https://news.mongabay.com/2025/08/climate-negotiations-must-begin-to-prioritize-conservation-of-wetlands-like-brazils-pantanal-commentary/

Superb story by @benjaminrswift.bsky.social in the @theguardian.com detailing the impacts of unsustainable lithium mining on #wetlands, water and local communities in the Bolivian Andes - and the threats of much worse to come. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

World Water Week concluded last week and we shared our expertise in landscape-scale wetland restoration with fellow #freshwater enthusiasts. Read our wrap up blog: https://www.wetlands.org/blog/wetlands-international-at-world-water-week-2025-scaling-up-wetland-restoration-for-people-and-nature/