💧 Wetlands, the forgotten carbon sink that can help mitigate the impact of climate change. 🌱 Wetlands are an important component of earth’s climate system. 🌳 Protecting wetland buffers from disturbance will help them persist in the face of climate change. #COP30

The #GlobalWetlandOutlook2025 by Convention on Wetlands#GlobalWetlandOutlook2025 is available! Wetlands are vanishing, along with the life they sustain. 🌱 Explore the data & solutions to protect these crucial ecosystems. Full report 👉 http://global-wetland-outlook.ramsar.org/ #GWO2025 #WetlandsMatter 🌍🧪

Hosted by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) of the Philippines in collaboration with the Secretariat of EAAFP, the 12th Meeting of Partners (MOP12) is set to take place from 8 to 14 November 2025 in Cebu, Philippines. Details: eaaflyway.org

#ExcitingNews: At the 2025 IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi, Dr Musonda Mumba made the case for water in a room that typically speaks the language of forests and oceans. Read more: www.ramsar.org/news/water-w... #IUCNcongress #WetlandConservation #WetlandsMatter

Implementing nature-based solutions, including safeguarding and restoring wetlands, holds the key to one-third of the climate solution. We now urgently need to scale up the safeguarding and restoration of wetlands! #COP30 #COP30Belem #ClimateAction #WetlandsMatter

More about the #PeatlandBreakthrough: www.greifswaldmoor.de/peatland-bre... @succow-stiftung.de , partner in the @greifswaldmoor.bsky.social, @fao.org @unep.org @ramsar.org

Denunciamos ante @ec.europa.eu @unesco.org @ramsar.org el procedimiento por el que @miteco.gob.es  @saraaagesen.bsky.social quiere quitar a Doñana su condición de marisma de agua dulce, obviando a la ciencia y con el daño que puede suponer a la biodiversidad.  Noticia 👇

#SaveTheDate: On Monday 17 November 2025, H.E. Ms. Ever Mlilo, Permanent Representative of Zimbabwe to @ungeneva.bsky.social and the Secretary General will share the outcomes of the #WetlandsCOP15. ⏳15:00 – 16:00 CET 📍Palais des Nations, Geneva – Room VIII contacts.ramsar.org/notification...

#DYK that the Convention on Wetlands is the only global treaty to focus on a single ecosystem? The Convention on Wetlands is the intergovernmental treaty that provides the framework for the conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources. #WetlandsWednesday

🌍Connectivity occurs from local to global scales and is crucial to supporting life on Earth. 🌿Protecting, restoring and enhancing ecological connectivity underpins the survival of a wide range of species and is key to tackling the global nature and climate crises. #RestoreWetlands #WetlandsMatter

📢Alertamos a @unesco.org @ramsar.org @ec.europa.eu del grave riesgo que supone para #Doñana el deslinde del @miteco.gob.es y pide a la Ministra @saraaagesen.bsky.social su paralización www.wwf.es/informate/ac...

#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...

#ExcitingNews! Thailand has designated Royal Thai Army Nature Education Center (Bang Pu) as its newest Wetland of International Importance. This #RamsarSite is a coastal wetland that includes a mangrove forest, intertidal mudflats and coastal brackish lagoons. www.ramsar.org/news/thailan...

🌆 Urban wetlands face increasing challenges due to population growth and development pressures. 🏙️ Cities that manage their wetlands sustainably reap important benefits, including flood mitigation, enhanced biodiversity and improved recreational spaces. #WorldCitiesDay

This week Dr Beom-Sik Yoo, the Senior Advisor for Asia and Oceania, participated in a workshop supporting Brunei’s development of a national wetland policy and its potential accession to the Convention. #Brunei #WetlandConservation #WetlandsMatter

The Global Land Outlook Thematic Report on Ecological Connectivity and Land Restoration focuses on land as a social-ecological system and its interactions with freshwater systems and terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity. Read more: www.unccd.int/resources/re...

🌿 Wetlands are some of the most threatened habitats in the world, yet also the most vital for wildlife and people. 💧 They’re areas of land that are either permanently or seasonally inundated with water, supporting species that are adapted to live there. #WetlandsWednesday #WaterIsLife

Caring for nature is also caring for our community! Globally, women make up close to 40% of the agricultural labour force. Empowering women and closing gender gaps enhances the wellbeing of women and their households. This is a critical pathway towards gender equality and women’s empowerment.

The East Atlantic Flyway Youth Forum showed what happens when young people lead. From policy to practice, youth are safeguarding wetlands, people, & migratory birds along the EAF. Read more: flyway.waddensea-worldheritage.org/from-policy-... #YouthForWetlands @ramsar.org @wetlandsint.bsky.social

Wetlands offer some of the best natural solutions to modern crises. They can clean water by filtering pollutants, displace floodwater, shelter wildlife, improve our mental and physical wellbeing & capture climate-changing amounts of carbon. We need wetlands now more than ever!

H.E. Mr. Marcos Gómez Martínez, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Spain to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today paid a courtesy call to the Secretary General, highlighting Spain’s support for the Convention, including the publication of the National Wetlands Strategic Plan 2030.

✨Introducing Voices for Wetlands! Meet Laura González, who began her journey in the Amazon, where she fell in love with sustainability. An economist by training, Laura transforms this passion into action across three continents as the Executive Director of Marea Verde Panamá.

🌿Wetlands are some of our most productive ecosystems. Without these ecosystem services, we cannot survive. 💧They are also dynamic habitats, shaped by the water that flows through them, connecting ecosystems and social systems alike. #SpeakForWetlands #WetlandConservation #WetlandsMatter

2025 marks the United Nations 80th anniversary! Multilateralism, the idea that people and governments everywhere must work together helps us tackle global challenges together. Now, more than ever, the world must recommit to solving problems no nation can solve alone. #UNDay

Today marks 80 years from the birth of the United Nations and wetlands still whisper the truth: that water, life and peace flow together. By working together toward our shared future, we can build a healthier and more sustainable world. #UNDay #WetlandsMatter

Today, Hon. Mr. Kazuhiro Fujii, Member of the House of Councillors of Japan, paid a courtesy visit to the Secretary General. Japan has served as the regional representative for Asia for the past six years and continues to play a significant role across various working groups.

Wetlands are highly productive and biologically diverse systems. It is urgent that we raise national and global awareness about wetlands in order to reverse their rapid loss and encourage actions to conserve and restore them. #WetlandConservation #WetlandsMatter

✨Introducing Voices for Wetlands! Meet Dayana Blanco Quiroga, an Indigenous Aymara woman from Bolivia and a driving force behind the Uru Uru Team, a grassroots initiative dedicated to restoring Lake Uru Uru in central-western Bolivia. #VoicesforWetlands #WetlandsWednesday

🌎 Registration is now open for the Pacific Americas Flyway Youth Forum 2025! November 7-9 | Online | English & Spanish | Free! Learn more: www.youthengagedinwetlands.com/pafyf Apply now to secure your spot: forms.gle/iTTfAwrY8Pan... #WetlandsWednesday

#DYK that more than 40% of invertebrate pollinators, including bees & butterflies are at risk of going extinct? Safeguarding pollinators is inseparable from protecting wetlands. By conserving these vital ecosystems, we ensure the survival of countless pollinator species. #IPI25

✨ 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...

Mangroves are among the planet's most valuable ecosystems. They shield coastlines from storms and store massive amounts of carbon. 🐟 For many people, they are a source of food and livelihoods. 🌊 Yet despite their importance, mangroves are disappearing at alarming rates.

High-altitude wetlands (HAW) are critical for ensuring water, food, climate and livelihood security. These ecosystems serve as vital habitats for migratory species and high-altitude biodiversity that rely on these HAW to complete their annual migration cycles.

Yesterday, the Secretary General visited the WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre, underscoring the vital role of wetland education centres in inspiring conservation action. In a world full of challenges, WWT is on a mission to restore wetlands & unlock their power. Because when wetlands thrive so do we.

🕊️During their thousand-kilometre journeys, migratory birds fly right above our towns and homes. We often forget this simple wonder that their paths cross our everyday lives. 🌍Every community, urban to rural can play a significant role in supporting migratory birds.

Wetlands sustain life, nurturing biodiversity, building climate resilience and securing our water future. 💧They are more than natural resources, they are the living foundation of our planet. Now is the time to protect and restore them for the wellbeing of generations to come.

Wetlands sustain life, nurturing biodiversity, building climate resilience and securing our water future. 💧They are more than natural resources; they are the living foundation of our planet. Now is the time to protect and restore them, for the wellbeing of generations to come.

Today the Secretary General Dr Musonda Mumba had a bilateral meeting with H.E. Abdulla Balalaa, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Energy and Sustainability at the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reaffirming the Convention’s support for the 2026 United Nations Water Conference.

In preparation for the 2026 UN Water Conference, co-hosted by the United Arab Emirates and Senegal and to be held in the UAE from 2 to 4 December 2026, H.E. Dr Cheikh Tidiane Dieye, Minister of Water and Sanitation of the Republic of Senegal, paid a courtesy visit to the Secretary General.

In the latest #podcast episode, Andrea Barschdorf-Hager @andrea1998.bsky.social talks with Musonda Mumba, Secretary General at @ramsar.org, about how and why wetlands are essential for #FoodSecurity, climate action, and disaster resilience. 🎧➡️ Tune in: care.at/home/podcast... #WorldFoodDay

🍀 Wetlands play a crucial role in global food security by supporting agriculture and livelihoods. 🏞️ Although agriculture benefits from wetlands, its systems can negatively impact wetlands through water over-use, habitat destruction & pollution. #WorldFoodDay #WetlandsMatter

Yesterday, was the #InternationalDayOfRuralWomen! Women are responsible for half of the world’s food production while working as environmental and biodiversity stewards. 🔸Let’s promote their work as food providers and protectors of the environment. #WomenAndWetlands

💧Wetlands cover a small percentage of the earth’s surface, yet they are essential systems, they are the arteries and veins of the landscape. 🌿A world without wetlands is a world without water. #WetlandsWednesday #WetlandsMatter

#IUCNcongress: In a world facing rapid change, conservation efforts must rise to meet escalating challenges. We must accelerate and scale up the implementation of the global biodiversity framework, focusing on climate resilient solutions at all levels, local, national & global.

On the sidelines of the #IUCNcongress, the Secretary General Dr Musonda Mumba met with the Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development of Mauritania, H.E Messouda Baham Mohamed Laghdaf, underscoring the importance of strengthening collaboration to advance wetland conservation efforts.

⚠️The number of recorded droughts has increased by 29 per cent over the past 20 years. 💰Disasters are a growing threat to economic prosperity and sustainable development. To reduce disaster costs, countries must increase funding for disaster risk reduction.

The new operational phase of the Global Partnership on Ecological Connectivity was officially launched at the #IUCNCongress. The Secretary General attended the event. GPEC is a multistakeholder collaborative initiative aiming to facilitate actions needed to restore ecological connectivity. @cms.int

On the margins of the #IUCNcongress, the Secretary General participated as a panellist in the event “From Freshwater Ecosystem Conservation to Green Water Preservation: Towards a Broader Understanding of the Global Hydrological Cycle.” #WaterIsLife #ProtectWetlands #WetlandsMatter

At the #IUCNcongress, the Secretary General Musonda Mumba held a bilateral meeting with H.E. Barbara Pompili, Ambassador for the Environment of France, to express appreciation for France’s continued support and its commitment towards the national implementation of the Convention.

#IUCNcongress | The Secretary General Dr Musonda Mumba participated in a special session hosted by HE Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak, President of IUCN & UAE Nature Envoy at the World Conservation Congress. To protect nature is to recognize that we share this planet, not own it!