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Croatia’s island wetlands: how local initiatives can reverse trends

10 February 2021

The conservation of wetlands is especially important on islands where freshwater sources are limited and the effects of climate change will have...

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Innovative Solutions Needed for Wetlands in Crisis

10 February 2021

Innovative approaches are needed to protect wetlands and their waterbird populations, while taking into account the daily needs of the people who...

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Polesia: a vast wetland wilderness

02 February 2021

Polesia is Europe’s largest wetland wilderness and greatest floodplain region.

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Water and Wetlands

02 February 2021

With the ever increasing frequency of too much, too little, or too polluted water a stark reality in the 21st Century, wetlands play a key role in...

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Sharing the benefits of Kenya's soda lakes

01 February 2021

Lake Bogoria in Kenya’s Rift Valley region is a soda lake – extremely salty and alkaline, unable to support fish.But it’s only in the last few...

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Indonesia creates expert wetlands team to revitalize development goal efforts

14 January 2021

Indonesia, the country with the third largest area of peatlands after Canada and Russia, is also home to the most tropical peatlands in the world,...

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China adopts law to better protect Yangtze

08 January 2021

In the economic and social development in the Yangtze River basin, efforts shall be made to "promote well-coordinated environmental conservation...

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Nature Hires: How nature-based solutions can power a green jobs recovery

14 December 2020

Some 1.2 billion jobs in sectors such as farming, fisheries, forestry and tourism are dependent on the effective management and sustainability of...

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Smart tech to play vital role in addressing plastic pollution crisis – new study

17 December 2020

From source to sea, our waters are contaminated by a plastics scourge. A new study offers a number of technological solutions aimed at tackling one...

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WWF and H&M Group ready to transform efforts to tackle water risks facing the fashion industry.

24 November 2020

The Büyük Menderes river basin in Turkey — where the textile sector is a leading industry. The main problem is pollution from industry and...

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UK’s Model Wetland Restoration

25 November 2020

Europe’s largest coastal wetland restoration, a 670-hectare waterscape of saltmarshes, lagoons and mudflats at Wallasea Island, was designed as a...

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South Africa Integrating Water Management

26 November 2020

Identifying and understanding the value of 22 strategic water sources fundamental to South Africa’s water and economic needs has led to nearly 50...

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Wetlands are a Natural Solution to Climate Change

23 November 2020

The science is clear. Wetlands are the most effective carbon sinks on our planet. The Paris climate change agreement recognizes the role wetlands...

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Wetlands Give Life: Preserving Uganda’s wetlands secures a brighter future for country and planet

23 November 2020

Wetlands are an important natural buffer in mitigating, forestalling, and adapting to climate change. By absorbing and storing carbon, wetlands...

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Flourishing mangrove greenbelt protects vulnerable coastal communities in Bangladesh

17 November 2020

In a bid to increase natural protection for vulnerable residents, the UN Development Programme (UNDP), together with Bangladesh’s Forest...

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Celebrating 10 years of achievements in rehabilitating the North Selangor Peat Swamp Forest

09 November 2020

Nearly 200 hectares of this peat swamp forest was successfully restored and enriched the degraded area with more than 115,000 pioneer and...

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Nature-Based Solutions Offer Best Investment for Flood Protection

17 November 2020

A growing body of evidence shows wetlands and reefs reduce flooding and erosion in adjacent communities.

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Call for Wetland Decade under the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030)

15 November 2020

The environmental health of our wetlands across the world is deteriorating. The authoritative Global Wetland Outlook released by the Ramsar...

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