@wetlandsint.bsky.social
The only global NGO dedicated to the conservation and restoration of wetlands. News & views on #rivers #lakes #mangroves #peatlands & the importance of healthy wetlands for people, nature and climate
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
Other organisations can still add their voice to the Call. Sign up here 👇
forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
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
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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 🏃♂️🏃♀️👏
Banner for the CREAF Webinar “People, Wetlands, and Birds: Participatory Approaches for a Resilient East Atlantic Flyway” (9 Oct 2025, Zoom, 16:00–17:00 CEST), featuring a Black-tailed Godwit in wetlands with funder and partner logos.© Shutterstock
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.
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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
Superb article by Mario Haberfeld and @stevetrent.bsky.social
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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/
Fantastic to see overwhelming support for increased protection across the globe. And great that the @theguardian.com has highlighted it. BUT infuriated by the continued use of 'land and sea'....3 years after the world signed up to protect '30% of land, waters and sea' - rivers & lakes are vital too
05.09.2025 10:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0"We need lithium to power the renewable transition but the price of mega-water mining in the Andes is too high - for people and nature. Mining projects must use the most sustainable approaches & involve full consultation with local communities."
Richard Lee, Global Communications Director
