Healthy wetlands are essential for human well-being and prosperity. Urgent action is needed. Governments, businesses, and civil society must collaborate to protect and restore wetlands, and tackle the threats that harm them. #WWD2025 #WorldWetlandsDay #WeNeedWetlands

🌿🌊Wetlands provide crucial ecosystem services, combat flooding, & support high #biodiversity!🦆 But they're disappearing fast: over 85% of the world's wetlands have already been lost.🐸 ‌ Explore 5 key facts about these ecosystems with this infographic! ⬇️ via ipbes

Read the latest Op-Ed by the Secretary General Dr. Musonda Xoliswa Mumba on how wetlands hold the blueprint for securing water, ecosystems and our shared future. Choosing to protect wetlands secures water, food and life itself. OOSKAnews water news waterdiplomat.org/story/2025/02/…

Closing the gender gap in science requires breaking stereotypes, supporting women's advancement through targeted programs and fostering inclusive environments through policies and actions that promote inclusion, diversity and equity. #WomenInScience #WomenAndWetlands

Did you know -- We must act now. Together. Take action to support wetlands every day? Here’s how you can be a wetlands champion: 🔹 Inspire action for healthy wetlands. 🔹 Advocate for wetland protection in policies. 🔹 Raise awareness and promote nature-based solutions.

Cities account for around 80% of global economic output. As cities expand and demand for land increases, the tendency is to encroach on wetlands. Yet, when left intact or restored, urban wetlands make cities liveable. ➡️ ramsar.org/news/global-co…

Proud to see Dr Jayashree Vencatesan, Dr Tatiana Minayeva and Dr Julie Mulonga in this cohort. Thank you for inspiring us. Wetlands International Eastern Africa Wetlands International

Wetlands sustain biodiversity by offering habitat for numerous freshwater and saltwater species, provide people with food and fresh water, protect shores against flooding and store carbon, which helps regulate climate change. #WetlandConservation #WetlandsMatter via Convention on Wetlands

Management actions are essential to ensuring that wetlands continue to deliver vital benefits for both people and wildlife. Wetland ecosystem services include: 🌊Reducing flooding 💧Improving water quality 🦆Providing habitats for wildlife via Rainwater Basin Joint Venture

💦Wetlands recharge underground aquifers by allowing water to seep into the soil, ensuring a steady supply of fresh water. Losing wetlands means losing our natural water banks!🦆 Preserving them means better water security & resilience to climate change! 🌊🏞️ #WetlandWednesdays

Biodiversity thrives in our wetlands and at Haiderpur Wetland one can see it in all its glory. As seen today morning … Wetlands International South Asia Convention on Wetlands The Art of Living Social Projects Bird Count India #wetlands #birdwatching #biodiversity #nature

Mangroves: ✅ protect against coastal erosion, ✅ help with flood control, ✅ act as carbon sinks, ✅ and support biodiversity and fisheries. Learn about their benefits & the need to protect them with this infographic by WCS👇

🌍 Countries around the world are taking action to restore their wetlands, recognizing their vital role in sustaining life. With climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution accelerating the effects of wetland degradation, urgent and accelerated efforts are crucial.

It's time to rethink urban planning!🏙️ 🌱Cities must integrate wetlands into master plans as critical infrastructures to combat climate change intensified heat waves. A well-preserved urban wetland can reduce local temperatures by up to 2°C! #CoolCities #WetlandWednesdays #NBS

From sustaining livelihoods to storing centuries of cultural memory, wetlands are living archives of natural heritage. This #WorldHeritageDay, let’s honor them as vital threads in our shared heritage.🌍🌿💧 #OurHeritageOurFuture #NaturalHeritage #WetlandWednesdays

🌍 This #WorldBiodiversityDay, remember: 🌾Wetlands cool the climate 🦐Feed the world 🦩Shelter endangered species 💧Recharge groundwater Wetlands are home to species found nowhere else on Earth. Let’s keep them alive. #WetlandsWisdom #NatureMatters #WetlandWednesdays

भोज वेटलैंड के क्षितिज पर अस्ताचल गामी सूर्य का मनोहारी दृश्य …Anil Gulati Convention on Wetlands Dr. Ritesh Kumar Wetlands International South Asia

🌍Wetlands act as natural buffers against drought, regulate water cycles, and prevent soil erosion. Wetlands store water, purify it, and release it slowly, mitigating the effects of both floods and droughts. #UNited4Land #DesertificationandDroughtDay

OPINION: Bending the wetlands loss curve requires urgent scaling up of investments to conserve and restore downtoearth.org.in/water/bending-…

#NewReport: The Global Wetland Outlook 2025 is now live! Dive into the latest global data on wetland extent, loss and restoration and discover the solutions we need to secure the future of these vital ecosystems. global-wetland-outlook.ramsar.org