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It's been another important month for wetlands.
With UN CBD negotiations happening in Geneva, World Water Day celebrations, and

the 9th World Water Forum taking place in Senegal, wetlands are more than ever at the centre of the major challenges facing humanity today, including water, climate change, and biodiversity loss.

Biodiversity Negotiations in Geneva

"Without far more attention to protecting and restoring the world’s wet places, we have little chance of meeting our climate or biodiversity goals.” 
- Jane Magdwick, CEO, Wetlands International

With CBD negotiations resuming in Geneva this month, we are asking for specific mention of wetland targets in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
Retweet here.


The IPCC report is out and the science has never been clearer. We need to act on it. Global targets to protect and restore wetlands are critical to achieving biodiversity and climate goals. Read our opinion published by World Economic Forum.
Retweet here, and share our LinkedIn post.


Stories from around the Globe
The 9th World Water Forum in Dakar, Senegal
At our special event hosted by Nature Hub, we discussed the relevance of wetland restoration towards making Sahelian communities more secure and resilient to climate change and conflict.
Read about our participation here

 
Jane Madgwick at the Doha Forum 
"It is increasingly understood that nature is a friend to cities looking for resilience.” Our CEO, Jane Magwick spoke at the Doha Forum 2022 about the need for and ways of enhancing the resilience of cities by incorporating nature into their design.

Retweet her message here.
Building with Nature Indonesia
Our publication ’Building with Nature in Indonesia’ is out now! The publication summarises our innovative interventions and mechanisms used in the Building with Nature Indonesia flagship programme between 2015 and 2021 in Demak as well as our insights and lessons learned.
Building with Nature Asia Indonesia : Final Newsletter
In our last and final newsletter, we share our results and outputs of more than five years’ work in Demak and the mainstreaming that has already taken place elsewhere in Indonesia.
Read our newsletter here.
Impacts of lithium extraction in the high Andean wetlands
Our new technical publication  [Spanish] identifies and considers technical evidence about the impacts of lithium extraction on wetlands in the Puna and High Andes area in Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile, commonly known as the “Lithium Triangle” 
Read the [English] summary here. 
Pantanal in the Brazilian media 
Our Aquarela Pantanal Project was featured on Brazilian national news, where Áurea Garcia, Wetlands International Brazil Policy coordinator, brought attention to the pioneering initiative for reforestation with native species.
Watch here. 
Integrating wetlands in water management: Sarovar Volume VIII
On the occasion of World Wetlands Day, the eighth issue of Wetlands International South Asia’s newsletter Sarovar was launched. The newsletter sheds light on ‘Wetlands and Water Management'.
Download your copy here


Positive News in the world of wetlands 
 Wetland wins around the world 🎉
 
🐠 We continue to discover the many wonders and secrets that wetland ecosystems hold. This month Scientists around the world are celebrating the discovery of 212 new freshwater fish species, including a fish that is armed with hidden weapons much like Wolverine.

🐸 Ribbit! And the party keeps growing. Amazon's rare peatlands were discovered to be home to a new, rare species of long-snouted frogs that would remind you of the adorable chocolate frogs from Harry Potter.

🥃 With COP26 shedding light the much-needed attention on protecting our peatlands, whisky makers got on board and started putting strategies in place to minimize the use of peat in the production of whiskys. Clink! 

🐟 The critically endangered, five-foot-long Mekong giant catfish was recently released into the Tonle Sap river as part of the efforts to protect and bring these giant wonders back into their wild habitats.  


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