Restoration of the sponge function in wetland soils as a measure for integrated river basin management in the Rhine catchment

Urbanisation and agriculture in the Rhine basin have driven loss of water storage capacity in floodplains. Changing precipitation patterns are expected to lead to increased […]

Event 21 November 2017

Webinar series ‘Restoring river continuity: methods and open challenges’

Wetlands International – European Association and the Italian Center for River Restoration invite you to join a series of webinars explaining methods and challenges of […]

Publication 08 November 2017

KEY MESSAGES – Upscaling ecosystem based disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation investments to reduce disaster risks

On 13th October, on the occasion of the International Day for Disaster Reduction”, Wetlands International, together with European Commission, UNISDR, UNESCO and VOICE held a […]

Event 08 November 2017

COP23 side event: The need for local action to sustain peatlands globally

The UN Climate Change Conference, COP23, has just started (6-17 November 2017) in Bonn. This year’s focus is on the development of guidelines on how […]

Event 03 October 2017

Upscaling ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction (eco-DRR) investments to reduce disaster risks

On 13th October, Wetlands International together with the European Commission, UNISDR, UNESCO will organise a conference on the occasion of the International Day for Disaster Reduction. […]

Publication 27 September 2017

An Analysis of River Fragmentation in Spanish Basins

The construction of hard barriers in many of Europe’s rivers means that few can claim to be genuinely free-flowing anymore. This has had serious implications […]

Event 07 June 2017

Report Session at the EDD17 – Water Shocks: Wetlands and Human Migration in the Sahel

Wetlands International will be at the 11th Edition of the European Development Days. On 7th June at 6pm outstanding speakers will discuss the key role […]

News 09 May 2017

Advancing global efforts to protect peat from degradation, loss and fire

Wetlands International is attending the 46th session of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) from 8 to 18 May 2017 at the World Conference […]

News 31 March 2017

Forum calls for all of society action to reduce disaster risks in Europe

At the Open Forum of the European Forum on Disaster Risk Reduction (EFDRR) in Istanbul, Turkey on Monday 27th March 2017, policy makers, scientists and […]

News 28 March 2017

The Sava River basin: potential for reconciling nature and development

The Sava River is one of Europe’s ecologically and culturally most interesting lifelines and increasingly threatened by infrastructural development. At an event at the European […]