Resources

Video

Upscaling Community Resilience through Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction in Uganda

This video presents the inspiring example of upscaling community resilience in river basins through working with micro-catchment committees in Uganda. Produced as part of the […]

Case study

Landscape level integrated watershed management improves ecosystem resilience: Wetlands International Ethiopia programs’ implementation review

‘‘What we are doing is a small beginning. We stretch to go forward to reach the whole Central Rift Valley ecosystem. The need is vast, […]

News

Wetlands International Sahel builds the capacity of decision-makers in Guinea and Mali on the decision support tools developed under the BAMGIRE program

Two information and awareness-raising sessions for high-level decision-makers on the challenges of the services provided by the ecosystems of the Upper Niger and the Inner […]

News

Reducing Ecosystem-Based Disaster Risk in Eastern Ethiopia

Degradation of ecosystems such as forests, wetlands and dry lands is now widely understood as a major driver of disaster risk and a key component […]

Publication

Effects of Water Scarcity, Climate Change and Environmental Degradation on WASH Services Delivery

Ethiopia’s Central Rift Valley (CRV) is a vital region in terms of its enormous ecosystem services and augmented biodiversity. Nevertheless, its ecosystem services and biodiversity […]

News

Collaborative Partnership to Restore Lamu’s Degraded Mangroves

The Kenya Forest Service (KFS), together with the community, Wetlands International and other partners, has launched a campaign to restore degraded mangrove areas in the […]

Blog

Grist to the Mill for Peacebuilding? Water, Peace and Security in Mali and Kenya

Water plays an important role for peace and stability of the African continent. In addition to the conservation of wetlands, interventions around the preservation of […]

News

Seeking Wetlands Landscape Vision through Mutual Gains Approach

Globally, wetlands are vital for human livelihoods and nature. These landscapes that provide critical ecosystem services – which far exceed terrestrial ones – lie at […]

Blog

World Wetlands Day: Joining Hands to Save Lamu’s Mangroves

Coastal wetlands are facing unprecedented levels of degradation, heightened by climate change effects, rising human population and high poverty levels. On Africa’s East Coast, the […]

News

Remembering Leulseged Yirgu: Nature Lover, Colleague, Friend, Brother

  While we mourn the loss of a dear colleague and friend, we also pay tribute and celebrate a life well-lived. A life committed to […]