Information sheet for the EU on palm oil & peatlands
This paper shines light on the issue of greenhouse gas emissions due to conversion of areas with peatsoils for vegetable oil production including for biodiesel. The paper will focus on palm oil in Southeast Asia; the most relevant area for vegetable oil production on peatlands, with alarming greenhouse gas emissions as a result. Read more...
Poster - Prévenir la mal-adaptation
Prévenir la mal-adaptation: Protéger et restaurer les zones humides pour s'adapter au changement climatique, le poster d’Aldo Suryadiputra et l'équipes de communication du HQ et WIA.
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Postcard - Prevent mal-adaptation: protect and restore wetlands to adapt to climate change
"Prevent mal-adaptation: protect and restore wetlands to adapt to climate change" is the title of this double-sided cartoon postcard explaining how wetlands serve to mitigate impacts and thereby help to adapt to climate change.
The postcard is in landscape showing two windows: a well-adjusted wetland with happy well-fed people and liveliy biodiversity. On the other side a big dam is built, where animals and people suffer.
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Poster - Peatland loss fuels climate change
The title of this poster is "Peatland loss fuels climate change". It is a cartoon showing the conversion of peatlands into palm oil plantation, which causes the relases of CO2 through burning practices as well as oxidation of the peat soil from the deforestation and drainage. The palm oil company employee has his pockets filled with dollars, stating "We plant oil palm to save the climate, and get REDD and biofuels subsidies".
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Postcard - Peatland loss fuels climate change
The title of this postcard is "Peatland loss fuels climate change". It is a cartoon showing the conversion of peatlands into palm oil plantation, which causes the relases of CO2 through burning practices as well as oxidation of the peat soil from the deforestation and drainage. The palm oil company employee has his pockets filled with dollars, stating "We plant oil palm to save the climate, and get REDD and biofuels subsidies". Read more...
Poster - Prevent mal-adaptation: protect and restore wetlands to adapt to climate change
"Prevent mal-adaptation: protect and restore wetlands to adapt to climate change" is the title of this double-sided cartoon poster explaining how wetlands serve to mitigate impacts and thereby help to adapt to climate change.
The poster is in size A0, in landscape showing two windows: a well-adjusted wetland with happy well-fed people and liveliy biodiversity. On the other side a big dam is built, where animals and people suffer.
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Poster-Reducing emissions from peatlands: A global responsibility
This the A3 sized poster of: Reducing emissions from peatlands: A global responsibility. Support reducing emissions from peatlands under LULUCF and REDD You can download by clicking on the link. Read more...
Postcard-Reducing emissions from peatlands: A global responsibility
This is the postcard of: Reducing emissions from peatlands: A global responsibility. Support reducing emissions from peatlands under LULUCF and REDD. Read more...
The Global Peatland Fund flyer
This the flyer of the Global Peatland Fund, which reduces greenhouse gas emissions by rehabilitating degraded peatlands – especially peatswamp rainforests in Southeast Asia. Peatland rehabilitation and conservation are extremely cost effective carbon mitigation options (US$7 to US$17 per tonne of CO2). Read more...
Wetlands and Climate Change Adaptation brochure
This 6-page brochure demonstrates how wetlands in a healthy, intact condition can greatly contribute to attenuate the water related impacts of climate change. Due to their ability to store and slowly release water, these wetlands are a vital lifeline in periods of extreme droughtsWetlands International urges governments, development organisations and finance institutions to integrate wetlands into climate change adaptation strategies. . Read more...
Capacity building and policy dialogues on: Community- and Ecosystem-based Climate Change adaptation
Wetlands International invites climate change professionals from non-Annex I countries to participate in our 2010 capacity building programme and policy dialogues on ecosystem based adaptation to climate change. Therefore, we request your inputs and specific suggestions for this programme. Read more...
Торговый путь купца Новинского / Merchant Novinsky’s Trade Route
Иллюстрированный буклет содержит описание нового туристического маршрута, который пройдет по территории российского национального парка «Себежский» и белорусского заказника «Освейский», связанных единой озерной системой. This illustrated booklet provides description of a new ecological route created in the Sebezhsky National Park of Russia and the Osveysky Nature Reserve of Belarus sharing a single lake system.
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Coral Reef Ecosystem Conservation by the Community for the Sustainability of Fishery Resources in Weh-Sabang Island, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Province
Weh Island, well known as Sabang is the one of the most outer island of Indonesia (0 km point of Republic Indonesia). Weh Island’s coastal ecosystems is dominated by coral reef, it made Weh Island famous as marine tourism. Tsunami December 2004 destroyed Weh Island especially its coral reef ecosystem where many of them buried with sand.
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Networking to Conserve our Biodiversity
BIOMAC aims to coordinate conservation efforts in 7 countries: Senegal, Mauritania, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, and Cape Verde. BIOMAC, which seeks to harmonise these actors and their activities, will drive the process of setting up an environmental early warning system and support capacity building from local communities to decision-makers alike.
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Save Our Mangroves!
Wetlands International Africa and IUCN are combining their efforts within the PRCM to promote a wiser use of mangrove resources. The unique functions and values of mangroves sustain a high level of biological productivity which is extremely profitable to both animal species and human beings. This ecosystem, rich with species of flora and fauna, plays an important ecological and economic role for countries along the West African coast.
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Protecting the West African Manatee
Under the PRCM umbrella, Wetlands International Africa brought together many international partners and led the development process of the manatee conservation strategy, with the support of the Abidjan Convention.
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Экскурсии на болото. Материалы в помощь учителям. (Excursions to Wetlands: Manual for Teachers.)
Книга содержит информацию о болотах: их свойствах, животном и растительном
мире, необходимых условиях для сохранения их функций. Приводятся примеры
экскурсий и даются материалы, которые могут быть использованы как на уроках
в школе, так и при проведении внеклассных занятий.
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Factsheet Wetlands and Climate Change Adaptation
Wetlands International has a long standing history in investigating the role of wetlands in relation to water provision and supplies, flood pervention and increasing coastal resilience to extreme weather events. This factsheet on this role of wetlands in adapting to climate change was made for the UNFCCC Climate Talks in Bonn, June 2009.
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Outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Europe: the risks associated with wild birds
The infection of wild birds by highly pathogenic strains of avian influenza (AI) virus was virtually unknown – apart from one instance of the disease appearing in common terns in South Africa in 1961 – before the Asian strain of highly pathogenic AI virus (AIV), H5N1, began to expand across the world. Outbreaks of clinical disease in Eurasia have resulted in visible mortality among populations of free-ranging wild birds in a multitude of species. Read more...
Directory of organisations, whose activity are relevant to the conservation and use of Black Sea coastal wetlands
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Журавлиная родина. Заказник (Crane Homeland Nature Reserve)
Брошюра посвящена заказнику "Журавлиная родина", особо охраняемой природной территории на севере Московской области. Издана в рамках проекта по сохранению водно-болотных угодий Московского региона. This brochure (in Russian) addresses the Dubna Mire or Crane Homeland nature reserve in the Moscow region in Russia.
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Advice to the UNFCCC Contracting Parties (COP 14, 2008)
This brief was used by the team of Wetlands International attending COP 14 in Poznan, Poland (December 2008). The aim is to advice delegations on the different issues on the agenda in different committees of the COP. Read more...
Poster: Peatland Degradation Fuels Climate Change
Poster created for the UNFCCC meetings to show that the global climate community is doing nothing to address the significant emissions from peatland loss.
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Demo Sites for Coastal Ecosystem Rehabilitation After Tsunami
List of Proposed Demo Sites for Coastal Rehabilitation, Activities carried, Suggestions to government, and Details of contact persons in the field.
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Best Practice Guidelines on Restoration of Mangroves in Tsunami Affected Areas
Mangroves as an ecosystem are capable of performing certain functions or environmental services.
Mangrove plants produce organic matter through photosynthesis and this produces the food for most of the fish and shellfish in the coastal waters.
Fish and shrimp catches increase with the increasing presence of mangroves in the inter-tidal zone.
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Factsheet about the Central Kalimantan Peatland Project
Factsheet explaining the methods and achievements of the Central Kalimantan Peatland Project (CKPP).
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Poster Central Kalimantan Peatland Project
Poster about peatland restoration in Central Kalimantan, explaining the Central Kalimantan Peatland Project to people in the area (in Indonesian).
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Handbook for local policy makers in Kalimantan's peatlands
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Leaflet for local communities in Kalimantan's peatlands
Leaflet in Bahassa Indonesia to local communities the problems connected to peatland drainage and the solutions of the Central Kalimantan Peatland Project. Read more...
About Wetlands International's main projects
This brochure (4 pages) presents the main projects in 2008 for which we look for support from donors: Green Coast, Wings Over Wetlands and the work on restoring the South-east Asian peatswamps. Read more...
Hongjian Nur Wetland – the largest breeding colony for the Relict Gull in the world. Leaflet. General information on the Relict Gull at Hongjian Nur wetland
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General information on wetland function and conservation and more specific information pertaining to Anqing wetlands.
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The 7th Asian Wetland Week celebration event “Going into Poyang Lake – Kingdom of the White Crane”. Wetland School Program: wetland awareness campaign for students and teachers in China, Korea and Japan
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Ramsar Spirit and Wise Use of Wetlands
DVD introducing the concept of wise use with case studies from Ramsar Wetlands from throughout Japan.
Funded by the Japan Fund for the Global Environment
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Serial CAKRA 8: Karyawisata ke Pesisir yang Sehat
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Pengkajian Lahan Gambut, Keanekaragaman Hayati dan Perubahan Iklim
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Leaflet Coastal ecosystems Thailand
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Thailand brochure Thung Nam dam
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Understanding linkages between mangrove forests and livelihoods- leaflet
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Silvofishery in Aceh and Nias - Leaflet
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Green Coast Phase 2 in Aceh- Factsheet
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Coral reef protection for sustainable fisheries in Indonesia
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Leaflet: coastal rehabilitation throughout women's hands
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sea grass ecosystems Thailand- poster
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Sandy ecosystems in Thailand- poster
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Poster marine pollution Thailand
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Poster marine pollution Thailand
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Poster protection dunes in India
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Mangroves in Thailand
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Green Coast - small grants docket India
Green Coast initiated community base rehabilitation projects hrough micro, small and large grants. This brochure describes what the small grants projects in India did to undo the negative effects of the tsunami. Read more...
Green Coast poster
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Green Coast leaflet
What is Green Coast? Options for recovery; guiding reconstruction Read more...
BBI Recommendations - Bamako Declaration
This recommendation brochure is the culmination of a lengthy process ofexchanges and discussions between wetlands and ibodiversity specialists, representatives of government agencies and ministries, and representatives of non-governmental organisations and key environmental institutions from five countries (Mauritania, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea Bissau and Mali). Read more...
Biodiversity Conservation, Econet Development and Integrated River Basin Management
The handbook contains 15 lessons on biodiversity conservation, econet development and integrated river basin management as well as a glossary. It is a part of educational toolkit that contains a CD with lessons and their Power Point presentations, scenarios of environmental out-of-class and out-of-school lessons, environmental games, contests, poems, stories and fairy tales. The handbook is destined for teachers, leaders of environmental and naturalistic centres and representatives of environmental NGOs. Read more...
Climate change and Wetlands leaflet
Leaflet of 2 pages, explaining the relevance of wetlands for climate change mitigation and adaptation. Read more...
Wetlands and Livelihood
This poster provideed in formation about linkage between wetlands and livelihood of local people live in the wetland area. For those who interested to obtain this poster, please contact Ms. Rusnee Uma at rusneeuma@yahoo.com Read more...
Shorebird Flyway Brochure
This brochure was produced under AWCF funded "Public Awareness Capaign to Enhance Conservation of Migratory Shorebird and their Habitat in Andaman Coast, Thialand. The brochure provide information on the shorebird and its flyway with enplanation on "East Asian-Australasian Shorebird Reserve Network". Read more...
Odessa-2000 Declaration
Declaration was adopted during the workshop "Conservation, restoration and wise-use of wetlands and wetland resources along the Black Sea coast", held on 26-27 September 2000 in Odessa, Ukraine by 35 regional and international wetland and waterbird experts representing wetland conservation organisations in Bulgaria, Georgia, Moldova, the Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and United Kingdom. Participans discussed future co-operation in the field of conservation, restoration and sustainable use of wetlands along the coast of the Black and Azov Seas. Read more...
ROM Bulletin
The ‘ROM Bulletin’ is a brief publication produced immediately after the counts as a reference tool; it gives count areas, bird numbers and names of counters.
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Save Vinogradovskaya Floodplain / Сохраним Виноградовскую пойму!
The leaflet contains information on the important wetland site of Vinogradovskaya (Faustovskaya) Floodplain in the Moscow region. It covers the aspects of wetland wise use and conservation, and provides practical recommendations on measures to conserve the waterbird habitats in the area. The leaflet is targeted at decision-makers and agricultural managers and will be circulated to all land users in the floodplain and ajacent areas.
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Vinogradovskaya Floodplain / Виноградовская пойма
The brochure contains information on the internationally important wetland site of Vinogradovskaya (Faustovskaya) Floodplain of the Moskva River, including a map of the area, with the boundary of Moskvoretsky Wildlife Refuge indicated, pictures of water birds that occur at the site, with information on protected species, description of threats to the site's ecological character and recommendations on measures that help to conserve the floodplain biodiversity. This publication is mainly targeted at sport hunters, fishermen and other people involved in outdoor recreation in the Moscow region. Read more...
Wetlands and Climate Change Adaptation Brochure
When wetlands are in a healthy, intact condition, they can greatly contribute to increasing our resilience to the impacts of climate change. Wetlands International presents in this brochure 3 cases how wetlands can play a significant role in adaptation to climate change. Read more...
A Checklist of Freshwater and Brackish water fishes of the Fiji Islands
Checklist with all their fish species. Read more...
Factsheet: Palm oil and tropical peatlands
Palm oil is a driving force behind the destruction of tropical peatlands by deforestation, soil degradation and fires. Decomposition of the degraded organic soils which cover 0.2% of the global land surface leads to 8% of the global CO2 emissions.
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Wetlands, poverty reduction and sustainable tourism development
Tourism is a principal source of income for 83% of the developing countries; wetlands like coasts, rivers and lakes play a vital part in this success. The development of tourism is increasingly considered as a solution to poverty in wetland areas, but this brochure shows there are threats as well as opportunities. Read more...
Impact of dams on the people of Mali
This brochure provides a base for decisions regarding the use of water of the Upper Niger. The brochure presents facts about proposed and existing dams and on the costs and benefits, winners and losers. Read more...
Factsheet tropical peatlands and climate change
Climate change is significantly fueled by the destruction of wetlands. Read more...
Biomass, the zero emission myth
The Biomass, the zero emission myth factsheet highlights how UN FCCC greenhouse gas accounting rules promote the use of biofuels and biomass but ignore most of the emissions due to this production.
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Cartoon - Peatland degradation, a burning issue
Cartoon depiction of WI concerns on the degradation of tropical peatlands and the importance of UNFCCC in tackling this issue. Read more...
The Asian Tsunami: An environmental assessment one year later
It is almost one year since the unprecedented destruction of the Asian Tsunami Disaster took place. One year in which to grieve and mourn the loss of so many lives, one year in which to assess the extent of the destruction and, most importantly,one year in which to regroup, rebuild and restore. Read more...
Brochure de présentation du BBI
Présentation des 4 écorégions concernées par le BBI et des objectifs du Programme. Il s'agit d'un document trilingue français, anglais et portugais. Read more...
WI Policy Brief World Water Forum 2006
This brochure is especially developed for distribution at major events like the Convention on Biodiversity in Brasil and the World Water Forum in Mexico this year. It provides information on why wetlands need to be on the international agenda, why they are important,their destroyment and it gives examples of WI current work. Read more...
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