The Source, our Annual Review 2019

The Source, our Annual Review 2019

The Source 2019 Annual Review of Wetlands International

What are wetlands? Wetlands occur wherever water meets land – mangroves, peatlands, marshes, rivers, lakes, deltas, floodplains, flooded forests, rice-fields, and even coral reefs. Wetlands exist in every country across the world and every type of region – polar, tropical, wet, dry, high and low altitude. Healthy wetlands are key to restoring nature and healing our climate, yet the world has lost up to 65 per cent of its original wetlands. Urgent action is needed to reverse this decline and revive these natural wonders.

WETLANDS INTERNATIONAL IS THE ONLY GLOBAL NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANISATION DEDICATED TO THE CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION OF WETLANDS

Our Vision A world where wetlands are treasured and nurtured for their beauty, the life they support and the resources they provide.

Our Mission To inspire and mobilise society to safeguard and restore wetlands for people and nature.

A Bayei fisherman in a mokoro, silhouetted by the midday sun, casts a long shadow on the waters of the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Used in the book, Water Lands, Harper Collins 2020.

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Wetlands Annual Review 2019

Wetlands Annual Review 2019

ANNUAL REVIEW 2019 CONTENT

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UN CLIMATE ACTION SUMMIT

Restoring Mangroves

Wetlands on fire

Keizrul Abdullah

PARANÁ DELTA

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PEAT LANDS WILL SAVE THE WORLD

BUILDING WITH NATURE

Annadel Salvio Cabanban

BLUE LIFELINES

Titus Wamea

Menno de Boer

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From our CEO Achievements From the supervisory council Hasting Chikoko Michael Succow Wetlands for a safer world Offices map Streams of work Flyways map Functioning of the organisation Summary of finance

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