Building a sustainable future
Linking wetlands with catchments
Wetlands Action's Functional Landscape Approach is balancing ecosystem services in wetlands and their catchments
Sustainable Wetlands, Sustainable Livelihoods
Wetland Action works to support the sustainable management of wetlands in an ecologically sound and socially sensitive manner
World Wetlands Day, February 2nd 2017
For almost 20 years Wetland Action has been advocating the need for 'people-centred wetland management'. For World Wetlands Day 2017 we are celebrating the Ramsar Convention's theme of 'Wetlands for disaster risk reduction', which emphasises the important contribution that wetlands make to peoples' security and wellbeing , as well as sustaining their livelihoods. Read more. Read More...
Community members in Simlemba, Malawi, display their wetland resource map
Welcome to Wetland Action
Wetland Action supports the sustainable management / utilisation of wetlands in an ecologically sound and socially sensitive manner for improved livelihoods.
Wetland Action has two main aims:
- Ecologically sustainable management of wetland resources to meet socio-economic needs and maintain ecosystem services;
- Socially sensitive wetland management for the long-term enhancement of livelihood benefits and poverty reduction
By helping raise awareness of the value of wetlands and ways to manage them sustainably, Wetland Action ensures that these areas are seen more positively so that their future contribution ecosystem services and peoples’ livelihoods is better assured.
With global rises in temperature and the increasing unpredictability of rainfall, climate change has the potential to have a major impact on wetlands. However, wetlands can play a vital role in buffering the wider effects of climate change on the human population.
In many cases wetlands are seen as critical areas for conservation due their support of biodiversity, while in other cases they are recognised as important agro-development resources.