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...wetlands have many names and serve many environmental purposes. But for centuries they have been viewed simply as hindrances to human development, obstacles to drain and dredge to make room for progress.

America's coastal saltwater wetlands are on a course toward functional extinction in the coming decades. Their demise will come at the hands of steadily accelerating sea-level rise and relentless coastal development.

A wetland is any land area that is saturated with water, either permanently or seasonally such as marsh and swamps.

It’s been 50 years since an international treaty to protect wetlands was created but, around the world, wetlands are still disappearing three times faster than forests...since 1971, more than 35 percent of the world’s wetlands have been drained for urban development or agriculture, polluted, pave

Australians love their beaches, and now a new study also confirms the broad appeal of other coastal assets such as tidal wetlands, nature trails and protected areas including bird and dolphin sanctuaries.

The Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands is pleased to invite you to an online panel discussion, organized for World Wetlands Day 2021 on Monday 1 February 2021 from 15.00 to 16.30 CET.

Both biodiversity and the people in river-associated communities are under severe stress the world over. Across the globe, 30% of freshwater fish are classified as being at risk...Populations of river fish are threatened by pressures on land and water resources.

A “visionary” new regional park along the banks of the lower Wairau River will be the first of its kind in Marlborough...Committee chair Nadine Taylor said the project was visionary and would safeguard and strengthen the natural values of Marlborough’s iconic Wairau River.

University of Adelaide scientists have shown how droughts are threatening the health of wetlands globally.

The smell of burnt vegetation and the red glow of flames welcome visitors these days to the Pantanal, the world's biggest tropical wetlands—a biodiverse paradise that is now partly reduced to ashes by record wildfires...The Pantanal sits at the southern edge of the Amazon rainforest, stretching f