WLI Europe

WLI webinar May 2026

By Connor Walsh / 28th April 2026

Our first webinar of 2026 will be on 21 May where we will meet a WLI member and the other partners they work with. WLI member Curraghs Wildlife Park is in the same watershed as a Ramsar Site. How do they work together? Find out from two of the local partners and Kathleen Graham of Curraghs Wildlife…

RestWet Erasmus+ Project: A Cross-Border Collaboration for Wetland Restoration

By Connor Walsh / 15th August 2025

From 2023 to 2025, the RestWet Erasmus+ project brought together students, educators, and wetland professionals from Norway, Portugal, and France to engage in hands-on restoration and conservation of vit wetland ecosystems. Some of the partipants are members of WLI and MBP, and some were also part of the earlier BioWet Erasmus+ project. The first exchange…

WLI online networking event 9 December 2024

By Connor Walsh / 26th November 2024

The people in our network are just like you, with shared values and experiences, and perhaps some knowledge or skills they can share. So join us online on 9 December at 11 UTC (find your local time here). All WLI members are welcome to join an informal Zoom call for up to an hour, where…

Women in Conservation Workshop – Celebrating International Women’s Day

By Khouloud Belhadj / 15th February 2024

     Join us on March 8th, 2024, for an empowering event dedicated to women in the field of conservation. To celebrate with International Women’s Day, we are thrilled to host the first Women in Conservation Workshop, an integral part of MBP. It is a unique gathering that shines a spotlight on the pivotal contributions…

WWT unveils blue recovery vision with World Wetlands Day mural

By Connor Walsh / 2nd February 2023

A spectacular 3D mural showcasing the vital importance of wetlands has been unveiled in Bristol today to celebrate World Wetlands Day, held on 2 February every year. Commissioned by the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT), the mural highlights this year’s World Wetland Day theme of wetland restoration.   It shows a degraded wetland transforming into…

What WLI did in 2022

By Connor Walsh / 1st January 2023

A summary of WLI staff and volunteers’ activities in 2022. Download PDF of Annual Review 2022 Star Wetland Centre Awards Early in 2022, 50 wetland visitor centres applied for the WLI Star Wetland Centre Awards, and in November we awarded 23 Stars. A panel of judges who had designed the awards also discussed the applications,…

WWT becomes CEPA expert to AEWA

By Chris Rostron / 10th October 2022

At the African Eurasian Water Agreement eighth meeting of the parties (AEWA MOP8) in Budapest 27-30 October, it was agreed that WWT’s Chris Rostron (second from left, above) would become the new CEPA expert to the Technical Committee, providing advice and support to develop this area of work. This will build on what we are…

Celebrate World Migratory Bird Day with francophone students!

By Connor Walsh / 24th March 2022

This year, students from France (Olympe de Gouges College), will meet friends from Luxembourg (Ecole Centrale Remerschen). They’ve already prepared some informations about their schools, their habits, the way the manage to protect the environment. On Friday, the 6th of May 2022, they will meet, by a video conference, at 2 PM. Some students from …

WWD 2021 at Biodiversum, Luxembourg

By Connor Walsh / 24th February 2021

To celebrate the Ramsar Conventions’ 50th  anniversary, BirdLife Luxembourg and Biodiversum Nature Centre were invited by RTL Radio to speak about the Ramsar Convention, wetlands and their conservation in Luxembourg and worldwide. World Wetlands Day was the ideal time. Visits to wetlands were postponed due to current health restrictions, so these interviews were a great…

Maison du lac de Grand Lieu: Celebration of World Migratory Bird Day for May 2020

By Chris Rostron / 13th May 2020

World Migratory Bird Day, or WMBD for those in the know, is an awareness-raising event held twice a year on the second Saturdays in May and October. In 2020, it will be held on Saturdays 9 May and 10 October. Objective: through these two annual events, to raise awareness about the protection of migratory birds…