BioWet – supporting young people to report on the impact of climate change on wetlands A partnership of five organisations from Norway, the UK, Portugal, and the Basque Country (Spain) has received funding from the EU Erasmus programme to develop a web-based tool that allows young people
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Youth and the arts survey – initial results We recently carried out a survey on arts and youth engagement activities at wetland centres and sites, and have now prepared an initial arts and youth report, which we will work on to bring more case studies and information. Findings
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Montserrat Lara Sutulov works in Valdivia, Chile, promoting urban wetlands amongst local communities and raising awareness of their importance with partners and local authorities, and her organisation is a WLI member. She is in the UK to attend the Global Environment Summer Academy, but took some time
Read more →WWT is looking for an energetic and creative individual to support the CEPA (communication, education, participation and awareness) aspects of our international conservation work. WWT hosts a global support network called Wetland Link International (WLI) as well as delivering many conservation projects for wetlands and species that
Read more →In an area of the ‘Wadden sea’ (in the North of the Netherlands) live many different bird species. For example, on the Island Terschelling you can not only discover geese and plovers, but also the spoonbill, the red-tailed godwit and the red knot. When the summer days are
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A group of Senegalese refugees visited the UBC with the organisation Ongi Etorri Errefuxiatuak, Busturialdea. Amongst many things, they wanted to explore the way in which this Center and their country are connected by birds. What relationship do birds from Basque Country have with Senegal? Well, many
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Colleagues from New Zealand marked World Wetland Day with a Bioblitz at Lake Rotopiko at the National Wetland Trust’s site. Schools came to take part in the bioblitz, and it was supported by research agency Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research. Dr. Monica Peters won a competition run by
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Great to welcome Emiko Nakagura and her colleagues from Wetlands International Japan to WWT Slimbridge, after spending time with them at Ramsar SC54 the week before. They had a good look around all aspects of the centre, from exploring the grounds, watching our crane pair and their
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The Head of WLI, Chris Rostron and Martin Spray, CEO of WWT, attended the Ramsar Standing Committee 54, as WWT is one of the official Ramsar International NGO partners (IOPs). Standing Committee allows selected contracting parties (countries) to review the work of the Ramsar convention, and review and
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Please see our April Bulletin for the latest WLI stories from our outgoing intern Pato Guerrero, WWT’s Cambodia conservation activities, the Ramsar Culture Network and plans for the coming World Migratory Birds day event linking schools along the flyway. If you would like to submit a story
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