Asia
Welcome to the latest WLI World newsletter! How was your World Wetlands Day? The theme is Wetlands and traditional knowledge: Celebrating cultural heritage and we see that is some of the stories in this edition. But February was also a month of flooding in part of Asia, Europe and Africa, so we send our best wishes to the WLI…
BADAPATH, the Centre for Sundarbans Mangrove Learning and Research, was established by the Bangladesh Environment and Development Society (BEDS) in collaboration with the Global Nature Fund (GNF), with funding support from BMZ and Mercedes-Benz. Located in Uttar Banishanta village within the BANOJIBI campus, Dacope sub-district of Khulna in Bangladesh, BADAPATH serves as a hub for…
18 November 2025, 05:30 UTC (time converter) Wetland-based Solutions for Climate Change A webinar hosted by the WLI Asia-Oceania Secretariat Wetlands are an essential component of Nature-based Solutions, playing a key role in addressing climate change, supporting biodiversity, and enhancing human well-being. Join us to explore how wetlands contribute to a more resilient and sustainable…
WLI Asia-Oceania is hosting a webinar on Wetland Monitoring and Technology on 11 June 2025 (Wednesday), 16:00-18:00 KST (time converter here). ● Smart Wetlands Initiative and Application in Mai Po Nature Reserve, Hong Kong, WWF Hong Kong Q&A Session Case Study Presentation ● Society for the Conservation of Philippine Wetlands, SCPW. ● Surveying species; Solving…
You can now download the report on the 1st WLI Asia-Oceania Conference! Held in Colombo in June 2024, it was organized in two (2) parts: WLI Asia-Oceania Learning Session and the 10th Anniversary event of Diyasaru Park. The conference received more than 110 participants from 14 countries representing wetland education centers, national and local government…
Registration is now open for the first WLI Asia-Oceania Conference, to be hosted at Diyasaru Park. Please submit your registration by Friday 12 April, via Google Forms. Kindly note that partial airfare sponsorship will be provided for one delegate per member center. Should you have any queries, please feel free to contact the organisers.
The Ramsar Regional Center – East Asia (RRC-EA) is now accepting project proposals for funding support under the RRC-EA Wetland Fund 2024. Wetland advocates from the region are invited to apply for small grants in line with the following thematic areas: Wetland Conservation and Wise Use to support the implementation of the 4th Ramsar Strategic…
Join our schools’ video conferences for World Migratory Bird Day 2023! In the week before 13 May and 14 October, WLI and partners will be hosting video conferences for school pupils in three flyways. If you would like to engage a school in these sessions, get in touch! Be inspired by previous years Important safeguarding…
Birds and Schools is an interactive and international programme for exchange between schools from different parts of the world, and to share what the students have done or learned about the migratory birds and wetlands they visited. WLI initiated the programme in the East Atlantic Flyway. In 2022, for the first time, the programme was…
You can now read the report of the 8th WLI Asia Conference. The in-person part was held in the Philippines in July. It facilitated interaction among members through discussion of specific themes on wetland centre operation and management. The Conference was also an opportunity to launch the expansion of the network to become WLI Asia-Oceania.…