Oceania

Wetland monitoring tech: WLI Asia Oceania webinar June 2025

By Connor Walsh / 30th May 2025

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…

1st WLI Asia-Oceania Conference report

By Connor Walsh / 5th February 2025

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…

Deadline extended for 1st WLI Asia-Oceania Conference

By Connor Walsh / 4th April 2024

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.

First WLI Asia-Oceania Conference announced!

By Connor Walsh / 22nd January 2024

Diyasaru Park will host the first ever WLI Asia-Oceania Conference! From 17 to 21 June, the Park and RRC-East Asia will: Facilitate interaction among members through information and experience-sharing sessions, and Explore opportunities for future collaboration among the members. Registration will open in February 2024. For more information and contact details, see this PDF document.

Connecting Birds & Schools 2023

By Connor Walsh / 23rd January 2023

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…

8th WLI Asia Conference Report

By Connor Walsh / 14th October 2022

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.…

Connecting Birds and Schools in Asia-Australasia!

By Connor Walsh / 9th September 2022

The East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) is bringing our Connecting Birds and Schools video conferences to their region! We are delighted to be working with their dynamic team to bring our flagship activity to a whole new audience. If you are in that flyway, have a look at their website for a poster and information…

EAAFP and WLI meet at Slimbridge

By Connor Walsh / 19th July 2022

The WLI team met the Communications Officer of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) this month. Vivan Fu visited WWT Slimbridge wetland centre for a packed afternoon. We discussed plans for Ramsar COP and for the Flyway Youth Forum, among other topics. We will follow-up on these with virtual meetings. Vivian also got to see…

Youth Think Tank Competition for the EAA Flyway

By Connor Walsh / 1st November 2021

Here’s a great opportunity for young wetland conservationists in the East Atlantic Flyway. The EAAFP is organising a Youth Think Tank Competition; to help potential participants with their application, they are running a workshop on 6 & 7 November, register by 2 November. The Competition aims to motivate young people in the EAA Flyway who…

WLI at the 11th INTECOL Wetland Conference

By Chris Rostron / 18th October 2021

WLI’s Chris Rostron attend (virtually!) the 11th INTECOL wetland conference, hosted by New Zealand partners. He actively participated in sessions on how to engage people in wetland conservation, the pros and cons of citizen science (featuring a recently published survey on the state of the world’s wetlands that we co-authored), a workshop on developing a…