Photo, video, audio
Ramsar images
The Convention on Wetlands make images available rights-free for editorial purposes only and to promote the Ramsar Convention in non-commercial publications. Please check the exact rights situation on the Ramsar.org website before you use them.
Ramsar videos
The Convention on Wetlands makes videos available rights-free for editorial purposes only and to promote the Ramsar Convention in non-commercial outlets and channels. Please check the exact rights situation on the Ramsar.org website before you use them.
WLI member introductions
WLI members introduce themselves and their wetlands. Here are some gathered together in a YouTube playlist.
WLI live webcams
Some WLI members livestream webcams of their wetland on YouTube. See the a selection here.
MBP centre video
Migratory Birds for People (MBP) provides a video for wetland centres in the East Atlantic Flyway to run in a loop on screens in the centre.
WLI Asia-Oceania Flickr photos
Hundreds of photos from WLI Asia-Oceania wetland visitor centres and conferences, showing scenery and activities, and grouped into albums for each centre.
WLI collections
We collect videos from WLI members into thematic playlists on our YouTube channel. They cover content for educators, the Birds & Schools initiative, species and habitats.
DIY telescope webcam
The Urdaibai Bird Center in the Basque Country shared this tutorial on how-to make a telescope webcam!
Podcast format
WLI has created two formats for podcasts that wetland centres can adapt. One uses relaxing wetland sounds to relieve stress; the other uses visualisation techniques in audio as an educational method.
Create a live wetland microphone
Arts platform Locus Sonus welcomes WLI members setting up live audio streams of wetland centre sounds, free of charge on their platform.
Magic of Water
Visually explaining the scarcity of fresh water, and then illustrating dipping for invertebrates in a stream. From Water Forum Ireland.
Peatlands, a Super Nature Based Solution
A Global Landscapes Forum webinar on tropical and temperate peatlands with diverse speakers covering science, the arts, and policy. In English, French and Spanish.
Myanmar: The Dying Lake
Available in English, French, German, Spanish, and Polish, this half-hour documentary is about Inle Lake.
List of free footage
The Earth Journalism Network maintains a list of sources for conservation-related video and photos available under creative commons or other low cost licences.
WWT live cameras
WWT has live webcams on its website overlooking lakes at their visitor centres in Slimbridge and Caerlaverock.
What is a COP?
A short video by María Elisa Sánchez explaining what happens at Convention on Wetlands COP.
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