Caption: The map shows both the differences in the geographic distribution of anthropogenically-impacted wetlands versus non impacted wetlands and the estimated cumulative percentage of wetland ...

Wetlands, which are Sri Lanka’s lungs and kidneys, are still in a deteriorating state despite several measures taken to ...

More than a billion people across the world depend on wetlands for their livelihoods – that’s about one in eight people on Earth. Check the Ramsar’s official website, leading entity for this ...

But the world’s wetlands are in crisis. We have lost over a third since 1970 ... Designating a site means more than drawing some lines on a map and giving them a Ramsar number: it’s essential that new ...

Welcome to the captivating world of wetlands, where vast expanses of water and rich biodiversity await. In this article, I will introduce you to the largest wetlands in the world, known as the ...

However, up to 87 percent of the world’s wetlands have been lost over the last 300 or so years, so clearly preserving them is high up on the environmental agenda. That’s where the Ramsar Conve ...