STRATEGIC INTENT 2020-2030
Healthy Wetlands
Resilient Communities
Reduced Climate Risks
Over 2020-2030 Wetlands International aims to safeguard and restore tens of millions of hectares of wetlands, bringing multiple returns for nature and people. Our theory of change encapsulates the three main phases of our work: to inspire, mobilise and upscale. These are the key ingredients of our organisational strategy for the period 2020-2030.
Wetland habitats and functions safeguarded and restored: We
Water and food secured for wetland communities: We aim to prevent further wetland loss and degradation that undermines the natural productivity and water storage capacities of peatlands, floodplains, mangrove forests, deltas and lakes. We aim to improve and diversify the livelihoods of people dependent on wetlands, and promote best practices in agriculture and aquaculture, integrating wetland values into the local economy.
Wetland carbon stores secured and enhanced: We aim to bring wetlands into activities to adapt to and mitigate
aim to help conserve a selection of the most
intact wetland ecosystems and restore others within a full range of wetland types across the world. We also aim to restore other freshwater systems, peatlands, deltas and coastal ecosystems for their intrinsic, cultural and ecosystem-service values. We will prioritise ecological networks that connect landscapes, such as flyways and swim-ways.
climate change, which is otherwise a threat to the integrity of all wetlands. Improving the condition of peatlands, river systems and coastal ecosystems such as mangroves, saltmarshes and sea-grass beds will also reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases and return many to their role as carbon sinks.
For this period, we are orientating our work to achieve three, interconnected global impacts: healthy wetlands, resilient wetland communities, and reduced climate risks.
Our vision, targets and strategic interventions are shaped according to landscapes. We focus on three broad categories of wetland landscapes: deltas and coasts, rivers and lakes, and peatlands. “Streams” of work are defined according to the specific contexts of these wetland landscape types.
Wetland Nature-based Solutions integrated into infrastructure developments: We aim to steer urban water
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Wetland species recovered: Building on our long track record for waterbird conservation, we will contribute to the
Reduced societal conflict and displacement from wetlands: We will in particular
infrastructure investment and land- use planning towards using wetlands to meet challenges such as water insecurity and flooding that are conventionally addressed by civil engineering – an approach that often causes further loss and deterioration of wetlands.
d conservation of wetland biodiversity by working on selected flagship species and groups of species linked to specific habitats.
strive to resolve situations where deterioration of wetlands – caused by upstream abstraction, climate change or population growth -- contributes to loss of livelihoods, human displacement, conflict and migration. Where necessary, we will use peacebuilding and conflict resolution measures to address imbalanced power relations between stakeholders, building capacity for vulnerable and marginalised people to defend their rights to water and wetland resources.
Healthy Wetlands
Resilient Communities
Reduced Climate Risks
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We measure our progress across these three streams according to the following three interconnected global impacts and six outcomes.
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Wetlands International Annual Review 2021
Wetlands International Annual Review 2021
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