Louisiana’s wetlands are vital carbon storage centers, but destroying them can accelerate harmful emissions that accelerate global warming.

This move highlights Tamil Nadu's lead with 20 Ramsar sites and marks the first Ramsar sites for Sikkim and Jharkhand, underscoring the country's commitment to wetland conservation. A Ramsar site ...

A new European Wetland Map shows Europe’s peatlands, floodplains and coastal wetlands more comprehensively than ever before in one map. Compiled from about 200 data sources, this map informs policy ...

Wetlands are superheroes in tackling climate change. Peatland, a key category of wetlands, covers only about 3% of the world’s total surface area but holds 30% of all natural carbon, almost ...

Approximately 4.86% of India’s land area is covered by wetlands – ecosystems that are often referred to as the “Earth’s kidneys” because they are crucial for maintaining an ecological ...

Cynthia Villar has welcomed the passage on third and final reading of a bill seeking better protection for the Las Piñas-Parañaque Wetland Park (LPPWP), an internationally recognized “Wetland ...

Surrounded by industry on Staten Island’s West Shore, the marsh is encircled by a chain link fence to stop local companies from damaging the wetland ... That’s because Inside Climate News ...

For the past decade, Jimmy Mahachi has advocated for his community’s right to water and the preservation of the Cleveland Dam wetland, a peri-urban wetland in the Zimbabwean capital Harare.

As we mark World Wetlands Day 2025 under the theme "Protecting Wetlands for Our Common Future," we shine a spotlight on these vital landscapes and their role in securing a future where both people and ...

NEW DELHI: Ahead of the World Wetlands Day on Sunday, four more wetlands have got an international tag of Ramsar Convention sites, taking the total number of such globally recognised wetlands in ...

Nature has endowed our planet with a diversity of habitats. One such is wetlands. As the name suggests, these aquatic habitats absorb rainwater like a sponge and release it gradually throughout ...

Filmmaker Nathan Dappen speaks to the process behind his new film, The Passage, about recreating his parents' 1974 canoe trip up the Inside Passage. Nathan Dappen is a filmmaker and co-owner of ...