A Wetland Podcast

Policy, Practice, People interview Wetland City Accreditation with María Angélica Mejía https://www.linkedin.com/in/biodivercities/ Wetland Cities Accreditation homepage https://www.ramsar.org/our-work/activities/wetland-city-accreditation Wetland Cities Network https://wetlandcity.org Thank you María! Apolinar's Wren field recordings by: Manuel Sánchez-Nivicela and Felipe Velasco on Xeno-Canto.or...

A Wetland Podcast for September 2026. Links to general update stories Convention on Wetlands Scientific and Technical Review Panel: https://www.ramsar.org/meeting/29th-meeting-scientific-technical-review-panel Women Change Makers: https://www.ramsar.org/news/call-nominations-women-changemakers-world-wetlands UN Water Conference: https://www.unwaterconferenceuae.com/en Wetlands @ Risk https://europ...

UNCCD COP17 Water Day: https://enb.iisd.org/convention-combat-desertification-unccd-cop17-daily-report-25aug2026 and https://www.unccd.int/media/52275/open Drought Resilience Investment Facility: https://www.unccd.int/news-stories/press-releases/cop17-launches-drif-first-global-finance-instrument-drought-resilience Drought decision postponed: https://enb.iisd.org/convention-combat-desertification-...

No feature interview on Policy, Practice, or People this time, but that will return! Thank you this month to Hyeseon Do, Seong-oh Suh, and Seongbo Kim for their contributions. News items: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/eaaf-eaafp-unesco-ugcPost-7487107863614717952-J7j4/ https://www.unesco.org/en/world-heritage/committee-2026 https://www.linkedin.com/company/unesco/posts/?feedView=all Wildfire at G...

People and wetlands: Love a Tree Foundation in Sri Lanka is an exemplar of a people-first wetland charity. Thank you to educator Narmadha Dangampola and Founder Madhu Dissanayake for their time. Find out more: https://loveatreefoundation.org/ General updates Mona Khalil killed https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mark-j-spalding_monakhalil-orangehouseproject-seaturtles-share-7474140018408701952-wXgp/ ht...

What is happening to wetlands in Trump's America? Professor Royal C. Gardner tells us. VIsit Koforidua, Apenkwa, Ghana, and meet Samuel Kudjodzi. Plus wetland news (links below). Apologies that every voice in this episode is male – I'll try not to let that happen again. A Wetland Podcast is a personal project not reflecting any employer. More: https://www.patreon.com/Awetlandpodcast Updates Standi...

Plus wetland updates for April 2026. Jennifer George is the Chief Executive of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP). She talks about partnership, honouring your past, diverse voices, and memorable experiences. Find out more about EAAFP: https://eaaflyway.org Huge thanks to Jennifer George and Minjae Baek at the EAAFP Secretariat. The Water Margin is a boardwalk over the Sanya Riv...