Wetlands International

Fresh water : the essence of life is a beautifully and sometimes starkly depicted look at the current state of our Earth's freshwater ecosystems.

East Asia abounds in water, with wetlands in every corner, and the culture of wetlands is entrenched in daily life. The epitome of this is the rice paddy, but there are other traditions as well.

Wetlands have been the focus of conservation and restoration efforts for over a century, and governments, international actors (NGOs and academia) and local communities around the world are now increasingly engaging in wetland restoration or avoiding wetland degration activities for climate chang

This atlas provides the first truly global assessment of the state of the world's mangroves.

This report presents insights on both critical water-related ecosystem services and also on the wider ecosystem services from wetlands. The objective is encourage additional policy momentum, business commitment, and investment in the conservation, restoration, and wise use of wetlands.

La Fondation Internationale du Banc d'Arguin (FIBA) souhaite mettre à disposition des institutions et de la société civile mauritaniennes en particulier et ouest-africaines en général, une synthèse concernant les impacts potentiels d'une telle activité sur l'écosystème, ainsi que d'une revue des

This assessment is the first overview of the conservation status of 877 northern African freshwater species belonging to five taxonomic groups—fish, molluscs, dragonflies and damselflies, freshwater crabs and aquatic plants—in accordance with the IUCN regional Red List guidelines.

This volume gives the most up-to-date information on the distributions and conservation status of species in all inland water ecosystems across mainland continental Africa and the reasons behind their declining status.

This reference work covering 546 native and 33 introduced species is a very important contribution on the biodiversity of freshwater fish species in Europe. Much of the information presented is drawn from original research conducted over 8 years in 24 European countries.

La pêche aux mulets est devenue en moins d'une décennie la première pêcherie artisanale en quantité débarquée en Mauritanie. Exploitée de manière intensive, la ressource est aujourd'hui menacée.