Our Mission

We guide and assist IUCN members and partners to find new ways for the sustainable use of wetlands and water resources.

We advise on the management and restoration of these ecosystems to achieve socio-economic development while conserving biological diversity.

Key activities

• Designing policies
  We contribute to wetland and water policies development and implementation around the world.
• Demonstrating sustainable management
  We manage water resources and restore wetlands in field projects.
• Developing and sharing knowledge
  We increase the understanding of the ecological, social and economic processes in wetland conservation.
• Empowering people
  We encourage and enable communities and institutions to improve wetland management.
• Assisting Conventions
  Through all our activities, we assist governments in the implementation of international environmental agreements, especially the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Convention to Combat Desertification.