IWMI & Wetlands

IWMI is an International Organization Partner (IOP) of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, the first from outside the original community of conservation NGOs. IWMI scientists participate in various working groups of the Convention's Science and Technical Review Panel. This enables IWMI to highlight the links between wetlands, livelihoods, poverty and agriculture. At the 2008 Convention of Parties, IWMI scientists contributed directly to a number of resolutions including those relating to wetlands links to human health, biofuels, poverty reduction, biogeographic regionalization and biodiversity in rice paddies. These resolutions have the potential to influence policies and strategies implemented in all 160 signatory countries.