This is not different with wetlands in #EastAfrica . Therefore concerted national and regional efforts are 🔑in ensuring that these ecosystems are restored, conserved and others designated as rams are sites. MINISTRY OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENT 🇺🇬 NEMA Kenya Kenya Wildlife Service Wildlife Research & Training Institute Wetlands International Eastern Africa Convention on Wetlands

Wetlands are essential for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including Sustainable Development Goal 6 to ensure the availability and sustainable management of safe water and sanitation for all. #10thWorldWaterForum #WetlandsMatter

As we celebrate #InternationalBiodiversityday we need to remember the important role #wetlands play as Key Biodiversity Areas smd thus galvanise efforts towards their improved conservation. On East Africa, the highest biodiversity population densities are situated along wetlands.

Implementation of the #BiodiversityPlan should be shaped by National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans that translate The Plan’s 23 action targets into national priorities. Read our report on the inclusion of #wetlands in NBSAPs to meet the #GBF: wetlands.org/publication/sc…

As we celebrate #WorldEnvironmentday , we appreciate the need for improved management of trans boundary wetlands and designating them as Convention on Wetlands sites in East Africa plus restoration of the degraded sections. IUCN WWF IWMI_East Africa Wetlands International Eastern Africa BirdLife Africa Global Environment Facility (GEF)

Mangroves in the East African region are very important carbon sinks with significant importance to biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation. Happy #WorldMangroveDay

We wish to congratulate RAMSAR CENTRE FOR EASTERN AFRICA (RAMCEA) and NileBasin Initiative on this milestone. This collaboration is timely given the fact that #wetland ecosystems are under immense pressure and such partnerships are crucial in fostering actions towards wise use of transboundary wetland ecosystems. #SDG17

Do you know your #peatlands? Last days, we hosted intense training in Masaka, Convention on Wetlands city in #Uganda🇺🇬 to build capacity for peatland assessment & management incl. field demonstration. MINISTRY OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENT 🇺🇬 GIZ RAMSAR CENTRE FOR EASTERN AFRICA (RAMCEA) Wetlands International Africa NatureUganda Bundesumweltministerium #PeatlandsMatter