Wetland cities and prairie wetlands
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.org.
https://xeno-canto.org/1152018
Many thanks to you both.
Water Margin
Waders: Prairie Water Stories by Dominique Ferraton. Financial support from SK Arts. Listen to the series as it comes out on https://www.dominiqueferraton.ca/waders.html
New items
CBD
https://sdg.iisd.org/events/2026-un-biodiversity-conference-cbd-cop-17/ https://www.cbd.int/conferences/2026/parallel-meetings/gbf-pavilion-water-and-biodiversity
UNEP, FAO, SCBD Restoration Report
The IUCN Red List of Ecosystems Coral reef threat
Nairobi Flyways Declaration
https://www.birdlife.org/the-nairobi-flyways-declaration/
IKI grants open
Medium grants https://www.international-climate-initiative.com/en/find-funding/medium-grants/medium-grants-2026/
Large grants https://www.international-climate-initiative.com/en/find-funding/large-grants/large-grants-2026/
Benson Mogaka RIP
Signposts. Longer and feature items, not in the podcast.
WaterLANDS mountain wetland restoration https://ireland.representation.ec.europa.eu/bencroy-mountain-wetland-restoration_en
EU Water Framework Directive being bypassed for 'strategic projects' https://mailchi.mp/7e5f9e8e2261/eeb-speaks-to-eu-agriculture-ministers-5757663?e=8352acb7c9
The Caspian Sea has been shrinking for decades. Now, a new island has emerged https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/07/the-caspian-sea-has-been-shrinking-for-decades-now-a-new-island-has-emerged
UK & Ireland, State of Our Rivers report https://theriverstrust.org/state-of-our-rivers
Observing Coastal Life: Notes from a Field Researcher's Diary https://mssrf.org/stories-of-change/observing-coastal-life-notes-field-researchers-diary
Bright spots in peatland conservation, rewetting, and restoration https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13280-026-02433-8
On the International Day of the Girl Child, a South African social scientist looks back on her journey as a champion of water and inclusion https://www.iwmi.org/news/dear-younger-me/
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