Restoration
It’s Time for Wetland Restoration | World Wetlands Day, February 2, 2023
SWS Membership Benefits World Wetlands Day is February 2nd! Join SWS in Raising Awareness and Taking Action Get involved this week as we take action and spread the word about World Wetlands Day, a global awareness campaign celebrated every year on February 2nd to highlight the value of wetlands. This year’s theme, It’s Time for…
Read MoreSWS Oceania Chapter Held Fire in Wetlands Forum
SWS Membership Benefits On September 8-9, 2021, the SWS Oceania Chapter held a Fire in Wetlands Forum which brought together scientists and managers from across Australia and covered topics including overviews and case-studies of fire management in and around a range of wetland types, wetland fire paleo-histories in Australia, cultural burning and wetland responses to…
Read MoreSWS Climate Change Initiative collaborates to bring global leaders together for plenary panel discussion at SER 2021 World Conference
SWS Membership Benefits World leaders in wetlands, peatlands and biodiversity conservation and restoration and climate change met (virtually) at the Society for Ecological Restoration’s (SER) 2021 World Conference Plenary Panel on June 22nd to discuss the importance of restoring and conserving wetlands including peatlands, and other ecosystems as a critical element in our response to…
Read MoreSWS Denver Declaration on the Management and Restoration of Wetlands
SWS Membership Benefits SWS issued the Society of Wetland Scientists Denver Declaration on the Management and Restoration of Wetlands at the 2018 SWS Annual Meeting in Denver, CO, USA, on May 29 – June 1, 2018. Over 200 attendees signed the statement in support. The Statement reads as follows: “The following participants at the Society of Wetland…
Read MoreSWS supports the Herring River Restoration Project
SWS Membership Benefits SWS sent a letter of support for the Herring River Restoration Project at the Cape Cod National Seashore in Wellfleet and Truro, Massachusetts. Project partners and supporters include the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration. This project…
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