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Global Wetland Outlook 2025
July 22 , 2025
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- It was released by the Secretariat for the Convention on Wetlands - the Ramsar Convention (1971).
- The report also comes days ahead of the 15th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (COP15), scheduled for July 23-31 in Zimbabwe.
- It highlights the very urbanisation and industrial development as key drivers of this decline.
- Africa's wetlands are among the most degraded globally, with millions relying on them for essential resources.
- The extent of deterioration is particularly high in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.
- This is despite an increase in the same being recorded in Europe, North America and Oceania.
- While wetlands cover only six per cent of the Earth’s surface, the world is losing wetlands at an annual rate of 0.52 per cent.
- It is valued at the equivalent of 7.5 per cent of global GDP.
- The Ramsar Convention’s strategic goals align with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF) Targets.
- Ramsar is an Intergovernmental treaty that provides the framework for the conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources.
- India ratified it in 1982.
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