A woman fisher catches fish in Loktak Lake using traditional fishing gears, reflecting generations of indigenous knowledge and wetland-based livelihoods in Manipur, India. Photo: Tanmoy Bhaduri/IWMI

How traditional knowledge shapes India’s wetlands

For centuries, communities across the subcontinent have protected wetlands through knowledge systems rooted in living with water. These relationships are essential to today’s conservation.
Floating wetland Pakistan

A floating wetland offers a blueprint for cleaning wastewater

In a village in Pakistan, nature-based solutions are cleaning water and restoring dignity to daily life.
River rafts in Yunnan Province, southern China. Photo: Flickr

Explainer: The Freshwater Challenge 

The Freshwater Challenge is rallying countries to reverse decades of degradation to rivers, lakes and other wetlands, restoring them for people and the planet.

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