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People and wetlands: Love a Tree Foundation in Sri Lanka is an exemplar of a people-first wetland charity.

Thank you to educator Narmadha Dangampola and Founder Madhu Dissanayake for their time.

Find out more: https://loveatreefoundation.org/

General updates

Mona Khalil killed https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mark-j-spalding_monakhalil-orangehouseproject-seaturtles-share-7474140018408701952-wXgp/ https://www.spnl.org/mona-khalil-a-guardian-of-sea-turtles-a-defender-of-hima-and-a-friend-we-will-never-forget/ https://www.facebook.com/greensoutherners/posts/pfbid0Sr3cP6ox7pJqjAfKpa8MR95C7tZCvANi5p8CsbhAApFpeEFhFw4Zs9Ko53hd8gSjl

Atlantic Africa intersectional toolkit https://www.international-climate-initiative.com/en/iki-media/publication/toward-a-gender-responsive-creaf-project-a-toolkit-for-project-activities-new6a33f355dd07f837753671/

Bits 'n' peatlands

EU https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alfawetlands_restorationforfuture-horizoneurope-peatlands-activity-7474849217765896192-SY_t

Ireland https://courthousenews.com/irelands-turf-cutting-tradition-singled-out-as-flouting-nature-law/ & https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/24/documenting-irelands-vanishing-boglands-they-hold-millennia-in-their-layers & https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-musonda-mumba-aa09611_ramsar-wetlandswednesday-peatlandsmatter-ugcPost-7475626905988374534-cOhQ/

Global Peatlands Initiative https://peatlands.org/event/global-peatlands-initiative-4th-partners-meeting/

Youth engagement in WASH innovation https://knowledge.unicef.org/wash/resource/youth-engagement-wash-innovation-ecosystems-insights-pathways-participation-influence

Jai Prakash Narayan Bird Sanctuary https://www.ramsar.org/news/thats-century-india-names-its-100th-wetland-international-importance

Save the Waves film festival: https://www.savethewaves.org/filmfest/?gf_protect_submission=1#gf_1

Water Margin

Matías Muñoz recorded this Elachistocleis panamensis and Túngara frog Engystomops pustulosus on Barro Colorado Island in Panama three years ago. I found it on the splendid Xeno Canto. https://xeno-canto.org/1012400

What is happening to wetlands in Trump's America? Professor Royal C. Gardner tells us.

VIsit Koforidua, Apenkwa, Ghana, and meet Samuel Kudjodzi.

Plus wetland news (links below).

Apologies that every voice in this episode is male – I'll try not to let that happen again.

A Wetland Podcast is a personal project not reflecting any employer. More: https://www.patreon.com/Awetlandpodcast

Updates

Standing Committee of the Convention on Wetlands: https://www.ramsar.org/meeting/67th-meeting-standing-committee

Youth engagement paper: https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.70302 and https://relationalthinkingblog.com/2026/03/20/plain-language-summary-youth-networks-are-key-but-overlooked-actors-in-environmental-governance/

OECM Platform: https://www.oecm.info/ https://www.linkedin.com/posts/harry-jonas_oecm-platform-ugcPost-7450489981338341377-VJkI?

Whitley Awards: https://whitleyaward.org/awards/

World Migratory Bird Day: https://www.worldmigratorybirdday.org/#2026

World Saltmarsh Day: https://www.wwt.org.uk/discover-wetlands/world-saltmarsh-day

People, Police, or Practice

Professor Royal C Gardner: https://www.stetson.edu/law/faculty/home/royal-gardner.php

List of MEAs the USA left in January 2026 https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/01/withdrawing-the-united-states-from-international-organizations-conventions-and-treaties-that-are-contrary-to-the-interests-of-the-united-states/

More on his book: https://mavensnotebook.com/2026/05/15/author-interview-royal-gardner-waters-of-the-united-states-potus-scotus-wotus-and-the-politics-of-a-national-resource/

Water Margin

Meet Samuel Kudjodzi https://earth.fm/recording-expeditions/the-centre-for-soundscape-ecology-multimedia-training-program-ghana/

https://www.instagram.com/csem_official/ And hear more of the recordings: https://aporee.org/maps/?what=wetland&limitBounds=on&fromYear=2025&fromMonth=04&fromDay=30&toYear=2026&toMonth=04&toDay=30&fromHour=00&fromMin=00&toHour=00&toMin=00

Other stories you might have missed

Chennai reservoir plans spark protests, warnings:

https://www.dw.com/en/chennai-reservoir-plans-spark-protests-and-warnings/video-76914064

WaterNSW criticised for ‘appalling’ decision after hundreds of turtles left to die in wetlands: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/21/water-nsw-criticised-for-appalling-decision-after-hundreds-of-turtles-left-to-die-in-wetlands

Volunteers work to save eels trapped in mud of dried-up Pukepuke Lagoon: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/top/592456/volunteers-work-to-save-eels-trapped-in-mud-of-dried-up-pukepuke-lagoon

eNGOs being squeezed in Brussels: https://reporterre.net/C-est-une-chasse-aux-sorcieres-la-droite-europeenne-veut-reduire-au-silence-les-ONG

Drought drives elevated antibiotic resistance across soils: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-026-02274-x.epdf

Multiple development banks launch 'Water Forward' initiative: https://live.worldbank.org/en/event/2026/spring-meetings-water-forward

Plus wetland updates for April 2026.

Jennifer George is the Chief Executive of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP). She talks about partnership, honouring your past, diverse voices, and memorable experiences.

Find out more about EAAFP: https://eaaflyway.org

Huge thanks to Jennifer George and Minjae Baek at the EAAFP Secretariat.

The Water Margin is a boardwalk over the Sanya River in Hainan, China, in 2017.

A Wetland Podcast is a personal project by Connor Walsh, not reflecting any employers. Find out more on https://www.patreon.com/Awetlandpodcast including links to the news stories discussed.