Global workshop on ecosystems conservation and restoration in transboundary basins

Context and objectives: Freshwater ecosystems are in a dire state. Freshwater ecosystems are the world’s lifelines, providing water, food, and livelihoods, while enabling biodiversity within and around them. They play a buffer role for people and nature against climate change-related impacts, including droughts and floods. However, they have experienced massive deterioration over the past centuries and decades.

In light of the triple planetary crisis, the 10th session of the Meeting of the Parties of the Water Convention (23-25 October 2024, Ljubljana, Slovenia) decided to include in the work programme 2025-2027 of the Water Convention a dedicated sub-programme area on the conservation and restoration of transboundary freshwater ecosystems. This global workshop is an essential element of this workstream and will inform, among others, the discussion at the ninth meeting of the Task Force on Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystems Nexus (18 June 2025, Geneva).

LEER MAS