{"id":3051,"date":"2009-12-21T10:38:36","date_gmt":"2009-12-21T10:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westafrica.wetlands.org\/en\/publication\/annual-report-africa-2009\/"},"modified":"2023-11-03T11:02:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T11:02:24","slug":"annual-report-africa-2009","status":"publish","type":"wl_publication","link":"https:\/\/westafrica.wetlands.org\/en\/publication\/annual-report-africa-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Report Africa 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>About Wetlands International<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p><em>Wetlands International is a global non-profit organisation dedicated to sustaining and restoring\u00a0<\/em><em>wetlands, their resources and biodiversity for future generations. We work through 18\u00a0<\/em><em>regional offices, supported by headquarters based in The Netherlands. Wetlands International\u00a0<\/em><em>Africa\u2019s regional office is based in Dakar, Senegal and supports projects and office\u00a0<\/em><em>throughout the continent.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><em>Wetlands International\u00a0<\/em><em>Africa<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><em>Globally, Wetlands International works in over 100 countries to tackle the most pressing\u00a0<\/em><em>problems affecting wetlands, providing tools and information to assist in their protection\u00a0<\/em><em>and restoration. We try to influence policies, conventions and treaties relevant\u00a0<\/em><em>to wetlands, such as the UNFCCC and Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, and stress o\u00a0<\/em><em>conservation and wise wetlands use, drawing on scientific analyses in global and national\u00a0<\/em><em>conservation programmes.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"alignwide\">\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"teaser-download\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-narrow\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-span-full md:col-span-4 md:col-start-2 lg:col-start-3 md:row-span-full lg:mr-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-download__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"364\" height=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/westafrica.wetlands.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/12\/annual-report-WIA-english-2009.jpg\" class=\"attachment-download size-download\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westafrica.wetlands.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/12\/annual-report-WIA-english-2009.jpg 935w, https:\/\/westafrica.wetlands.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/12\/annual-report-WIA-english-2009-480x486.jpg 480w, https:\/\/westafrica.wetlands.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/12\/annual-report-WIA-english-2009-257x260.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"col-span-full md:col-span-4 md:col-start-3 lg:col-span-5 lg:col-start-6 md:row-span-full lg:-ml-8\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-download__block\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"block-title\">Wetlands Annual Report 2009 English<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/westafrica.wetlands.org\/en\/download\/2442\/?tmstv=1776333720\" aria-label=\"Download Wetlands Annual Report 2009 English, (pdf, 4.18 MB)\" class=\"btn btn--secondary btn--mobile-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-inline\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"btn__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDownload (pdf, 4.18 MB)\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3>Introduction<\/h3>\n<p><em>Once upon a summer a little manatee met a little heron.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>They got along instantly; they played, and frolicked in the water<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>and fell in love.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>They spent every summer day and every summer night together<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>until one day the little birdie had to fly far, far away,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>so they made a promise, to meet in the same magical mangrove<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>forest on the same day.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>When that day came the little manatee went but couldn\u2019t find any<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>mangrove trees, so she waited, and waited, and waited.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>She swam helplessly around the place where the forest had been<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>for days, weeks, and months but the little heron could not return.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We would like to give this story a happy ending\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But we need your help.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h1><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Wetlands International Wetlands International is a global non-profit organisation dedicated to sustaining and restoring\u00a0wetlands, their resources and biodiversity for future generations. 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