A Wetland Podcast for September 2026.

Links to general update stories

Convention on Wetlands Scientific and Technical Review Panel: https://www.ramsar.org/meeting/29th-meeting-scientific-technical-review-panel

Women Change Makers: https://www.ramsar.org/news/call-nominations-women-changemakers-world-wetlands

UN Water Conference: https://www.unwaterconferenceuae.com/en

Wetlands @ Risk https://europe.wetlands.org/wetlands-risk-home/

Eswatini AEWA MOP: https://www.unep-aewa.org/news/eswatini-host-aewa-mop10-2028

Sabangau peat fires: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyqw44w142o

https://borneonaturefoundation.org/firefighting-and-prevention/the-connected-nature-of-wildfires/

European Peatland Initiative: https://europeanpeatlandsinitiative.com/news/

Power to the Peatlands conference : https://sites.google.com/view/power2peatlands2026/networking-dinners

The Water Margin this month again comes from Aporee.org, where Tomáš Šenkyřík shared this South Moravian dawn chorus: https://archive.org/details/aporee_69216_80390

Signposts

Why Are Rivers So Mathematical? https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-are-rivers-so-mathematical-20260810/ (Quanta)

How greed is turning Spain into a desert https://youtu.be/y8tAx-itHUc?si=hh25JCP_grcmaHS5 (DW)

‘Wonderfully Swiss, slightly mad’: This IT guy swims to work while cleaning Zürich’s waterways https://www.euronews.com/2026/09/05/wonderfully-swiss-slightly-mad-this-it-guy-swims-to-work-while-cleaning-zurichs-waterways (Euronews)

As catches dwindle, Congo River fishermen turn to plastic waste https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20260913-as-fish-catches-dwindle-congo-river-fishermen-turn-to-plastic (RFI)

“Zimbabwe should establish environmental courts to save wetlands” https://enviropresszim.com/zimbabwe-should-establish-environmental-courts-to-save-wetlands/ (EnviroPress)

July-August 2026 Research Journal Roundup https://www.iwmi.org/news/july-august-2026-research-journal-roundup/ (IWMI)

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