Wetland Restoration

Restoring the world's freshwater ecosystems

Conserving and restoring the ecological processes of wetlands.

WWF promotes activities to restore at least 50 large river basins crucial to wildlife and people, in addition to many wetlands.

WWF is working for healthy rivers as they link land and sea and support wildlife. Well-managed river basins are also vital to providing and storing water, regulating floods and sustaining fisheries. International processes and government practices - including laws, water markets and river basin authorities - will reflect sound river basin management and 10 damaging infrastructure schemes to develop rivers will be halted or redirected.