
News story and press release
news story
The Global Wetland Outlook 2025: Valuing, conserving, restoring and financing wetlands
This new 2025 Edition from the Convention on Wetlands highlights the importance of wetland services for sustainable development.
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press release
Vanishing wetlands put $39 trillion in global benefits on the line
Nairobi, Kenya, 15 July 2025 – Launched today, the new Global Wetland Outlook 2025: Valuing, conserving, restoring and financing wetlands from the Convention on Wetlands 2025, warns that without urgent action, one fifth of the world’s remaining wetlands could vanish by 2050—an ecological loss with massive social and economic consequences.
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Launch of the Global Wetland Outlook 2025
Twentieth Session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN-20)
The Global Wetland Outlook 2025: Valuing, conserving, restoring and financing wetlands was launched at a press event at the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON) on 15 July during the Twentieth Session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN-20).
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Briefing Note
Find out more about the Global Wetland Outlook 2025

Key Messages
Key messages are available in English, French and Spanish

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Hashtags and key handles
convention on wetlands’ social media accounts to tag
hashtags
#GlobalWetlandOutlook2025
Key handles of the convention
Bluesky: @ramsar.org
X: @RamsarConv
LinkedIn: Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
Facebook: @RamsarConventionOnWetlands
Instagram: @convention_on_wetlands
Convention website: www.ramsar.org
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Social media posts
🌍 Wetlands are vanishing—22% lost since 1970, with degradation accelerating worldwide.
New @RamsarConv #GlobalWetlandOutlook2025 is a call to act now for nature, climate, and people.
🛑 Delay doubles the cost.
#RestoreWetlands
#Wetlands host 40% of global biodiversity - yet they’re disappearing faster than any other ecosystem.
@RamsarConv #GlobalWetlandOutlook2025 shows urgent action is needed to conserve & restore these life-support systems.
#ForNature #KMGBF
🌿 Wetlands lock up 1/3 of the world’s soil carbon. But they’re being lost at 0.52% per year.
New @RamsarConv #GlobalWetlandOutlook2025 shows restoring wetlands is essential for staying under 1.5°C.
#ClimateAction #NatureBasedSolutions
💰 Wetlands generate up to $39 trillion/year in benefits. That’s nearly 36% of global GDP—yet they’re underfunded & undervalued.
@RamsarConv #GlobalWetlandOutlook makes the case: it’s time to invest in wetlands.
#InvestInNature #RestoreWetlands
💸 Degraded wetlands have already cost the world $5.1 trillion in lost services since 1970.
📉 These losses are mounting—but avoidable.
New @RamsarConv #GlobalWetlandOutlook2025 shows the cost of doing nothing is far higher than acting now.
#RestoreWetlands #InvestInNature
📈 To meet global goals, we must restore >350 million ha of degraded wetlands & conserve 428 million ha more.
@RamsarConv #GlobalWetlandOutlook2025 shows this is possible—but only with scaled-up funding & political will.
#RestoreWetlands #Wetlands2030
🌐 It will take $275–550 billion/year to restore and conserve wetlands globally.
Yet, nature conservation funding = just 0.25% of global GDP.
@RamsarConv #GlobalWetlandOutlook2025 calls for a new financing paradigm for wetlands.
#NatureFinance #RestoreWetlands
🏞️ Wetlands provide critical services to people—flood protection, clean water, food, carbon storage & recreation.
But 25% of remaining wetlands are now degraded.
@RamsarConv #GlobalWetlandOutlook2025 shows urgent need for scaled-up restoration.
#WetlandsForPeople
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