Wetlands International is the only NGO dedicated to the safeguarding and restoration of wetlands. At the heart of our vision is a plan to demonstrate […]

Meaningful participation of local stakeholders, especially local communities, is key to successfully  Implementing and optimising any Building with Nature solution. In line with this principle […]

Wetlands International and its global and Indonesian partners present a series of Technical Guidelines on Building with Nature to restore eroding tropical muddy coasts. The […]

Building with Nature integrates Nature-based Solutions into water and marine engineering practice. To make nature the fundament of the solution, a paradigm shift is needed […]

In response to rapid land subsidence in Central Java, the Building with Nature Indonesia consortium released a Roadmap towards Adapting and Mitigating Land Subsidence in Central […]

Expanding shrimp aquaculture has been one of the main drivers of the loss of mangrove forests worldwide. Consequently, tropical mud coastlines have become vulnerable to […]

The construction of permeable structures to trap sediment and encourage mangrove recovery along the eroding coastline of Demak in North-Java has gained remarkable traction around […]

Hopefully this guideline can be utilized properly by all users and can contribute to increase the capacity of Civil Society Organizations and other parties, especially in carrying out policy advocacy work related to strengthening community resilience in the future.

Across the world, COVID-19 is impacting vulnerable coastal communities such as Demak, Northern Java. Here, the Building with Nature Indonesia consortium is working with coastal villages to reduce erosion, rehabilitate mangroves and revive local livelihoods.   The villagers own and maintain temporary […]

Our programme in Northern Java, Indonesia to stop coastal erosion through Building with Nature has won the prestigious Flood & Coast Excellence Award yesterday in […]