Our annual review 2007 covers our global organisation and presents  the financial information, all our projects, publications and achievements.

The need to establish a coastal green belt following the post-tsunami scenario has led to unregulated and disoriented rehabilitation work that are likely to have serious negative consequences. This publication sets out specially designed guidelines to ensure that well integrated greenbelts emerge in conformity with basic standards and policies set out for coast conservation

The best practise guidelines aim to provide the reader with appropriate knowledge and understanding over the different aspects of mangrove silviculture (planting) for coastal protection.

This book represents the first attempt at covering all mangrove plant species in Southeast Asia, and aims at providing those involved with the management and conservation of mangroves in Southeast Asia with a guidebook for identifying mangrove plants.

Dans ce document , nous soulignons nos recommendations pour les Résolutions de la Convention Ramsar COP 10 en République de Corée qui a lieu du 28 Octobre au 4 Novembre 2008.

Attached the recommendations on the draft resolutions of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands COP 10, 28 October till 4 November 2008 in Korea.

Mangroves as an ecosystem are capable of performing certain functions or environmental services. Mangrove plants produce organic matter through photosynthesis and this produces the food for most of the fish and shellfish in the coastal waters. Fish and shrimp catches increase with the increasing presence of mangroves in the inter-tidal zone.

Fourth in series, the newsletter brings in an update on conservation and management of Loktak Lake, Manipur a Ramsar site and a large freshwater wetland in northeast India. The current issue focuses on water management. It summarizes the various issues related to current water management which is focused on human uses (particularly hydropower generation) ignoring other ecological requirements for wetland functioning.

In this study, the causes of failures of coastal restoration efforts since the tsunami in Aceh have been identified and extracted from a variety of stakeholders. It is aimed for that stakeholders in Aceh are informed of these so that they can avoid the factors that contribute to failure. In this way, past mistakes can be prevented from being repeated in the future. In addition, this study also provides a range of information, experience, strategies and other matters relevant to supporting the rehabilitation activities undertaken by both government and NGOs.

This booklet focusses on some of the best practises and interventions attemted in the eco-restoration and the tsunami rehabilitation activities, with a hope to help analyse and understand interventions in the context of massive disasters like the tsunami and thereby also help in enabling policy processes of governent, donors and aid agencies.