Global workshop on ecosystems conservation and restoration in transboundary basins

Organized under the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Water Convention and co-led by France, Slovenia, and Zambia, the event will bring together governments, experts, and civil society to accelerate restoration and cooperation across shared freshwater ecosystems.

In light of the triple planetary crisis, the 10th session of the Meeting of the Parties of the Water Convention (23-25 October 2024, Ljubljana, Slovenia) decided to include in the work programme 2025-2027 of the Water Convention a dedicated sub-programme area on the conservation and restoration of transboundary freshwater ecosystems. This global workshop is an essential element of this workstream and will inform, among others, the discussion at the ninth meeting of the Task Force on Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystems Nexus (18 June 2025, Geneva).

The workshop is organized in partnership with the European Union, Global Environment Facility (GEF), and several UN-Water Members and Partners: the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, UN Environment Programme (UNEP), and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

Proceedings will be interpreted into Arabic, English, French, Russian and Spanish.

Register for the workshop here by 9 June 2025 and find joining details.