Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 24 July 2025 — The Indo-Burma Ramsar Regional Initiative (IBRRI) officially launched its Strategic Plan 2025–2030 during a side event at the 15th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention (COP15). The Plan sets out a collaborative, transboundary framework to halt and reverse the loss of wetlands across its Member States, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam.
“The launch of the IBRRI Strategic Plan 2025–2030 marks a pivotal moment for wetland cooperation in our region,” said Ms. Praon Udomprasert, Director of the Wetland Convention (Ramsar) Subdivision at Thailand’s Department of Water Resources and current Chair of IBRRI.
“At a time when Indo-Burma’s wetlands face mounting pressures from climate change, development, and biodiversity loss, this Plan offers a clear, coordinated path forward. It builds on the foundation laid by our Contracting Parties and partners, while putting wetlands at the centre of our region’s climate resilience strategies. Through this renewed vision, we reaffirm our shared commitment to the wise use, restoration, and sustainable governance of wetlands—essential lifelines for over 250 million people.”
