About This Event

The Africa and Asia Pacific Youth and Wetlands Network is a youth-led initiative dedicated to promoting the wise use of wetlands in the Global South. We are proud to partner with CYE BELIEVE NETWORK to amplify our impact.

Partnership Overview

Implementation and Oversight;The Africa and Asia Pacific Youth and Wetlands Network is implemented through its Initiative Coordination Office, which is overseen by CYE BELIEVE NETWORK

  • - Receive administrative and financial oversight from CYE BELIEVE NETWORK, guided by a steering committee comprising representatives from African and Asia Pacific youth-led organizations in wetlands conservation and other partners
  • - Support CYE BELIEVE NETWORK's goal of promoting wise use of wetlands in the Global South

Terms and Governance

Our Terms of Use ensure that nothing limits or waives the privileges and immunities of CYE BELIEVE NETWORK's secretariat.

Core Values

  • 1. Youth Empowerment: Amplifying the voices and capacities of young leaders in wetlands conservation.

  • 2. Collaboration: Building partnerships across sectors, cultures, and geographies. Our goal is our partners’ success. We focus on strengthening youth led organizations to optimize their conservation impact. Our role is to catalyze their talent, commitment, and innovation to help them do more, do it better and by doing so, change the conservation field. When that happens, we succeed.

  • 3.Inclusivity: Fostering diversity, equity, and inclusivity in all aspects of our work.

  • 4.Sustainability: Promoting eco-friendly practices and sustainable wetlands management.

  • 5.Innovation: Encouraging creative solutions and innovative approaches to wetlands conservation and also Make the complex simple— In everything we do, we strive to create practical, tangible, action-oriented solutions. A key to that is keeping things simple and clear

  • 6. Integrity: Upholding transparency, accountability, and ethical standards.

  • 7. Community-Centric: Prioritizing local communities' needs and perspectives.

  • 8. Enjoy. Learn. Adapt. The challenges we face are great, so we must be resilient. To maintain perspective, we must also have fun and not take ourselves too seriously. We embrace learning from failure and success, and work to constantly iterate, improve our practices, and adapt to the changing world around us. We are driven by a commitment to learning as a key to continuous improvement personally and professionally. Interconnectedness: Recognizing the intricate relationships between wetlands, climate, and human well-being.

Guiding Principles

  • 1. ⁠Respect for human rights and environmental justice.
  • 2. Commitment to scientific research and evidence-based decision-making.
  • 3.Emphasis on capacity building and skills development.
  • 4.Prioritization of marginalized and vulnerable communities.
  • 5.Encouragement of south-south cooperation and knowledge transfer.