New Delhi, July 29 -- A ground-breaking report launched on the side-lines of the 15th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (COP15) that is taking place in Zimbabwe has highlighted the crucial role that wildlife species play in sustaining Africa's wetlands.

The report, titled Africa Special Report: Taking Animals into Account, calls on governments to include animal-driven ecological processes into their ongoing wetland restoration and management strategies in order to combat biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation.

The report, produced by Global Rewilding Alliance (GRA) alongside a cohort of practitioner partners with support from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), p...