— working to protect and conserve wild waterfowl and wetlands

One-third of all wild waterfowl are considered threatened or endangered. Habitat loss and human population growth are the primary causes of waterfowl declines, and these factors are growing annually. Human population is projected to increase from 5.7 to 10 billion by the year 2050, and to continue to grow for more than 100 years.

IWWA is working to preserve all 234 taxa of wild waterfowl and, with your help in meeting the challenge, much can be done.

The International Wild Waterfowl Association (IWWA) was established in 1958 by a group of farsighted aviculturists, conservationists, and ornithologists. Conservation pioneers - Dr. Jean DeLacour, Dr. S. Dillon Ripley, Mr. Randall Maybey, Dr. George Allen, and Sir Peter Scott - launched IWWA's early efforts to preserve the whooping crane (Grus americana) and trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator).

Today our members include private aviculturists, students, researchers, conservationists, educators, zoo professionals, and waterfowl enthusiasts from around the world.