The Ramsar Archives

Archives of the Ramsar Convention Bureau's Web Site - articles about Ramsar sites

Ramsar Sites Highlighted (alphabetical by country)

For reports of newly-designated Ramsar sites, please refer to the general index and the Annotated Ramsar List.

See also the Ramsar Advisory Mission reports

Albania's Karvasta Lagoon visited (July 1996)

Algeria: ten new sites highlighted (Feb. 2001)

Australia's Point Lillias -- press release of 14 March (March 1997)

Australia's Point Lillias project dropped (June 1997)

Australia's Cullendulla mangroves saved (Jan. 1998)

Australia's Wingecarribee Swamp gets reprieve (June 1998)

Botswana's Okavango, world's largest Ramsar site (Feb. 1997)

Botswana's Okavango, education programme (Jan. 1998)

Chad: Lake Chad Basin Commission declaration (July 2000)

China's Poyang Lake visited (Dec. 1996)

China: Taolimiao-Alashan Nur on the Ordos Highland (Nov. 1997)

China: Update on Dongzhaigang planning project (April 1998)

China: Dongzhaigang's management plan (and text of) (Oct. 1999)

Costa Rica: feature on SGF-project at Laguna Mata Redonda (Sept. 1999)

Croatia's Kopacki Rit subject of discussion (June 1997)

Czech site named for the Montreux Record (Feb. 1997)

Czech Republic: assistance for Novozamecky fishponds (June 1998)

Greece plans restoration of Lake Karla (March 1998)

Greek study of five Montreux Record sites (March 1999)

Greece: Ramsar visit to Nestos Delta (July 2002)

Guatemala's Laguna del Tigre slated for MGP mission (June 1997)

Honduras names 1000th Ramsar site (July 1999), Ramsar visit to (Sept. 2000)

Hungary: restoration project at Hortobágy (Sept. 2000)

Indonesia: photos of Berbak (June 2002)

Jordan's Azraq Oasis: update report (Feb. 1997) (version française) (en español)

Malawi: Lake Chilwa project described (Nov. 2001)

Malaysia: fish of Tasek Bera guidebook published (Aug. 2002)

Papua New Guinea's Lake Kutubu (Sept. 1998)

South Africa, two case studies: St. Lucia and Langebaan (May 1997)

United Kingdom press release on Midland Meres (Feb. 1997)

USA: mining agreement for Okefenokee (March 1999); site threatened again (8/9/00)

This stroll down Memory Lane was last updated on 8 August 2002. For further information about the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, please contact the Ramsar Convention Bureau, Gland, Switzerland.