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 26 May 2017
Egypt, Chad, Senegal, Sudan, Niger
From 9 to 11 May 2017, Paul Ouedraogo of the Ramsar Secretariat took part in the first Inception Workshop and First Technical Steering Committee of the...
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 4 May 2017
Chad, Senegal, Sudan, South Sudan, Nigeria, Niger, Mali
Wetlands International launched a report at the Red Cross EU Office in Brussels, aimed at highlighting to policymakers the relationship between the health of...
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 20 April 2017
Tunisia, Burkina Faso, Mali
IUCN has published a study (in French: link) assessing the economic value of ecosystem services provided by Ichkeul National Park. The Park, which covers 12...
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 30 March 2017
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso has designated La Zone de confluence Mouhoun-Sourou as a Wetland of International Importance. It now has 19 Ramsar Sites covering over 700,000...
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 30 March 2017
South Africa
South Africa has designated its 23rd Wetland of International Importance. The Bot-Kleinmond Estuarine System (Ramsar Site no. 2291) is in the coastal...
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 27 March 2017
Algeria
In a major boost for Algeria’s vulnerable wetlands, the government has adopted a new national strategy to conserve them for the long-term benefit of people...
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 14 March 2017
Morocco
Morocco Wetland Strategy and Action Plan 2015-2024 was launched in Tangier on 7 February. At the launch event Zouhair Amhaouch, Head of Parks and Nature...
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 14 February 2017
Algeria
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, together with the Wilaya district of El Oued, jointly celebrated the World Wetlands Day in El Oued under...
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 31 January 2017
Madagascar
Madagascar has designated five large Sites as Wetlands of International Importance. The country now has 15 Sites, which support the protection of over 1.5...
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 20 January 2017
Senegal
The 14th PAOC was held at Hotel Ngor Diarama, Dakar, Senegal, 16–21 October 2016, with the theme “Global changes — threats and opportunities for birds”....
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 20 January 2017
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Scientists have discovered the world’s largest tropical peatland in the remote Congo swamps, estimated to store the equivalent of three year’s worth of the...
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 17 November 2016
Morocco
IGO Statement to UNFCCC COP22 on behalf of the Ramsar Convention on WetlandsSecretary General Martha Rojas-UrregoMr/Madam Chair, Your Excellencies, ladies...
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 17 November 2016
Morocco
Peatlands only cover 3% of the land surface; they contain twice as much carbon as the entire biomass of the world’s forests.Drained peatlands are responsible...
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 13 November 2016
Morocco
Presented by the Government of Australia, Wetlands International and the International Partnership for Blue CarbonThis side event, moderated by Sally...
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 7 November 2016
Morocco
COP22 President Salaheddine Mezouar and UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa held an opening press conference on November 6 in Bab Ighli before the...
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 21 October 2016
Swaziland
Swaziland has provided detailed information on its three Ramsar Sites. They are all associated with man-made reservoirs which are important for water...
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 30 September 2016
Kenya
The expansive mangrove forests that dot Tana Delta in the Kenyan coast generates 2.5 million U.S. dollars annually through a range of ecosystem services like...
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 10 June 2016
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has updated the information on its seven Ramsar Sites. Covering over 450,000 hectares in total, they include unique wetland sites which are crucial...
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 8 June 2016
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso has designated three new Wetlands of International Importance. The Sites, all of which are in the Centre-Nord region, include freshwater...
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 31 May 2016
Uganda
The Ramsar Center for Eastern Africa (RAMCEA) and BirdLife International have joined hands to promote the conservation, sustainable management and wise use...
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