29 December 2015
Ukraine
Olmany Mires Zakaznik (Belarus, designated 2001) and Perebrody Peatlands (Ukraine, 2004)
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21 December 2015
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18 December 2015
GlobWetland Africa Project was launched on the 10th of November 2015 at the Ramsar Convention Secretariat in Gland, Switzerland.A consortium led by DHI GRAS ...
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18 December 2015
France
During the UNFCCC COP21 in Paris (30 November - 12 December), Nicolas Hulot, Special Envoy of the French President for the Protection of the Planet, met with...
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18 December 2015
France
France has designated Marais Vernier et Vallée de la Risle maritime (Site no. 2247) as its 44th Wetland of International Importance. The Site, covering over...
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17 December 2015
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Located in the South Eastern part of the North Sea, the Wadden Sea is one of the largest unbroken systems of intertidal sand and mud flats in the world. ...
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16 December 2015
France
Ramsar France Association has recently published an innovative guidebook covering 19 out of the 42 Ramsar Sites in France featuring their services and...
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16 December 2015
United States of America
On 21st November, the Chair of the Ramsar Scientific and Technical Review Panel (STRP), Professor Royal C. Gardner, attended the closing ceremony of the UN...
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15 December 2015
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14 December 2015
United Arab Emirates, Italy
Seventeen years old Francesca Negrini from Italy, was the winner of the World Wetlands Day 2015 Youth Photo Contest. The theme for the contest was “Wetlands...
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11 December 2015
Andorra
The Government of Andorra has recently released a new short film showcasing all three Andorran Wetlands of International Importance: Parque Natural Comunal...
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10 December 2015
Viet Nam
On 27 November 2015, at Long An, Lang Sen Wetland Reserve was awarded recognition as Viet Nam’s seventh Ramsar Site. Attending the ceremony were Mr....
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10 December 2015
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9 December 2015
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9 December 2015
South Africa
South Africa’s False Bay Nature Reserve has been designated as a Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site no. 2219). It is the twenty second Ramsar...
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7 December 2015
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4 December 2015
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Russian Federation, Sweden
Peatlands cover only 3% of the earth’s land surface but contain an estimated 550Gt carbon – more than all the world’s forest. Nordic Council of Ministers...
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4 December 2015
Peatlands are habitats with a highly specialized flora and fauna. But peatlands also play an important role in global climate regulation. Peatlands cover...
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3 December 2015
Cambodia
South-East Asia’s largest waterbird colony, the 21,342 hectares Prek Toal (Ramsar Site no. 2245) has been designated as a Wetland of International Importance...
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2 December 2015
UNFCCC COP21 Paris, the Conventions on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar), and Desertification (UNCCD) launched a global map of...
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