19 December 2016
Ukraine
Ukraine has two new Wetlands of International Importance, both in the north-western Rivnenska Oblast.Syra Pogonia Bog (Ramsar Site no. 2274) is a large, well...
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1 December 2016
Ukraine
Ukraine has designated Cheremske Bog and Sim Maiakiv Floodplain as Ramsar Sites. There are now 35 Sites in the country.Cheremske Bog (Site no. 2272), located...
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30 November 2016
Belarus
Belarus has provided updated information on eight Ramsar Sites, and information on all its 26 Sites is now up to date. One of the Sites, Osveiski, has been...
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17 October 2016
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Overseas territories)
The Anguilla National Trust has successfully completed the project “Developing a platform for the conservation of Anguilla’s wetlands".Anguilla, a United...
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13 October 2016
Netherlands
The Kingdom of the Netherlands has designated Mullet Pond in Sint Maarten as its 55th Ramsar Site. Mullet Pond (Ramsar Site no. 2270) is a semi...
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29 September 2016
Russian Federation
Sacha's epic 7,000km journey following the Bewick's on their migration from their breeding ground in arctic Russia has started. Early on the morning of...
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27 September 2016
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
The potential of tourism to support the conservation of wetlands has long been underestimated. With increasing trend for nature-based tourism, World Tourism...
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26 September 2016
Belarus
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11 September 2016
Denmark
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26 August 2016
France
MedWet Framework for Action 2016-2030 “Wetlands for Sustainable Development in the Mediterranean Region” was adopted at the 12th Meeting of the Mediterranean...
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24 August 2016
Finland
Finland’s National Ramsar Wetlands Action Plan 2016–2020 was prepared as part of the Strategy for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity in...
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22 August 2016
Switzerland
Martha Rojas-Urrego commenced her tenure as the sixth Secretary General of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands on 22 August 2016. Her appointment was announced...
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22 August 2016
Sweden
World Water Week (28 August – 2 September, 2016) in Stockholm is the annual focal point for the globe’s water issues. It is organized by the Stockholm...
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22 August 2016
Finland
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4 August 2016
Lithuania
Adutiskis-Svyla-Birveta wetland complex (Lithuania, designated 2011) and Vileity (Belarus, 2014)
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22 July 2016
Switzerland
It is with great sadness that the friends of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands have learned of the passing of Dr Luc Hoffmann at the age of 93. Dr Hoffmann...
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22 July 2016
Serbia
After more than 50 years of absence, the Glossy Ibis has once again returned to breed in the Obedska Bara Ramsar Site in Serbia. Obedska Bara is also an...
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19 July 2016
Belarus
Akhova Ptushak Batskaushchyna - BirdLife Belarus successfully completed the 2011 Small Grants Fund (SGF) project “Buh River Valley: Integration of Ramsar...
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6 July 2016
Spain
How to restore the water quality in a Ramsar Site affected by intensive agriculture and urban development? This challenge was addressed by the European Union...
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4 July 2016
Belarus
Belarus has named six more Sites to the List of Wetlands of International Importance. It now has 26 Ramsar Sites covering over 760,000 hectares. The Sites...
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