20 August 2020
New Zealand
New Zealand has designated Wairarapa Moana Wetland as its newest Ramsar Site (no. 2432 on the List of Wetlands of International Importance). Wairarapa Moana,...
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Australia
Banrock Station in South Australia has been owned since 1993 by one of the major wine-producing businesses in the world: Accolade Wines (formerly Hardys...
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15 May 2019
Samoa
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10 August 2018
Australia
Australia has designated the Glenelg Estuary and Discovery Bay Ramsar Site in western Victoria as its 66th Wetland of International Importance.The Site ...
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1 April 2018
Papua New Guinea
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15 March 2018
New Zealand
Wellington, New Zealand, is the host city for the Oceania preparatory meeting for the 13th Conference of the Parties (COP13) to be held in October 2018 in...
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1 March 2018
Australia
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1 March 2018
Kiribati
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1 March 2018
Marshall Islands
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1 March 2018
Papua New Guinea
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1 March 2018
New Zealand
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1 March 2018
Palau
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15 February 2018
Fiji
Fiji has designated its second Ramsar Site: Qoliqoli Cokovata (Ramsar Site no. 2331) covers over 134,000 hectares of fishing grounds on the north coast of...
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7 November 2017
Australia
The Peel-Harvey Catchment Council officially launched Australia’s first CEPA Action Plan (Wetlands and People Plan) for a Ramsar-listed site on 1st November....
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9 October 2017
Samoa
Samoa has declared O Le Pupū Puē National Park, established in 1978 as the first National Park in the South Pacific region, as a Wetland of International...
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2 October 2017
Papua New Guinea
Bird of Paradise is a national emblem of Papua New Guinea, a country where primary forests cover 55 percent of the land area and where people celebrate their...
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14 July 2017
Australia
The Peel-Harvey Catchment Council, a community based Natural Resource Management organisation, has been successful in securing $20,000 through the state...
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1 April 2017
Marshall Islands
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29 March 2017
New Zealand
A river in New Zealand has become the first in the world to be granted the same legal rights as a person.The New Zealand parliament passed the bill...
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27 March 2017
Fiji
For thousands of years, the Pacific coasts and oceans have supported island communities by providing food, shelters and materials for peoples’ everyday lives...
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