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Mission report to Kiribati
17 December 2014
Kiribati
Vainuupo Jungblut, Ramsar officer for Oceania, participated in an in-country assistance mission to assist the Kiribati Government to develop their Ridge to...
Wise use of wetlands in Australia: Priorities for effective implementation?
3 November 2014
Australia
A Parallel Event to the World Parks Congress, Sydney, 12 -19 November 2014: Forum on the Wise Use of Wetlands in AustraliaWednesday 12 November 2014, 8...
Oceania Contracting Parties prepare for COP12
24 September 2014
Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa
The Oceania Regional Meeting in preparation of the 12th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (COP12) was...
South Pacific islands Wallis and Futuna explore possible Ramsar designations
11 August 2014
Oceania
From 30 June to 4 July 2014 Vainuupo Jungblut, Ramsar Programme Officer for Oceania visited the French Territory of Wallis and Futuna. At the request of the...
Endangered daisy reintroduced in the Banrock Station Ramsar Site, Australia
24 July 2014
Australia
Today hundreds of Spiny Daisies will be planted at the Banrock Station Ramsar Site, as part of a project aimed at reintroducing the endangered plant in...
Implementation of the Ramsar Convention in Papua New Guinea
26 May 2014
Papua New Guinea
Vainuupo Jungblut, the Ramsar Officer for Oceania visited Papua New Guinea from 14-18 April 2014 to assist the National Ramsar Administrative Authority ...
World’s first Ramsar Site turns 40
8 May 2014
Australia
On 8 May 1974, Australia designated Cobourg Peninsula in the Northern Territory as the world’s first Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar...
Fiji: Update on Ramsar Site nominations and development of a Pacific Mangrove Declaration
10 April 2014
Fiji
Visiting the Fiji Islands in March, Vainuupo Jungblut, Ramsar Officer for Oceania, had the opportunity to discuss the development of the Pacific Mangrove...
New publication from Sydney Olympic Park on managing urban wetlands
20 March 2014
Australia
With more than 10 years experience in  wetland education and training in the management of freshwater and estuarine wetlands in urban areas, the Sydney...
Stakeholders discuss the proposed designation of Nasoata Island as Fiji’s second Ramsar Site
3 March 2014
Fiji
IUCN Oceania organized a stakeholder planning meeting in February 2014 in the Fiji Islands to discuss the proposed designation of the Nasoata mangrove island...