11 December 2014
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russian Federation, Sweden, Canada, United States of America
Arctic peatlands, glacier forelands, rivers, lakes, wet tundras, seashores and shallow bays make up the largest part of the Arctic (at least 60% of the...
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27 October 2014
Norway
The Ramsar Site Trondheimfiord Wetland System, first designated in 2002, has been significantly extended in 2014 by the government of Norway to include nine...
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29 August 2014
Europe
The Austrian hosts and the Ramsar Secretariat are pleased to share with you essential information for the upcoming European preparatory meeting for COP12, to...
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10 July 2014
Austria
Austria has designated as a Ramsar Site the Upper Drava River (Obere Drau; 1,029 ha; 46°45‘N 13°17’E). According to the summary of the Ramsar Information...
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9 July 2014
France
In 1954 Luc Hoffmann created the Tour du Valat research centre for the conservation of Mediterranean wetlands at the heart of the Camargue, on the Rhone...
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1 July 2014
France
On 15 June 2014 Ségolène Royal, French Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, launched the Third National Action Plan for Wetlands (in...
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25 June 2014
France
Since 2010, French farmers are invited to compete by producing the most colourful flowery hay meadow (“concours Prairies Fleuries”). The competition is...
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25 June 2014
Belarus
Olmany Mires Zakaznik (Belarus, designated 2001) and Perebrody Peatlands (Ukraine, 2004)
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12 June 2014
Bulgaria
Bulgaria has updated the Ramsar Information Sheets and maps for two Ramsar Sites on the River Danube, significantly extending their extent and taking the...
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11 June 2014
Slovakia
The Carpathian countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Ukraine) work together for water and wetland management,...
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27 May 2014
Andorra
Andorra has completed the designation process for Parque Natural Comunal de los Valles del Comapedrosa (Parc Natural Comunal de les Valls del Comapedrosa in...
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23 April 2014
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Overseas territories)
The United Kingdom has designated as a Ramsar Site The Mersey Narrows and North Wirral Foreshore (2,078 ha; 53°25'N 03°11ʹW), on the Irish Sea coast of north...
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31 March 2014
Japan, Albania
Albania joined the Ramsar Convention soon after its political opening in 1995 and designated its largest coastal lagoon, the Karavasta lagoon, as a Ramsar...
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14 February 2014
Georgia
The Society for Conservation of Wild Nature “Tchaobi” has successfully completed a Small Grants Fund (SGF) project led by botanist Izolda Matchutadze, aimed...
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5 February 2014
Slovenia
By Christopher Briggs, Secretary General, Ramsar Convention on WetlandsPublished in UNESCO's World Heritage magazine, n. 70, December 2013The Ramsar...
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2 February 2014
France
France has designated the first Ramsar Site in New Caledonia on the occasion of World Wetlands Day. As summarized by Ms Laura Máiz-Tomé, Ramsar’s Assistant...
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30 January 2014
Belarus
Belarus has named three new Ramsar sites, taking the country’s total to 16 Sites covering over 600,000 hectares. The largest is Pripyatsky National Park;...
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1 January 2014
France
3e plan national d'action en faveur des milieux humides (2014-2018)
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1 January 2014
France
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