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7 July 2020
Since the beginning of the year the Secretariat continued to engage in various meetings in person. Since the outbreak of the COVID19 pandemic, the...
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 26 June 2020
Romania
Romania has named its 20th Wetland of International Importance. Jijia - Iasi Wetlands (no. 2422 on the List of Wetlands of International Importance) is...
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 15 June 2020
The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) has been awarded the 2020 Water Award from the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation ...
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 11 June 2020
Seagrass meadows can be a powerful nature-based climate solution and help sustain communities hard-hit by stressors such as the COVID-19 pandemic, but these...
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 8 June 2020
Our oceans cover three quarters of the world’s surface area, we depend on them to sustain our economies, regulate our climate, and they are a habitat for...
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 5 June 2020
On World Oceans Day, Australia is celebrating its marine Wetlands of International Importance, including Ashmore Reef, located off the north coast of Western...
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 4 June 2020
Statement: Martha Rojas Urrego, Secretary General, Ramsar Convention on WetlandsIn these unprecedented times, we have seen the profound interconnections...
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 26 May 2020
Urgent action is needed to safeguard the biodiversity of the world’s forests amid alarming rates of deforestation and degradation, according to the latest...
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 25 May 2020
On the 22nd May 2020, the European Commission adopted a comprehensive new Biodiversity Strategy to bring nature back into our lives and a Farm to Fork...
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 22 May 2020
Myanmar
Myanmar has designated Nanthar Island and Mayyu Estuary as its sixth Wetland of International Importance. This “Ramsar Site” (no. 2421 on the List of...
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 20 May 2020
In light of the challenges we are facing from the current pandemic there is shared agreement that we need to step into ever-stronger collaboration and...
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 23 April 2020
Thailand
Thailand has named Lower Songkhram River as its 15th Wetland of International Importance, taking the total area of its “Ramsar Sites” to more than 400,000...
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23 April 2020
The 58th meeting of the Standing Committee (SC58) has been rescheduled due to the COVID-19 outbreak, and will now take place from Monday 26 to Friday 30...
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 31 March 2020
Zebedee Njisuh, the newly appointed Senior Advisor for Africa, officially assumes his role at the Secretariat today on 1 April 2020.Zebedee has more than 19...
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 23 March 2020
Launch of the UN World Water Development ReportClimate change will affect the availability, quality and quantity of water needed for basic human needs, thus...
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 22 March 2020
Oman
Oman has named its second Wetland of International Importance: Al Ansab Wetland (“Ramsar Site” no. 2406), an artificial wetland 15 kilometres from the centre...
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 20 March 2020
Statement Martha Rojas Urrego, Secretary General, Convention on WetlandsWetlands’ central role in climate change adaptation and mitigation is undeniable...
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 13 March 2020
TheSecretariat is pleased to announce that, in line with the procedure in Resolution XII.5, the Management Working Group of the Standing Committee...
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 28 February 2020
El Salvador
El Salvador has designated Complejo Los Cobanos, located in the west of the country, as its eighth Wetland of International Importance. The complex is...
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 28 February 2020
Honduras
Honduras has designated a new Wetland of International Importance: Sistema de Humedal Laguna de Alvarado (no. 2418 on the List of Wetlands of International...
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