17 December 2013
France
Saint-Omer is a small city at the edge of the North Sea coastal floodplain in northern France. Its neighbouring marsh, the “Marais Audomarois”, has been for...
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11 December 2013
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, North Macedonia
In Southeastern Europe, large agricultural basins surrounded by dry mountains fill up at regular intervals with water and become huge water lands. There are...
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20 November 2013
Bulgaria
Article and photos by Green Balkans NGO, BulgariaDuring the period September 2012 to April 2013 in Pomorie Lake (Ramsar Site “Pomorie Wetland Complex” 1229) ...
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6 November 2013
Turkey
The third Turkish National Wetlands Congress addressed current challenges for wetland ecosystem management and maintenance in this largely arid country...
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2 October 2013
Turkey
Report by Karen Jenderedjian (National Focal Point of Armenia to the Ramsar Convention) and Ayse Sargin (“Saving Burdur Lake Project” Coordinator)...
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17 September 2013
Iceland
In August 2013, a Ramsar Advisory Mission (RAM) was organised to Iceland’s first and most iconic Ramsar Site, Myvatn lake and its outflowing Laxa river. The...
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9 September 2013
Andorra
The government of Andorra, which joined the Convention in November 2012, has already completed the designation process for its second Wetland of...
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9 August 2013
Sweden
The Swedish Naturvårdsverket has designated 15 new Wetlands of International Importance, most of them characterized by forested and non-forested peatlands,...
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5 August 2013
Denmark
The government of Denmark has named its 43rd Wetland of International Importance, Lille Vildmose (7,393 hectares; 56°54’N 010°12’E) in the Region Nordjylland...
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13 July 2013
Norway
Norway, the Ramsar Convention's third Contracting Party, has designated 12 new Wetlands of International Importance, effective 27 May, mostly island and...
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8 July 2013
Republic of Moldova
Moldova has just completed its Small Grants Fund project funded by Norway in 2011 on the development of a National Wetland Policy. The Ramsar Convention...
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3 July 2013
Albania
The government of Albania has designated as its fourth Wetland of International Importance its portions of Prespa Lakes international park, which is...
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2 July 2013
Norway
The city of Bodø in Norway hosted the seventh meeting of the Habitat Contact Forum (HCF VII) from 11 to 13 June. HCF activities are part of the Nature...
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27 June 2013
Bulgaria
The first National Plan for Conservation of Bulgaria's Most Significant Wetlands was prepared by an independent team of experts lead by T. Michev in 1995....
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18 June 2013
Netherlands
The International Training of Trainers on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) has just taken place in Wageningen, Netherlands from 27 May to 15 June...
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11 June 2013
Austria
At ceremonies on the sunny terrace of Güssing castle in Burgenland, 18 April 2013, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Ramsar Convention in Austria, the...
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6 June 2013
Finland
On 21-22 May 2013, the Finnish Ministry of the Environment and Metsähallitus, the Finnish Natural Heritage Service, invited 20 wetland experts for the...
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27 May 2013
Austria
Wilder Kaiser (‘the Wild Emperor’) is the evocative name of Austria’s newest Wetland of International Importance. As summarized by Ramsar’s Laura Máiz-Tomé,...
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22 May 2013
Russian Federation
Forty five people involved in wetland communication from all over Russia, 18 presentations on their work, and two intense days of sharing , listening and...
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17 May 2013
Austria
The Austrian Federal Minister for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management (i.e. the “Life Ministry”), Nikolaus Berlakovich, the regional...
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