6 May 2013
Lao People's Democratic Republic
The Beung Kiat Ngong Wetland, Lao PDR was designated as a Ramsar Site in September 2010 when the country acceded to the Ramsar Convention. The wetland is...
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3 May 2013
Turkey
The government of Turkey has named as its 14th Wetland of International Importance the Nemrut Caldera (Nemrut Kalderasi) (4,589 hectares, 38°37’10”N 042°13...
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2 May 2013
Oman
UNESCO, the Ramsar Convention’s depositary, has informed the Secretariat that as of 19 April 2013 Oman has completed the formalities and deposited its...
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2 May 2013
Nicaragua
The meeting was opened by the Minister of Environment of Nicaragua, Mrs Juanita Argueñal who gave a warm welcome to the initiative’s country delegates and...
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1 May 2013
Kiribati
The Ramsar Secretariat is delighted to welcome Kiribati to the Ramsar family as its 166th Contracting Party. UNESCO has confirmed that the instrument of...
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30 April 2013
Lao People's Democratic Republic
The office of IUCN Lao PDR has released a new publication entitled “Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, Lao PDR -...
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29 April 2013
United Arab Emirates
The fourth Wetland of International Importance to be designated by the government of the United Emirates is also its first Ramsar Site in the emirate of Abu...
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25 April 2013
Tunisia
In 2010, an agreement was signed between the General Directorate of Forests (DGF) and the National Heritage Institute (INP) of Tunisia, to reserve and equip...
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25 April 2013
Christopher Briggs, new Secretary General of the Ramsar ConventionThe Ramsar Convention Standing Committee is pleased to announce that Dr Christopher Briggs...
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15 April 2013
Belarus
The government of Belarus has designated four new Wetlands of International Importance, totaling an area of more than 100,000 hectares, for the Ramsar List....
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10 April 2013
Montenegro
The Ramsar Secretariat is delighted to report that the government of Montenegro has designated Tivat Saline (Tivatska solila) (150 hectares, 42°23’37”N 018...
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10 April 2013
Australia
The government of Australia has designated Piccaninnie Ponds Karst Wetlands (862 hectares, 38º03'S 140º56'E) on the South Australia coast as its 65th Wetland...
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9 April 2013
Honduras
The Secretariat is very pleased to announce that, effective World Wetlands Day 2013, the government of Honduras has added two important new coastal sites to...
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8 April 2013
South Africa
The Secretariat is pleased to announce that the government of South Africa has designated the uMgeni Vlei Nature Reserve (958 hectares, 29°29'34"S 029°49'43...
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4 April 2013
Iceland
The government of Iceland, which designated its first site for the List of Wetlands of International Importance back in 1977, has recently added three more...
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3 April 2013
Albania, Greece, North Macedonia
A press release issued today announced that, on 29 March 2013, a transboundary Agreement of Cooperation was signed between three environmental NGOs from the...
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27 March 2013
Asia, Philippines
Recently, Anada Tiega (Ramsar Secretary-General) and Lew Young (Senior Regional Advisor for Asia-Oceania) attended this year’s Asia Water Week which was...
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26 March 2013
“ITB Berlin” is among the world’s leading tourism and travel fairs, hosted by Messe Berlin at the edge of Germany’s capital. This year, the conference...
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22 March 2013
On World Water Day, SG Anada Tiéga stresses the importance of protecting wetlands and why it must be done multilaterally at the High Level Forum and 2013...
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20 March 2013
Mali
In 2004, the government of Mali incorporated its three existing Wetlands of International Importance into one huge Ramsar Site, the Delta Intérieur du Niger,...
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