15 March 2013
United Arab Emirates
The UAE has designated its third Wetland of International Importance, effective 10 March 2013 and located in the emirate of Sharjah. As summarized by Ramsar...
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15 March 2013
Philippines
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources of the Philippines has designated Las Piñas-Parañaque Critical Habitat and Ecotourism Area (LPPCHEA) (175...
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14 March 2013
In 1996 the Arctic Council was established as a high level intergovernmental forum to provide a means for promoting cooperation, coordination and interaction...
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6 March 2013
Guinea-Bissau
The State Secretariat for Environment and Tourism, together with the Institute for Biodiversity and Protected Areas and the International Union for...
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28 February 2013
Europe
The International River Foundation (IRF) awards the Thiess International Riverprize, one of the world’s most valuable environmental awards at global level....
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27 February 2013
Out of the 18 countries signing in Ramsar, on 3 February 1971, the final act that adopted the text for the new Convention on Wetlands, 13 were European:...
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27 February 2013
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has a very long history of wetland management, with records of the construction of ‘tanks’ (reservoirs) of varying size from as early as 300 B.C....
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25 February 2013
The Ramsar Secretariat is pleased to announce that the first meeting of the newly elected Scientific & Technical Review Panel (STRP) for this triennium...
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20 February 2013
Switzerland
The southern shores of lake Neuchâtel constitute the first and largest Ramsar Site in Switzerland. This ecosystem is also one of the youngest in the country,...
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12 February 2013
Netherlands
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11 February 2013
Romania
The necessary paperwork has been completed for seven new Wetlands of International Importance in Romania, designated by the Ministry of Environment and...
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5 February 2013
Implementing Ramsar’s mission of the conservation and wise use of all wetland ecosystems for water security and biodiversity maintenance is at the heart of...
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4 February 2013
Croatia
The Secretariat is very pleased to report that Croatia has designated its 5th Wetland of International Importance, Vransko Lake (“Vransko jezero”) (5,748...
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4 February 2013
On the eve of the Convention’s World Wetlands Day, the report The Economics of Ecosystem and Biodiversity (TEEB) for Water and Wetlands was launched by the...
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4 February 2013
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
On the 1st and 2nd of February 2013, Bolivia’s Amazon Department of Beni and the Ministry of Environment organised a festive World Wetlands Day Celebration...
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2 February 2013
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
The government of Bolivia is celebrating World Wetlands Day 2013 today by designating three enormous new Wetlands of International Importance in the...
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1 February 2013
Geneva, Switzerland | 1 February 2013. A report on the Economics of Ecosystem and Biodiversity for Water and Wetlands urges a major shift in our attitudes to...
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30 January 2013
United States of America
The United States has named the San Francisco Bay/Estuary (SFBE) (158,711 ha; 37°52’N 122°23’W) as its 35th Wetland of International Importance, effective on...
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29 January 2013
Portugal
The government of Portugal, with assistance from the city of Praia da Vitória on Terceira island, has named as the country’s 31st Wetland of International...
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29 January 2013
Dominican Republic
The Parque Nacional Manglares del Bajo Yuna (77,518 hectares, 19º10’12”N 069º40’48”W) has been named as the Dominican Republic’s third Wetland of...
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