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 In 2015, Wetlands For Our Future was selected as the theme to draw attention to the numerous benefits wetlands provide for humanity. In addition to the...
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The Ramsar Convention sponsors and hosts a number of wetland-related activities directed to the Ramsar and wetland community and to the general public.
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The initial call for an international convention on wetlands came in 1962 during a conference which formed part of Project MAR (from "MARshes", "MARécages", ...
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Mr Eskander Firouz, Director of Iran's Game and Fish Department, organized and held a conference at the Caspian seaside resort of Ramsar, Iran wheretThe ...
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The Convention entered into force in December 1975, upon receipt by UNESCO, which had agreed to act as the Convention's depositary.
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Modification of the Convention text by the Paris Protocol, December at UNESCO Headquarters. October 1986: Paris Protocol enters into force.
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The "Regina Amendments" are a series of amendments to Articles 6 and 7 accepted at an Extraordinary Conference of the Contracting Parties held in Regina,...
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 The Ramsar Convention provides the single most global framework for intergovernmental cooperation on wetland issues.Article 5 of the Convention establishes...
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The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, called the Ramsar Convention, is an intergovernmental treaty that provides the framework for national...
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Documents relevant to the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Administrative Reform, 24 March 2009 Proposed agenda ...
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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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5 September 2013
More than 300 river restoration specialists will gather in Vienna (Austria) from 11 to 13 September to celebrate their successes and address continuing...
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15 August 2013
With the purpose of sharing some of the activities that have been done by some of the Administrative Authorities and other stakeholders regarding the...
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14 May 2013
United Arab Emirates, Oman
From 27 April to 3 May 2013, the Secretary General of the Convention on Wetlands, Mr. Anada Tiéga led a small team from the Secretariat of the Convention to...
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15 January 2013
Africa
The planning workshop for the Wetlands and Urbanisation Project in West Africa ran from 16 to 20 November 2012 in Dakar, Senegal. The workshop was attended...
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16 January 2013
Marshall Islands
A mangrove rehabilitation and replanting project will be shortly underway for two of the Marshall Islands’ wetlands of international importance, Namdrik and...
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24 January 2013
Tunisia
The government of Tunisia has marked the 90th birthday of Dr Luc Hoffmann, one of the "Founding Fathers" of the Ramsar Convention and co-founder of WWF, by...
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26 January 2013
It is with great sadness that the friends of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands have learned of the passing of Professor Geoffrey Matthews at the age of 89, a...
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28 January 2013
Ecuador
The Secretariat is very pleased to report that the government of Ecuador has added four new Wetlands of International Importance, bringing its present total...
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