5 January 2010
Iran (Islamic Republic of), Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Russian Federation, Turkey
A workshop on Transboundary Water Resources Management in the Caucasus was held in Tbilisi, Georgia, on 8-10 December 2009, organised by the United Nations...
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25 May 2010
Greece, Turkey
Last week,Thymio Papayannis, MedWet/Com Honorary Member, informed the Ramsar Secretariat about the signature of a Joint Declaration between Greece and Turkey...
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16 August 2010
Kuwait, Bahrain, Yemen, United Arab Emirates, Oman
The ‘Muscat Action Plan for Wetlands in the Arab Countries’ was recently finalised, following the “Workshop on Wetlands and the Ramsar Convention in the...
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5 February 2010
Cameroon, Chad, Nigeria, Niger
Media ReleaseEmbargoed to 00:01GMT, 2 February 2010Decade-old dream comes true for Lake Chad Gland, Switzerland – World Wetlands Day is being celebrated...
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5 March 2010
Iran (Islamic Republic of), Cuba
Over the years a number of countries around the world have issued postage stamps featuring the Ramsar Convention and Wetlands of International Importance ...
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7 December 2010
Denmark
On 12-13 October 2010, Ms Annika Olsen, Interior Minister of the Faroe Islands Government invited Ramsar experts and representatives of local ministries...
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26 July 2010
Lao People's Democratic Republic
In May 2010, the Ramsar Convention Secretariat announced that Lao PDR had completed the accession formalities with UNESCO and had joined the Ramsar...
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4 January 2010
Visit of the “Ecoles de protection de l’eau project” in Thailand: Raising awareness for improved management of Beung Kong Long Ramsar Wetland23 November – 3...
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8 January 2010
El Salvador
The government of El Salvador has designated its fourth Wetland of International Importance, effective World Wetlands Day 2010 -- Laguna de Olomega (7,557...
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12 January 2010
Denmark
Initially triggered by a planned molybdenum mining development which would impact part of the Ramsar site Heden (Jameson Land) in eastern Greenland, the...
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13 January 2010
Brazil
The government of Brazil has designated Rio Doce State Park (Parque Estadual do Rio Doce) (35,973 hectares, 19º38’S 042º32’W) as its 10th Wetland of...
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13 January 2010
United States of America
The government of the United States has listed its 26th Wetland of International Importance, the Upper Mississippi River Floodplain Wetlands (22,357 hectares...
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13 January 2010
Australia
Article 3.2 of the Convention on Wetlands commits Contracting Parties to monitor their Ramsar sites and inform the Secretariat whenever the ecological...
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27 January 2010
South Africa
The government of the Republic of South Africa has designated its 20th Wetland of International Importance, and its seventh in KwaZulu-Natal province,...
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28 January 2010
Seychelles
The government of Seychelles has designated a small wetland on Mahé Island for World Wetlands Day, 2 February 2010. At ceremonies at Seychelles’ World...
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1 February 2010
World Wetlands Day falls on 2 February every year, and every year it presents us with a welcome opportunity to join together in celebrating the benefits that...
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1 February 2010
World Wetlands Week 2010 CelebrationVictoria, Seychelles31st Jan-5th February, 2010Following a field mission carried out in early 2009 in Seychelles, a...
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4 February 2010
Last November Burkina Faso and Senegal welcomed a Ramsar mission assessing two projects supported by the Small Grants Fund and the Swiss Grant for Africa. A...
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5 February 2010
India
South Asian Forum for Environment, SAFE, celebrates World Wetlands Day 2010 at East Kolkata Wetlands ...Celebrating with multiple stakeholders, the day...
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9 February 2010
France
The day before World Wetlands Day 2010, Chantal Jouanno, Secretary of State for Ecology, presented France’s new wetlands action plan for 2010-2012. This...
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