3 June 2011
Algeria
The Ramsar Secretariat is delighted to announce that the Government of Algeria has designated three new Wetlands of International Importance on the...
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8 December 2011
Australia
Understanding and documenting ecological character is central to maintaining and protecting the values of wetlands and underpins best practice management of...
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11 August 2011
China
The Government of the People's Republic of China has a newly established policy to place wetland conservation at the top of the agenda. As such, they...
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9 December 2011
France
The 3rd annual seminar of the activity leaders at French Ramsar Sites took place in the Camargue on 14-15 November 2011. Nearly two hundred participants...
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5 December 2011
France, Germany
Increasingly, Ramsar Parties who share common wetland ecosystems and river basins work together across national borders for their common management. To date,...
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10 March 2011
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
The Global Forum on Wetlands for the Future to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands was held in the Islamic Republic of Iran...
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28 February 2011
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Choghakhor Wetland (1,687 ha; 31º55’N 050º54’E), Islamic Republic of Iran, supports more than 47 bird species, with breeding populations of migratory birds...
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22 July 2011
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Anzali Wetland is located on the southern coast of the Caspian Sea in the Islamic Republic of Iran and was listed as a Ramsar Site in June 1975. The Ramsar...
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7 February 2011
Mexico
On the occasion of the 40th Anniversary celebrations of the Ramsar Convention in Huatulco, Mexico, the Ramsar Convention Secretariat presented the 3D ...
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7 February 2011
Botswana
Deputy Secretary General (DSG) Nick Davidson joined Botswana’s celebrations, this year held in Kasane in northern Botswana close to Chobe National Park, and...
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10 February 2011
Sri Lanka
This Ramsar Site (19,011 ha; 6°37’N 81°44’E) falls within two existing protected areas, Kumana National Park and the Panama-Kudumbigala Sanctuary. Located...
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17 February 2011
Republic of Korea
Gochang & Buan Tidal Flats (4,550 ha; 35°33’N 126°35’E) includes two protected areas, the Buan Julpo Bay Wetland Protected Area and the Gochang Tidal Flat...
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18 February 2011
Opening of the Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the Ramsar Convention in Huatulco, MexicoThe Ramsar Convention’s 40th Anniversary celebration in the...
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25 February 2011
El Salvador
The Jaltepeque Complex (49,454 ha; 13°22’N 089°03’W) is the second biggest brackish water area and intertidal forested wetland in El Salvador. Located in “La...
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25 February 2011
A new three-year Regional Wetland Action Plan (RWAP) for the Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) has been developed outlining activities,...
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3 March 2011
The Ramsar Convention’s scientific advisory body STRP met for its 16th session from 14-18 February in the Ramsar/IUCN Headquarters in Gland, Switzerland....
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8 March 2011
Kyrgyzstan
The Kyrgyz Republic, which joined the Convention in 2003, has designated its third Wetland of International Importance for the Ramsar List. Son-Kol Lake (36...
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30 March 2011
Indonesia
Indonesia names two national parksThe Government of Indonesia has designated two additional Wetlands of International Importance, Rawa Aopa Watumohai and...
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4 April 2011
On 30th March the Ramsar Secretariat welcomed two guests, Ms Laura Doxan from the Centre Natura in the Danube Delta, Romania, and Ms Leyani Ceballero Tier...
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7 April 2011
Romania
Iron Gates Natural Park (115 666 ha; N 44°41’ E 21°56’) is located in Caras Severin and Mehedinti Counties and is listed as a Natural Park. The site is...
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