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Mangrove rehabilitation and replanting project for Namdrik and Jaluit Atolls Ramsar Sites, Marshall Islands

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...

Australia’s 65th Ramsar Site

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...

Kiribati joins the Ramsar Convention

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...

The Republic of Nauru considers joining the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

23 May 2013

Oceania

Report and photos by Vai Junblut, Ramsar Officer for Oceania (ROO)Vainuupo Jungblut, Ramsar Officer for Oceania (ROO), recently conducted an in-country...

Kiribati’s first Ramsar Site

29 May 2013

Kiribati

The island state of Kiribati joined the Convention on Wetlands on 3 April 2013, and the Convention will enter into force for Kiribati on 3 August....

Travel to Fiji for the third annual PMI meeting and 12th Pacific Science Inter-Congress, 8-12 July

31 July 2013

Fiji

Vainuupo Jungblut, Ramsar Officer for Oceania (ROO) based at the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) in Samoa, recently visited the Fiji...

SGF Report: Improved management of Samoa's first Ramsar Site, Lake Lanoto'o National Park

4 August 2013

Samoa

The management of Lake Lanoto'o, Samoa's largest permanent freshwater wetland, has seen considerable progress following the recent completion of the Ramsar...

World Wetlands Day 2013 Reports: Australia 3

2 February 2013

Australia

World Wetlands Day activities, John Caven, Conservation Officer/ Secretary, Field and Game Australia, Metropolitan Branch.