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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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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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28 January 2013
Sri Lanka
The Secretariat is very pleased to announce the listing of Sri Lanka's sixth Wetland of International Importance, effective on World Wetlands Day at the end...
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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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29 January 2013
Tunisia
Following on from Tunisia's latest Ramsar Site designated on 23 January to commemorate the birthday of Dr Luc Hoffmann, two more sites have also been added...
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