20 October 2014
The 8th European Ramsar Meeting took place on 20-24 October 2014 in Kufstein, an Alpine town overlooking a strategic passage of the transboundary river Inn....
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17 November 2014
The Government of Tunisia and the Ramsar Secretariat are pleased to share with you essential information for the upcoming African preparatory meeting for...
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3 November 2014
The Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Ramsar Convention Secretariat, Wetlands International Japan and Ramsar Center Japan host the Asian Wetland...
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27 October 2014
The VI Panamerican meeting will be held in Bogotá, Colombia from 27-31 October 2014, hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and of Environment and...
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18 August 2014
The 6th Oceania Regional Meeting was held in Nadi, Fiji from 18 to 20 August 2014. The meeting was co-organized by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional...
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The 48th meeting of the Standing Committee will take place from 26 to 30 January 2015 at IUCN Headquarters in Gland, Switzerland. Documentation for this...
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The Ramsar Conventions provides this website to enhance public access to information about its initiatives. The Ramsar Convention Secretariat offers all...
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3 March 2014
Fiji
IUCN Oceania organized a stakeholder planning meeting in February 2014 in the Fiji Islands to discuss the proposed designation of the Nasoata mangrove island...
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20 March 2014
Australia
With more than 10 years experience in wetland education and training in the management of freshwater and estuarine wetlands in urban areas, the Sydney...
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26 June 2014
Botswana
On 22 June 2014 the Okavango Delta was inscribed as the 1000th UNESCO World Heritage Site, bringing the number of Ramsar Sites that also carry the World...
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10 January 2014
Wetlands and agriculture are closely interlinked. Agriculture depends on wetlands for water – 70% of all water withdrawals from aquifers, streams and lakes...
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16 January 2014
Indonesia
The Indonesian government has significantly increased the area of Ramsar Sites in the country by designating Tanjung Puting National Park (408,286 ha; 03°02...
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16 January 2014
Namibia
Namibia has designated its fifth Ramsar Site, Bwabwata – Okavango (46,964 ha; 18°12’43”S 21°45’36”E) in Bwabwata National Park. The site covers the lower...
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20 January 2014
Thailand
Report by Reiko Nakamura, Secretary-General, Ramsar Center Japan (RCJ)Children from Thailand and Japan met in January to learn about the conservation of...
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27 January 2014
Ramsar and partners took part in a fact-finding and consultation mission in the Republic of Kiribati in December 2013, for the GIZ-SPREP-IUCN project on...
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27 January 2014
The Ramsar Convention was the first international convention to promote the engagement of the business sector directly in the conservation and wise use of...
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28 January 2014
Republic of Korea
The Republic of Korea has reported a number of outbreaks of H5N8 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) since 16 January. The virus has also killed a...
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30 January 2014
Belarus
Belarus has named three new Ramsar sites, taking the country’s total to 16 Sites covering over 600,000 hectares. The largest is Pripyatsky National Park;...
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30 January 2014
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau has named the large Archipel Bolama-Bijagós (1,046,950 ha; 11°14’N 16°02’W) as its second Ramsar Site. The archipelago, which is also a...
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30 January 2014
Senegal
Senegal has designated the Réserve Naturelle Communautaire de Tocc Tocc (273 ha, 16°20'38''N 15°50'13''W) as a Ramsar Site. As summarised by Ramsar’s Dede...
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