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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...

Guinea-Bissau designates Bijagós Archipelago

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...

Fifth Site for Senegal

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...

Soco halts oil exploration in Virunga, Africa’s oldest national park

20 June 2014

Africa

Ramsar calls for clear priority on wise and sustainable use of the siteThe hunt for oil in Virunga National Park in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...

Okavango Delta Ramsar Site is now 1000th World Heritage Site

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...

Small Grants Fund project for the protection of the Inner Niger Delta completed

4 July 2014

Mali

The Inner Niger Delta is a complex and unique area characterized by different natural wetland types such as rivers, lakes, marshes and flood plains located...

Experts issue recommendations to save Zimbabwe’s wetlands

15 September 2014

Zimbabwe

Over 100 experts from Zimbabwe’s government, non-governmental organizations and the private sector met in Harare on 6 August 2014 to discuss how to protect...

Burundi’s four Ramsar Sites - Atlas of the sites

21 January 2014

Burundi

By designating three Ramsar Sites in 2013, Burundi demonstrated its commitment to the protection and wise use of wetlands. Burundi’s four Sites cover a total...

Pre-COP12, Africa: Agenda

11 October 2014

Tunisia