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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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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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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
United Arab Emirates
The U.A.E. has designated its fifth Wetland of International Importance, a very interesting salt dome island belonging to the emirate of Sharjah lying some...
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19 February 2014
Myanmar
This year, World Wetland Day was celebrated in Myanmar at the Moeyungyi Ramsar Site, some 90 minutes by car north of the city of Yangon. The event was also...
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26 February 2014
Lao People's Democratic Republic
The Xe Champhone wetland in Savannakhet province, Lao PDR, was designated as a Ramsar Site in 2010 due to its importance for the conservation of the Siamese...
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4 March 2014
Iraq
The Hawizeh Marsh Ramsar Site in southern Iraq was placed on the Montreux Record in April 2010 because of serious changes to its hydrology. This was due to a...
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31 March 2014
Japan, Albania
Albania joined the Ramsar Convention soon after its political opening in 1995 and designated its largest coastal lagoon, the Karavasta lagoon, as a Ramsar...
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2 April 2014
China
In response to the decreasing number of migratory shorebirds in the East Asian – Australasian Flyway (EAAF), WWF-Hong Kong has initiated the development of a...
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7 April 2014
Lao People's Democratic Republic
In 2012 the Water and Wetlands Programme of IUCN Lao PDR started a Ramsar Small Grants Fund project aimed at developing capacity and knowledge around wetland...
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30 April 2014
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
An international technical round table with participation of foreign and Iranian experts was held in Tehran from 16 to 18 March 2014 in order to find a...
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5 May 2014
Viet Nam
Viet Nam has designated its sixth Site, taking the combined area of its wetlands of international importance to over 100,000 hectares. According to the site...
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14 May 2014
Japan
Japan’s commitment and support to the conservation of wetlands and to the implementation of the Convention is unique. This support extends from local...
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14 May 2014
Cambodia
The Small Grants Fund (SGF) project entitled ‘Strengthening and Expanding the Ramsar Site Network in Cambodia’ was executed by BirdLife Cambodia from...
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24 June 2014
Viet Nam
Ba Be Lake, the largest natural lake in Viet Nam, is at the centre of the karst mountains of the Ba Be National Park and Ramsar Site. The lake supports a...
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10 July 2014
Republic of Korea
The Republic of Korea has designated Songdo Tidal Flat as a Wetland of International Importance. As summarised by the Secretariat’s Samridhi Rijal based on...
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 14 August 2014
Iraq
On 16 July 2014, the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Water Resources of Iraq announced their commitment to develop joint plans and activities for...
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 29 September 2014
India, Bangladesh
A wetland restoration project in the Sundarbans, a protected area shared by India and Bangladesh, is addressing climate change, protecting the coastline from...
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 27 October 2014
India
Because ecosystems are so central to sustaining our water, there is an increasingly urgent need now to focus on ecosystems as natural solutions to global...
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 10 November 2014
Lao People's Democratic Republic
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s research into human rights-based approaches to reduce poverty and benefit conservation has...
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