9 December 2009
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia
“Towards a shared vision for the integrated management of the Sava river” was the theme of an international conference in Zagreb, Croatia, on 4-5 November...
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3 September 2009
Thailand
SGF/2004/TH/01Bung Boraphet, the largest freshwater wetland in Thailand, now has a comprehensive Plan of Management following the recent completion of the...
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18 September 2009
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Overseas territories)
Gough and Inaccessible are two island nature reserves in the mid South Atlantic that are part of the United Kingdom’s Overseas Territory of St Helena,...
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1 October 2009
Burkina Faso
The government of Burkina Faso has completed the process for designating twelve new Ramsar sites of extraordinary interest. In varied locations, from the...
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5 October 2009
World Habitat Day5 October 2009PDF“Planning our Urban Future,” the theme of World Habitat Day this year, is an especially welcome focus for the Contracting...
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8 October 2009
Ramsar Regional Centre for Central and West Asia, Ramsar City29th September – 1st OctoberThe first of a series of CEPA (Communication, Education,...
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9 October 2009
Czech Republic, Poland
The “Krkonose/Karkonosze subalpine peatbogs” were added on 21 September 2009 to the list of Transboundary Ramsar Sites during the 7th international...
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14 October 2009
United States of America
Following on from the United States’ designation of the Audubon Society’s Francis Beidler Forest in the state of South Carolina in 2008, that Party’s 25th...
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14 October 2009
Rwanda
Following the signing of the Memorandum of Cooperation by the General Director of the Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) and the Ramsar...
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15 October 2009
Argentina
The government of Argentina has designated a beautiful and valuable new Wetland of International Importance in the province of Tierra del Fuego, one which at...
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15 October 2009
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) invites us at today’s occasion of the World Food Day (16 October) to “Imagine achieving food...
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22 October 2009
At a meeting in Nairobi last week, the Secretary General of the Ramsar Convention Anada Tiega, the Chair of the Convention’s Scientific Body (STRP) Heather...
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26 October 2009
France
An important seminar for French Ramsar site managers took place on 7-8 October 2009 in Evian. It attracted about hundred participants, representing site...
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2 November 2009
ASEAN Wetland Management Training CourseSungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore, 19 – 27 October 2009On 19 October 2009, a nine-day Wetland Management...
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2 November 2009
From 21 – 23 October 2009, the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) and the National Parks Board (NParks) of Singapore also hosted the ‘ASEAN Conference on...
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4 November 2009
SPREPSecretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment ProgrammePO Box 240, Apia, Samoa www.sprep.orgSPREP Press ReleaseFor Immediate Release 3 November...
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16 November 2009
Central African Republic
The Central African Republic has benefited from a Ramsar Swiss Grant for Africa project, “Establishment of a network of Ramsar sites along the Congo Rivers,”...
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16 November 2009
Wetland Link International Oceania Conference, Hunter Wetland Centre, Newcastle, Australia, 28 – 31st October 2009Organised by the Hunter Wetland Centre in...
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20 November 2009
Turkey
The Ministry of Environment and Forestry has designated Lake Kuyucuk (Kuyucuk Gölü) (416 hectares, 40°45’N 043°27’E) as Turkey’s 13th Wetland of...
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27 November 2009
Mexico
The government of Mexico has designated its 114th Wetland of International Importance for the Ramsar List. “Canal del Infiernillo y esteros del territorio...
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