The 2021 campaign highlights the contribution of wetlands to the quantity and quality of freshwater on our planet. Water and wetlands are connected in an...
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The Secretariat carries out the day-to-day coordination of the Convention’s activities. It is based at the headquarters of the International Union for the...
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Where a Ramsar Site’s ecological character is threatened, the Contracting Party can request a Ramsar Advisory Mission (RAM). This mechanism was formally...
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21 July 2021
The Secretariat is pleased to announce a new brochure that explains the opportunities presented by Ramsar Advisory Missions (RAMs) to assist Contracting...
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21 July 2021
In February 2020 the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, IUCN and the Convention on Wetlands undertook a joint mission to the widely known Doñana Ramsar Site at...
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The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration is a call for the protection and revival of ecosystems all around the world, for the benefit of people and...
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16 July 2021
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The Ramsar Wetland Conservation Award was established in 1996 by Resolution VI.18 of the 6th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the...
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Urbanization is one of the key defining mega-trends of our time. It is transforming where and how people will live in the future. Four billion people, about...
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9 July 2021
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9 July 2021
Extraordinary meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Convention on Wetlands
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9 July 2021
Since 2020, the Mediterranean Wetlands Ramsar Regional Initiative (MedWet) has been developing the World Wetlands Day campaign across the Mediterranean...
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9 July 2021
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9 July 2021
Report and decisions of the 59th meeting of the Standing Committee at its meeting of 22-25 June 2021
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9 July 2021
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This event, organized by Slovenia, Costa Rica, Mexico and the United Kingdom in partnership with the Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands serves...
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9 July 2021
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6 July 2021
Romania
Romania has extended the Dumbravita-Rotbav Fishpond Complex, which now covers five times its original area. This system of a reservoir and fishponds...
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6 July 2021
Spain
Spain has added Parque Nacional Marítimo-Terrestre de las Islas Atlánticas de Galicia (the Maritime-Terrestrial National Park of the Atlantic Islands of...
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6 July 2021
Italy
Italy has named Posada River Mouth as a Wetland of International Importance. Situated in the north of Sardinia, this “Ramsar Site” (no. 2452 on the List of...
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