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Groundbreaking approval: Danube WILDisland becomes Europe's first river-focused Ramsar Regional Initiative
19 June 2024
Feature
Criterion 2 Explained: How Wetlands of International Importance Support Vulnerable and Endangered Species
13 June 2024
Webinar
Training Webinar: Preparation of draft resolutions for COP15
4 June 2024
Meeting
63rd meeting of the Standing Committee
3 June 2024
News
India names its 81st and 82nd Wetlands of International Importance on the occasion of World Environment Day
5 June 2024
Feature
Wetlands for the Future initiative bolsters wetland conservation in Latin America and Caribbean
27 May 2024
23 Jul
- 31 Jul 2025
Victoria Falls
Zimbabwe
15th meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties
Conference of the Parties
20 Jan
- 24 Jan 2025
Gland
Switzerland
64th meeting of the Standing Committee
Standing Committee meeting
2 Dec
- 5 Dec 2024
27th meeting of the Scientific and Technical Review Panel
STRP meeting
Diplomatic Note 2024/6: Report and Decisions of the 63rd meeting of the Standing Committee, 3-7 June 2024
25 June 2024
Notification
Diplomatic Note 2024/5: Preparation and submission of draft resolutions for consideration at COP15
21 June 2024
Notification
Training Webinar: Preparation of draft resolutions for COP15
30 May 2024
Notification
News
Groundbreaking approval: Danube WILDisland becomes Europe's first river-focused Ramsar Regional Initiative
19 June 2024
Feature
Criterion 2 explained: How Wetlands of International Importance support vulnerable and endangered species
13 June 2024
News
India names its 81st and 82nd Wetlands of International Importance on the occasion of World Environment Day
05 June 2024
Scaling up wetland conservation and restoration to deliver the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework: Guidance on including wetlands in NBSAPs
15 May 2024
Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework: Upscaling wetland conservation, restoration and wise use through National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs)
23 November 2023
Brief on the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands for UNFCCC COP28
17 November 2023
The Convention on Wetlands is the intergovernmental treaty that provides the framework for the conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources.
The Convention was adopted in the Iranian city of Ramsar in 1971 and came into force in 1975. Since then, almost 90% of UN member states, from all the world’s geographic regions, have acceded to become “Contracting Parties”.
Number of contracting parties:
172
Number of wetlands:
2.518
Total surface of designated sites:
257.289.430
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