Gallery 0 Results Reset All Close Celebrating World Wetlands Day 2017 at the Xixi National Wetland Park in China Xixi Wetland Administration Office Aerial view of the Mai Po Inner Deep Bay Ramsar Site Ramsar Convention Zhaling Lake Ramsar Site He Youfu Zhaling Lake Ramsar Site Ma Shenglu Eling Lake Ramsar Site Lin Kun A Ramsar Site of International Importance, the wetland on the edge of the Inner Deep Bay is an important stop-off point for migrating water birds on the flyway between New Zealand and Siberia as they move north and south for the summer and winter. Paul Steyn Paul Steyn The unique balance between people and nature at Mai Po seems to be working, but the slow march of urbanization in Hong Kong and China represents one of the largest threats to the wetland. Paul Steyn Mai Po Ramsar Site is a patchwork of fishponds, marshes, mangrove, mudflats and shrimp ponds that blend with the skyscrapers in the distance, Mai Po is sandwiched between Hong Kong and China’s Shenzhen city, and has become an unlikely paradise for water birds from all over the world. Paul Steyn Martha Rojas Urrego with Mr. Wang Zhigao, Director General Ramsar Office in China at the Offices of State Forestry Administration of China Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Martha Rojas Urrego meets with Minister Zhang Jianlong of the State Forestry Administration of China Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Martha Rojas Urrego meets with Minister Zhang Jianlong of the State Forestry Administration of China. Also present Mr. Xiao Wangxin, Deputy Division Chief of Department of International Cooperation SFA and Mr. Wang Zhigao DG Ramsar Office China. Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Martha Rojas Urrego attends workshop on "Good Practices for Integrating Urban Development and Wetland Conservation" Hosted by Nanjing University, China. Martha Rojas Urrego attends workshop "Good Practices for Integrating Urban Development and Wetland Conservation" Hosted by Nanjing University, China. L-R Lew Young, Senior Regional Advisor Asia Oceania, Secretariat Ramsar Convention, Martin Spray, Chief Executive of the Wildfowl & Wetlands, Trust (WWT), Prof Shuquing AN, Dean, Nanjing University Ecological Research Institute fo Changshu. Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Martha Rojas Urrego attends workshop "Good Practices for Integrating Urban Development and Wetland Conservation" Hosted by Nanjing University, China. Martha Rojas Urrego with Martin Spray Chief Executive of the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) at the workshop "Good Practices for Integrating Urban Development and Wetland Conservation" Hosted by Nanjing University, China. Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Martha Rojas Urrego meets with the Party Secretary Changhsu City Martha Rojas Urrego meets with the Party Secretary Changhsu City L- R Martin Spray Chief Executive of the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT), Sharon Oseku-Frainier, External Relations Officer, Secretariat Ramsar Convention and Lew Young, Senior Regional Advisor Asia and Oceania, Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. Martha Rojas Urrego visits Changshu Shajiabang National Wetland Park, China Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Martha Rojas Urrego visits Changshu Shajiabang National Wetland Park, China Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Martha Rojas Urrego visits Changshu Shajiabang National Wetland Park, China Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Martha Rojas Urrego visits Changshu Shajiabang National Wetland Park, China Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Martha Rojas Urrego visits Changshu Shajiabang National Wetland Park, China Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Martha Rojas Urrego visits Nicanglou Rural Wetland Park, Changshu City, China. Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Martha Rojas Urrego visits Nicanglou Rural Wetland Park, Changshu City, China Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Martha Rojas Urrego visits Nicanglou Rural Wetland Park, Changshu City, China Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Martha Rojas Urrego visits Nicanglou Rural Wetland Park, Changshu City, China. Ramsar Convention on Wetlands