The 19 Ramsar Regional Initiatives (RRIs) support cooperation and capacity-building on wetland-related issues in specific regions. A group of...
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December 2020A training webinar on “Wetlands as Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)”.As a key element of NbS,...
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This database lists organizations from the public and private sectors that fund or invest in projects promoting wetland conservation, wise use and...
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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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Click on “Find a contact” to find details of Secretariat staff and the focal points appointed by each Contracting Party to oversee the implementation of the...
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The Scientific and Technical Review Panel (STRP) was established by Resolution 5.5 in 1993 to provide scientific and technical guidance to the Conference of...
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Contracting Parties of the Convention expressed a need for information resources that build capacity and facilitate local, national and regional efforts for...
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Since 1997, the Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971), the United States State Department, and the United States Fish and Wildlife...
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This Fund, administered by the Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands, is a generous contribution offered by the Federal Government of Switzerland over...
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In 2016 the Nagao Natural Environment Foundation (NEF) in Japan made a generous voluntary donation to establish the Nagao Wetland Fund (NWF), to be...
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The Convention currently maintains three bilateral grant programmes, which provide funding for small to medium size projects aimed at the conservation and...
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The availability of adequate and predictable funding is essential for the effective implementation of the Convention and its mission to conserve wetlands and...
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The Resource Mobilization Work Plan approved at the 54th meeting of the Standing Committee (SC54) outlines the fundraising priorities for the Secretariat in...
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About the PartnershipIn 1998 the Danone Group and the Convention on Wetlands signed the first partnership agreement between a global environmental...
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The Convention’s mission is “the conservation and wise use of all wetlands through local and national actions and international cooperation, as a...
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The Convention’s strategic intent is to slow, stop and reverse the loss of wetlands. A major part of this effort involves making policymakers, wetland...
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The Convention on Wetlands’ strategic intent is to slow, stop and reverse the loss of wetlands. A major part of this effort involves making policymakers,...
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In this section you can find the Convention on Wetlands' logo in the following versions: “jpg” format is for a general use; “png” format is for use on...
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Ramsar Policy Briefs are prepared by the Scientific and Technical Review Panel. They are short summary papers which gather information on a particular...
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The Ramsar Fact Sheets summarize wetland-related issues in everyday, friendly language. Ramsar Fact Sheet 1: Wetlands: why should I care?Ramsar Fact Sheet 2:...
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