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 1 October 2019
On September 23 – 25 the new Wetlands City Accreditation Independent Advisory Committee (IAC) met in Suncheon City, Republic of Korea to conduct a review of...
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 25 September 2019
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso has designated two new Wetlands of International Importance; it now boasts 24 Ramsar Sites in total. The Sites are both water bodies in the...
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 9 September 2019
Montenegro
Montenegro has designated Ulcinj Salina as its third Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site no. 2399). The Site on the Adriatic coast, close to the...
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 9 September 2019
South Africa
South Africa has named three new Wetlands of International Importance. It now has 26 “Ramsar Sites”.Dassen Island Nature Reserve (Site no. 2383) and Dyer...
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 5 September 2019
Ukraine
Ukraine has named 11 new Wetlands of International Importance (“Ramsar Sites”). It now has 50 in total, covering an area of over 800,000 hectares.Dnister...
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2 September 2019
Contracting Parties at COP13 expressed great interest in engaging youth in achieving the aims of the Ramsar Convention. In response, the Ramsar Secretariat...
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 2 September 2019
Morocco
Morocco has designated 12 new Wetlands of International Importance. Their locations range from the heights of the Atlas mountains to the Atlantic and...
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 27 August 2019
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates has designated Wasit Nature Reserve as its tenth Wetland of International Importance. Located some 15 kilometres from the coast and...
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 20 August 2019
France
France has designated Etang de Saint-Paul as its 49th Wetland of International Importance (Site no. 2398). It is the first Ramsar Site in the French overseas...
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 12 August 2019
Land is already under growing human pressure and climate change is adding to these pressures. At the same time, keeping global warming to well below 2ºC can...
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 12 August 2019
From 10 to 12 June 2019, Biodiversity-related Conventions gathered in Bern, Switzerland for the preparatory workshop for the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity...
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 12 August 2019
Since 1993 Trondheim Conferences on Biodiversity have created opportunities for increasing understanding amongst stakeholders about issues on the...
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 6 August 2019
Following the adoption of Resolution XII.10 on Wetland City Accreditation of the Ramsar Convention1 at the 12th meeting of the Conference of the Contracting...
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27 June 2019
China
China was officially accepted as the host for the 14th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (COP14) to...
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 25 June 2019
The 57th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Ramsar Convention takes place this week in Gland, Switzerland. More than 150 participants from 63 countries...
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 24 June 2019
The submission of applications for the 2019 cycle of the Wetlands for the Future fund is extended until 12 July 2019.Please send the applications to ...
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 5 June 2019
We need a healthy environment in which we can thrive. Wetlands are fundamental in sustaining our planet’s environmental health. Wetlands are as varied as the...
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 22 May 2019
Wetlands are essential for human health and prosperity. They provide us with freshwater, ensure our food supply and sustain biodiversity. Therefore, the...
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 10 May 2019
Coastal wetlands are critical to the survival of migratory birds. The evidence is clear regarding the linkage between degradation and loss of coastal...
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 7 May 2019
Statement by the members of the Liaison Group of Biodiversity-related ConventionsTo theClosing of the Seventh session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental...
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