The Ramsar Convention has long recognized the importance of wetland economic valuation in contributing to well-informed planning and decision-making, and in 1997 the Secretariat published Economic valuation of wetlands: A guide for policy makers and planners by Barbier, Acreman, and Knowler. But economic valuation of ecosystems is a rapidly developing discipline, and there are now [...]

The French versions of two manuals in the Mediterranean Wetland Inventory series, published by MedWet, Instituto da Conservacao da Natureza and Wetlands International are now available o­nline in addition to the English version of these publications . Composed of four manuals the series aims to serve as a basic resource for gathering and storing informarion [...]

Cap-Net and the Global Water Partnership (GWP) have recently developed a CD that includes a wealth of training materials, tools, experiences o­n Integrated Water Resource Management – IWRM. The CD includes the Cap-Net e-library with training materials, water management materials, network tools, and references and information o­n courses and resource centres. It also includes the [...]

Information o­n a  number of characteristics regarding wetlands located in the French Mediterranean coast has been made avaialble o­nline within the framework of the overview o­n wetlands undertaken this year by pôle relais de Lagunes méditerranéennes. Featuring site maps and information regarding the management of the wetland the information can easily be accessed by selecting [...]

The Ninth Regular Meeting of the Prespa Park Coordination Commitee is taking place in Korcha Albania o­n 20-21 November. Established in 2000 under the aegis of the Ramsar Convention  the Coordination Committee is tasked with facilitating the management of the transboundary Ramsar site of Prespa shared between Albania, FYR of Macedonia and Greece. Among others [...]