Wetlands, poverty reduction and sustainable tourism development. Tourism is a principal source of income for 83% of the developing countries; wetlands like coasts, rivers and lakes play a vital part in this success. The development of tourism is increasingly considered as a solution to poverty in wetland areas, but there are threats as well as [...]

The annual Review 2006 of Wetlands International presents the worlk of Wetlands International for the year 2006. It includes more than 100 projects worldwide and dozens of new publications.It is possible to download the annual review 2006. You can also order a printed copy by sending your details to: post@wetlands.org. Source: Wetlands International website Updated [...]

Handbooks for the wise use of wetlands, 3rd edition: The third edition of the 17 volumes of the Ramsar Handbooks for the conservation and wise use of wetlands, incorporating all of the Convention’s technical and policy guidance through to the recent COP9 in 2005, is now available here in PDF format in English, French, and [...]

The Tour du Valat is currently implementing an Integrated Coastal Zones Management project “El Kala / Moulouya : an Integrated Coastal Zones Management initiative for sensitive coastal wetlands”, funded under the SMAP III program of the European Union. The project aims at supporting the Moroccan and Algerian governements, and their respective institutions in integrating the [...]

White Gold – the Salt of the Langobards. Ms Lucilla Previati, director of the Po Delta Park (Parco del Delta del Po) in Italy (Emilia-Romagna Region), informs that they have launched a new product, historically known as “white gold”, i.e. finest sea salt produced according to traditional processes (using essentially solar energy) in the near-natural [...]