ONG pour des zones humides saines et durables 26 – 27 octobre 2008 République de Corée Co-organisée par le réseau coréen des o­nG pour Ramsar COP10 et le réseau japonais des o­nG pour Ramsar COP10 Invitation Nous sommes très heureux de vous inviter à participer à la Conférence mondiale des o­nG sur les zones humides [...]

The report of the Fifth Meeting of the MedWet Steering Group that took place in Athens, Greece o­n 7-8 January 2008 is now available o­nline. Participants to the meeting discussed a number of issues relating to the operation of the MedWet initiative including a report o­n progress in the work of the Secretariat  in the [...]

The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) has produced a report o­n the effects of climate change o­n biodiversity in Lebanon. Bassima Khatib of SPNL reports: SPNL in partnership with Indyact has developed a project funded by the British Embassy. The aim of the project was to develop a preliminary scientific report [...]

What comes to your mind when reading the word “Armagnac”? A world famous brandy? Gentle slopes with varied cultures in a rural area of southwestern France, famous for its culinary traditions? Or an agricultural landscape embedded in a web of heaths, woodlots and fish ponds? Perhaps you should focus o­n the latter as key for [...]

The Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention  is pleased to announce that Italy has completed the formalities for the removal of one of its Ramsar sites  that has been o­n the Montreux Record of sites “where changes in ecological character have occurred, are occurring or are likely to occur” for quite a few years. According to [...]