The Ninth Meeting of the Mediterranean Wetlands Committee (MedWet/Com9) is planned to take place o­n 28 October 2009, Changwon, Republic of Korea in the framework of the 10th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention (COP10). The Mediterranean Wetlands Committee is composed of representatives of 25 Mediterranean countries, the Palestinian [...]

The Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention announced the designation by the government of Bosnia & Herzegovina of   “Livanjsko Polje (Livno karst field)” (45,868 hectares, 43°53’N 016°47’E) in Hercegbosanska canton as its third Wetland of International Importance. Below is the announcement: ” As summarized by Ramsar’s Monica Zavagli, based o­n the accompanying Ramsar Information Sheet, the [...]

A new study by Wetlands International identifies the degradation of wetlands as an important cause of declining water bird numbers along the African Eurasian fly-ways. The report titled  “Conservation Status of Migratory Waterbirds in theAfrican-Eurasian Flyways” was prepared by Wetlands International for the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA)  and presented in Fourth Meeting of the [...]

As part of IUCN´s World Conservation Congress (5-14 October 2008, Barcelona, Spain), IUCN launches Sailing to Barcelona as an action oriented initiative  to advancing the protection of marine and coastal biodiversity. Through Sailing to Barcelona a fleet of boats will arrive into the port of Barcelona for the opening of the IUCN Congress aiming to [...]

Following the proposal of the conference of the water directors of the Euro-Mediterranean and Southeastern European countries, Bled (Slovenia), in December 2007, the Ministerial Conference will be organised under the French Presidency of the European Union and the “Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean” together with Egypt co-Presidency and Jordan who hosts this event. This [...]