The first workshop of the GlobWetland II project took place at the ESRIN premises of the European Space Agency (ESA) in Frascati nearby Rome from the 13th to the 16th December 2010. The GlobWetland II project contributes to the set up of a Global Wetlands Observing System (G-WOS) as per strategy 1.2 of the Ramsar Strategic Plan…

The IUCN Mediterranean Conservation Forum and the 10th Anniversary of the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation took place in Malaga, Spain from the 22nd to the 25th November 2010. It was an opportunity to note the end of the International Year of Biodiversity and establishing the base to measure progress toward post 2010 objectives in [...]

The 2^nd Meeting of the Management Body of BlackSeaWet took place in Tulcea, Romania from the 4th to 8th October 2010. The BlackSeaWet is a newly formed Ramsar Regional Initiative that is presently under the coordination of the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve Authority.