ramsar

GEO/Ramsar free webinar: Wetlands, Biodiversity and the Role of Earth Observations

A free GEO/Ramsar webinar titled "Wetlands, Biodiversity and the Role of Earth Observations" is taking place today - 18 June 2015. The webinar  is designed for anyone with an interest in or passion for biodiversity and wetlands - students, scientists, experts, or anyone with a general interest in one or more of these topics – who wants to learn from these vast global communities​.

This is the first of a series of planned webinars on the role of Earth observations in monitoring and sustaining biodiversity and wetlands. The webinars will be hosted by the GEO Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON) and GEO Water Community, together with the Ramsar Secretariat and will include leading experts from the global communities highly engaged in biodiversity, wetlands and Earth observations.

To watch the event and register follow the link: https://blbgroup.leadpages.net/webinar-wetlands/





ramsar

Ramsar-protected Macquarie Marshes wetland on fire with 90pc of crucial reed bed razed

Firefighters are battling to stop a large bushfire from destroying the tinder-dry Ramsar-protected Macquarie Marshes in western New South Wales.




ramsar

CBD News: Message from Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary, to the 10th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971), Changwon, Republic of Korea, 28 October - 4 November 2008




ramsar

CBD News: Message from Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Fortieth Anniversary of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, 2 February 2011.




ramsar

CBD Press Release: Carpathian Convention signs Tourism Protocol based on CBD Guidelines, Ramsar Convention Involved in Similar Effort




ramsar

CBD Communiqué: The Secretary General of the Ramsar Convention joins forces for the implementation of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets