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Vanuatu’s biggest lake on Gaua Island in TORBA Province, Lake Letes, has been formally registered by the Government of Vanuatu as a Community Conservation Area.

Minister for Environment Dr. Mahendra Reddy says they are partnering with the villagers of Naidiri in Malomalo, Nadroga to protect and conserve reef biodiversity within their qoliqoli.

Vanuatu is party to the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar Convention)...The first site for Vanuatu...registered as the first internationally recognised Ramsar wetland site is Lake Letas on Gaua. Lake Letas is Vanuatu’s biggest lake and one of the largest volcanic lakes in the Pacific.

A group dedicated to preserving the Muri Lagoon and surrounding area has taken advantage of World Wetlands Day to push forward with one of its multiple projects.

World Wetlands Day is nearly here! The theme is Wetlands Action for People and Nature...A call to take action for wetlands is the focus of this years’ campaign.

The Secretariat is pleased to inform you of the release of the Global Wetland Outlook: Special Edition 2021. As an update to the 2018 Global Wetland Outlook, this special edition on the occurrence of the Convention’s 50th anniversary presents new findings on the s

A new study by researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) has identified warning signs of ecosystem collapse at a wetland of international significance in Papua New Guinea (PNG).

The Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands has the honour to announce the call for nominations for the eighth edition of the Ramsar Wetland Conservation Awards, to be presented at the 14th meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties (COP14) in Wuhan, China.

At the G7’s virtual summit last month, leaders of the world’s wealthiest nations sought to look beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, vowing to defeat the virus and “build back better” by investing in low-carbon economic development. It is smart policy that should be pursued.