Like so many of the planet’s natural habitats, wetlands have been systematically destroyed over the past 300 years. Bogs, fens, marshes and swamps have disappeared from maps and memory, having been drained, dug up and built on.
Directory of Wetlands of Vanuatu
2014 Report updating the 1993 Report
Wetlands - Republic of Vanuatu
Report in the Wetlands of Oceania 1993
Management of plan for the Ijuw/Anabar wetlands proposed conservation area (PCA) - Republic of Nauru
The management plan describes the priority strategies for the Ijuw/Anabar wetlands Proposed Conservation area (PCA) that will best maintain and improve the key conservation values in this area by reducing the impact of threats, including from climate change.Available onlineCall Number: [EL],574.526 325 MANISBN/ISSN: 978-982-04-0682-7,978-982-04-0683-4Physical Description: 13 p. 29 cm
While much research has focused on the striking differences in biodiversity between tropical and temperate regions, another, equally dramatic, pattern has gone largely unstudied: the differences in species richness among Earth's three major habitat types—land, oceans and freshwater.
National parks and other protected areas have had mixed success in conserving wildlife, according to the largest ever global study of their effects.
Ngardok Nature Reserve (NNR), Palau’s only freshwater lake and surrounding jungle located in the state of Melekeok, celebrates 25 years since establishment by Melekeok State Public Law in December 1997.
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.