Contaminated water has been discovered spilling from a luxury Gold Coast estate development into a Ramsar-listed wetland site, amid a broader investigation into an unfolding “environmental catastrophe” at the once-pristine waterway.
Please join us for a webinar on the Global Wetland Outlook: State of the World's Wetlands, which will be held Monday, 4 February 2019, from 17:00-18:00 (US Eastern Standard Time). Prof. Royal Gardner and Dr.
Australia has designated the Glenelg Estuary and Discovery Bay Ramsar Site in western Victoria as its 66th Wetland of International Importance.Click on the link below for further information.
The Ramsar Secretariat is pleased to inform about a new toolkit for site managers available on the Ramsar website.
Fiji has designated its second Ramsar Site: Qoliqoli Cokovata (Ramsar Site no. 2331) covers over 134,000 hectares of fishing grounds on the north coast of Vanua Levu, Fiji"s second largest island. Click on the link below to read the full site description.
...Announcing the decision to make part of the GSR listed as a Ramsar site, Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama said the decision was an important step to protect the resource for future generations.Click on the link below to read the full story.
Covering 2.4 million hectares, the Sepik River will be one of the largest riverine Ramsar Sites and will cover the river from its upper reaches to the sea.Click on the link below to read the full article.
Samoa"s O le P"p" Pu" (O.L.P.P.) National Park has been officially added to the List of the Wetlands of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands.Click on the link below to read the full story.
The Seventh Oceania Regional Meeting of the Ramsar Convention will provide a platform for the Contracting Parties of Oceania to review the progress of the national and regional implementation of the Ramsar Convention since the 12th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP12) in June 201