RAMSAR Advisory Mission (Wetland Conservation)
Ramsar Advisory Mission on wetland conservation
January 14, 2022
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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 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 status and value of wetlands globally, particularly in the context of the global pandemic, climate and biodiversity crises and broader global shifts.
December 17, 2021
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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 status
Human impacts and Anthropocene environmental change at Lake Kutubu, a Ramsar wetland in Papua New Guinea
The impacts of human-induced environmental change that characterize the Anthropocene are not felt equally across the globe. In the tropics, the potential for the sudden collapse of ecosystems in response to multiple interacting pressures has been of increasing concern in ecological and conservation research. The tropical ecosystems of Papua New Guinea are areas of diverse rainforest flora and fauna, inhabited by human populations that are equally diverse, both culturally and linguistically.
September 30, 2021
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The government last week called for nominations for Areas of Outstanding Biodiversity Value (AOBVs), which qualify for conservation work funding from the Biodiversity Conservation Trust.
September 29, 2021
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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).
September 17, 2021
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The government is being accused of caving to big business by winding back protections for wetlands. Rules, only brought in a year ago, currently stop any sort of development within 100 metres of a wetland.
September 15, 2021
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If any single event was a watershed for conservation of the world’s mangrove forests, it was the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004...In the aftermath of the tsunami, some scientists reported that settlements behind swampy, shoreline mangrove forests often suffered less damage, and fewer casualties, th
July 29, 2021
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“...The loss of mangroves can reduce or even decimate important fish and bird habitats, resulting in economic losses to communities that rely on mangroves for both subsistence and income livelihood.” This was emphasised by the Minister for Agriculture, Waterways and Environment, Dr Mahendra Reddy