In its 46th meeting held in Gland, Switzerland from 8-12 April 2013, the Ramsar Convention Standing Committee approved the appointment of Dr Christopher Briggs as new Secretary General of the Ramsar Convention. In July 2013, Dr Briggs will come to succeed Mr Anada Tiega who has served the Convention for the last six years. Dr [...]
On the 25th April the Wetlands National Centre of Ghar el Melh was inaugurated in the framework of the project “Wetlands in Tunisia: a Habitat for man and nature”. The new centre is located around the Ghar El Melh lagoon, one of Tunisia’s forty Ramsar wetlands- inside the lagoon Fort (Bordj El Bhira)- a beautiful, [...]
The project “Culture in Mediterranean wetlands” implemented by the Mediterranean Institute for Nature and Anthropos (Med-INA) and funded by the MAVA Foundation, is testing the potential of using cultural values [...]
“Improving Resilience of Vulnerable Communities in Faqou Village” is the new project implemented by the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN) with the close cooperation of the United [...]
The Dinaric Arc Parks project, lead by WWF MedPo, forms part of the The Agadir Commitments – Wetland projects promoting wise use and synergy in the Mediterranean. It aims at [...]
On Monday, May 27, 2013 Christian Perennou and Anis Guelmami of the Mediterranean Wetlands Observatory (MWO) presented a seminar on the RhoMeO project at the Tour du Valat. The RhoMeO [...]
The government of Montenegro has designated Tivat Saline (Tivatska solila) (150 hectares, 42°23’37”N 018°42’55”E), a Special Flora and Fauna Reserve located in the coastal strip of Tivat Bay between the [...]
On March 29th, 2013, a transboundary Agreement of Cooperation was signed between three environmental NGOs from the three countries sharing the Prespa lakes. Emphasizing that cooperation of civil society is [...]
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