FAO and UNESCO have joined forces and embarked on a publication project “Groundwater in international law: Compilation of treaties and other legal instruments”. It brings together a variety of binding […]
Between 31 May – 1 June, focal points for Specially Protected Areas of the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention met to discuss various aspects of implementation of the Protocol […]
The Standing Committee to the Ramsar Convention met between 6-10 June, to prepare and consider draft resolutions in anticipation of the Ninth Meeting of the Contracting Parties, to be held […]
ONLY AN AXE AWAY, 39′, P Baburaj, C Saratchandran, India The film, ‘Only An Axe Away’, narrates the history of the unique campaign to save the Silent Valley in Kerala, […]
Feature films Best feature film Shipbreakers by Michael Cot The international jury awarded Michael Kot’s Shipbreakers the first prize. Set in the dramatic setting of a ship graveyard in Alang, […]
The Chilean documentary ‘Veil of Berta by Esteban Larrain, was crowned on Saturday 25 June, as Ramsar-MedWet best film for water and wetlands for 2005, at the ecofilms international film […]