Major extension of Donana Ramsar site
The Ramsar site Parque Nacional de Donana, first designated in 1982, has been significantly extended by the government of Spain by the addition to the National Park (50,720 hectares) of […]
Monthly Archives: April 2007
Spains names 14 new Ramsar sites
The Ramsar Secretariat is pleased to announce that the Government of Spain has designated 14 new Wetlands of International Importance covering a total area of 47,946 hectares, of which […]
Water demand management in the Mediterranean, progress and policies. Zaragoza, 19-21 March 2007
Over a hundred participants from 14 Mediterranean countries, representatives of the national institutions, of the academic world, of the private sector and of associations, met together in Saragossa on 19, […]
Transboundary Workshop in Djerdap NP. Djerdap/Donji Milanovac, Serbia
A joint workshop was carried out on 22 February 2007 for the preparation of a project proposal “Capacity Building for Managing Irongate Gorge as Future Cross-border Ramsar Site” by Romanian […]
Now online: the Camargue Observatory
How much is your Ramsar site changing? This is the question that Tour du Valat Biological Station investigated in 2006 for the Camargue (Rhone delta), the first Ramsar site to […]
Science support officer joins the Ramsar Secretariat
The Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention is pleased to announce that Dr. Edgar Kaeslin from Switzerland has been selected to the new position of Scientific and Technical Support Officer. The […]