The spotlight will shine on Uruguay's spectacular Ba帽ados del Este y Franja Costera wetland when it hosts the 12th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (COP12) in Punta del Este between 1-9 June.
Communities living near the Mekong River depend on fishing for food and income, but many fish species are in decline. To improve conditions FISHBIO, and its Conservation Director Harmony Patricio, have evaluated the effectiveness of existing Freshwater Protected Areas (FPAs) in the Mekong River鈥
Ramsar Convention鈥檚 Secretary General Dr Christopher Briggs says it is 鈥榗ritical鈥 that the world鈥檚 governments start to restore wetlands to a healthy state to ensure water in the 鈥榬ight quantity and quality is available for our future needs鈥.聽
A ceremony was held by the Swiss Commission for UNESCO on March 23 to celebrate the signing of the Swiss Charter on World Heritage. Designed as a voluntary instrument of commitment, the charter aims to strengthen World Heritage in Switzerland and promote its values.
香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播, along with the 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), have now opened registration for the 鈥淟ittle Sydney: Protecting Nature in Europe鈥 Conference, the biggest European protected areas event of the year, scheduled to run May 28-31 in Hainburg, Austria.
A unique sailing expedition to create the first ever inventory of plastic pollution across the most polluted ocean areas set off yesterday from Bordeaux, France.
A global movement to restore deforested and degraded forest landscapes is emerging. What should forest landscape restoration achieve? And where should it occur?
The inhabitants of Monterrico Reserve in Guatemala had perceived an increase in the intensity and frequency of floods over recent years as a result of alterations made to the watersheds that had been made by sugar mills operating in the reserve鈥檚 surroundings.聽
A study conducted in the United States following the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina has concluded that natural landscapes can contribute greatly to reducing disaster risk from storms if they are well managed.