Wetlands for life
WWN’s joint North American Representative, Professor Kim Diana Connolly, has delivered an NGO Statement to Ramsar COP14 in Geneva and Wuhan. The statement celebrates some of this COP’s innovations, such as livestreaming all sessions and enabling NGOs to livestream their side-events, which enabled wider NGO participation. The Statement encourages the countries who have signed up …
As a grouping of wetland NGOs, we all want to implement the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. Earlier this year we asked you, the WWN members, how we can make that happen better. You showed us good examples to follow, and gaps that need attention. From your input we have prepared recommendations, for the Ramsar Focal …
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At Ramsar COP14 we hope to present a side-event promoting the the natural flow of rivers and water to the signatory governments and NGOs present. Ramsar Network Japan and the Korean Wetland Network are leading the side-event, supported by WWN. We would like to present examples from beyond those two countries, showing the damage done …
Wetlands lost a friend last week. Dr Paul Ouedraogo passed away at the age of 58, and was formerly the Senior Regional Advisor for Africa in the Ramsar Secretariat. During that time he was a firm supporter of WWN Africa, ensuring that the voice of civil society groups was heard at the convention at all …
The next wetlands Conference of the Parties, Ramsar COP14, has been rescheduled. It will now happen in Geneva, Switzerland, on 5 to 13 November, chaired virtually by China. COP14 was originally to be held in Wuhan, China, later in November. The COVID situation in that country has made that difficult. The updated plan is for …
Conservationist at KFEM and WWN Korea member Jung Hanchul met Chris Rostron (WWN vice chair) as part of an EAAFP project looking at the Hwaseong mudflats, important habitat for migratory species along the East Atlantic Flyway. It is part of a bid to create a World Heritage Site based on the Korean ‘getbol’ or tidal …
As you might be aware, we are witnessing a serious and imminent threat to the Doñana National Park, one of the most iconic protected areas in Europe. This threat not only affects the conservation of key habitats in Spain, but also poses additional pressure on the survival of hundreds of thousands of birds that use this wetland …
Civil Society and eNGOs, such as you, are essential to safeguarding the world’s wetlands and implementing the Ramsar Convention. We want to find out how much you are included in the work of the Ramsar Convention. To this aim we are surveying members of WWN, so we can inform the Ramsar Convention signatories about what …
The WWN Committee has sent letters to multiple influential figures in Lagos, Nigeria, asking them to limit the destruction of an urban wetland there. The National Theatre, Nigeria, is a cultural centre built among wetlands in Nigeria’s economic hub. Local birders, such as the Lekki Bird Club, visit it to see birds including migratory and …
Georges Hedegbetan of CREDI-ONG shares a documentary about his group’s crocodile conservation in Benin. The film is produced in French with English subtitles, and includes interviews with his colleagues on social and technical aspects of their work for some less-favoured wetland species. Topics include population monitoring and studying individuals, tracking, working with hunters, engagement and …
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