Wetlands for life
Don’t forget to celebrate World Wetlands Day, this 2nd of February – you can find out about the tools, resources ad activities on offer at the Ramsar Website. Remember it’s also the deadline for voting for our WWN wetland globe awards.
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Awards 2012 The WWN globe awards 2012 were announced on the 7th of July at the Ramsar CoP11, and delivered by the WWN committee. You can see the report on WWN’s work at the Ramsar COP here. We gave six blue globe awards for well-managed wetlands, and five globe awards for wetlands under threat. Below are the
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Thanks to our WWN North Andean Countries rep, Felipe Velasco, who has made a new cartoon guide to how to vote for wetlands. Using an online tool, this simple guide hopes to make things easier for those taking part in the wetland globe awards – see it for yourself here!
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Popularly called Freedom Islands, the Las Piñas – Paranaque Critical Habitat and Ecotourism Area (LLPCHEA) in the Philippines is a wonderful site composed of Freedom and Long islands. It in fact resembles a bird spreading its wings in this Google Map. Adding to its wonder are the 80 migratory and resident birds such as the
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Voting has started in earnest now, with wetlands in Peru and Greece taking a lead. The Pantanos de Villa site, winner of a blue globe award in 2012, is back in the running with much local support. Greece also sees a jump in voting, with the Evros delta receiving votes from local groups. You can vote
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Local campaigners Phil Straw and Professon Joan Dawes who succeeded in obtaining a grey globe award for Towra point in 2012 have been dismayed to see the site continue to degrade, with no additiona resources made available despite fund-raising attempts. They are now considering a second campaign that could see the site receive a second
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WWN and Ramsar hosted the first WWN Africa webinar, aimed at all those delivering wetland conservation as part of an NGO (Non-Governmental Organisation) or civil society group. The webinar included a presentation from Ramsar’s senior regional representative for Africa, Paul Ouedraogo, on how Ramsar works with civil society groups, updates on WWN from the Chair
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