Wetlands for life
WWN’s Co-chairpersons, Agatha Chisha and Chris Rostron, and other WWN members have worked with the Convention on Wetlands on a webinar for CEPA (Communications, Education, Participation, Awareness) focal points on the 3 April 2024. The webinar included an outline of the Convention’s CEPA approach from Deputy Secretary General Jay Aldous, and input from CEPA focal […]
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Chi Napoleon Forpah of the Watershed Task Group (WTG) shares the results of Cameroon’s national Competition to crown World Wetlands Day 2024. WTG was one of the participants and carried the day by winning the First Prize. Cameroon Ramsar Focal Point Prof. Ndongo Bathelemy coordinated the prize selection process. The Ministry of Environment, Nature Protection, and Sustainable
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The next Conference of Parties to the Convention on Wetlands, COP15, will be held in July 2025 in Zimbabwe. WWN will start preparations with an online workshop on 16 April 2024. Register for 07.00 UTC, 16 April 2024 (timezone converter here). Register for 16.00 UTC, 16 April 2024 (timezone converter here). We invite WWN members
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WWN’s Co-Chair, Chris Rostron, has welcomed Dr Musonda Mumba, Secretary General of the Convention on Wetlands, and Flore Lafaye de Micheaux, Europe Senior Regional Advisor for the Convention, to a UK parliamentary event run by WWT. They supported a parliamentary event encouraging the UK government to create a national wetland strategy, and showcasing the work
NGO, policy, Convention interface Read More »
Dr Jacky Judas has stepped down as Chairperson of WWN, handing over to two joint-Chairpersons. Agatha Chisa and Chris Rostron will take over, with Agatha focusing on the route to Ramsar COP15 in Zimbabwe, and Chris will handle the other aspects of the Chairperson role. Jacky started as Chairperson in February 2021; he will stay
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The Ramsar Regional Center – East Asia (RRC-EA) is now accepting project proposals for funding support under the RRC-EA Wetland Fund 2024. Wetland advocates from the region are invited to apply for small grants in line with the following thematic areas: The call will close on 10 November 2023. Find out more on the RRC-EA
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What Ramsar Resolutions is your work helping to implement? We are preparing a side event at the next COP as well as a report on how civil society implements the Wetlands Convention within the following themes: To ensure that our report reflects the diverse and impactful work being done, we kindly request your participation in
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WWN member FORED contacted us with the following news: The FORED organisation launched the “STOP EACOP” campaign last June. In the course of this week, we moved on to awareness-raising activities to gain a better understanding of TotalEnérgie’s EACOP oil project in Uganda so that these communities could get involved in the fight, a campaign
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Our friends at the Whitley Fund for Nature have announced the next round of the Whitley Awards for: WWN member Leonard Akwany at Ecofinder in Kenya was a winner in 2023! The Whitley Fund for Nature writes: Do you know a wildlife conservationist who is making an impact in their home country, and for whom
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News update from WWT: WWT is pleased to announce the launch of our pilot Foundation Course in Wetland Health and Vitality, part of our developing Wetland Learning Hub. The online learning platform is aimed at early career professionals or those that want to develop their understanding of wetland conservation. We would be very grateful if
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