Wetlands for life
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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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 …
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 …
In Kyiv, the capital of the Ukraine, local NGO Ecopark Osokorky has joined WWN due to challenges and threats to their wetland. In the Darnytskyi region, they have long worked on creating a 600 hectare wetland park for locals. However there are plans to create large scale housing and smaller recreational facilities in the wetland. …
WWN has supported a call to include the Korean Tidal Flats, Getbol, inscribed a Natural World Heritage.
WWN’s Committee has submitted a letter of concern about a proposal to build bridges in a wetland in the Republic of Korea. Busan Metropolitan City is considering a proposal that would put two bridges, at Daejeo and Eomgung. These would go through the core habitats of Whopper Swans wintering at the Nakdong River Estuary. Nakdong …
In September 2020, Valeria Hernández contacted us from a Ramsar Site in Mexico City. The City had started building a six-lane highway bridge that would cut the protected wetland at Xochimilco in two. Ms Hernández is a local activists and she asked for WWN’s support. WWN does not have a sub-regional representative in Mexico; but …
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