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60,000 migratory birds flock to Orissa's Chilika lake

Bhubaneswar (IANS): More than 60,000 migratory birds from places as far as Siberia and Iraq have flocked to Orissa's Chilika lake - India's largest brackish water lagoon - since last month and the number of birds is expected to...

Another milestone for Sabah’s ecosystem conservation initiative

KOTA KINABALU : The designation of the lower Kinabatangan-Segama as a Ramsar site is another milestone in the biodiversity and ecosystem conservation initiative in Sabah, State Secretary Datuk Sukarti Wakiman said. He said the...

Ramsar COP10 Summary and Analysis - 28 October - 4 November 2008 - Changwon - Republic of Korea

The tenth meeting of the contracting parties (COP 10) to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat was held from 28 October - A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE RAMSAR CONVENTION The...

IISD RS @ Ramsar COP10 - Monday, 3 November 2008 - Changwon - Republic of Korea

Ramsar COP 10 delegates met in plenary in morning and afternoon sessions to consider revised draft resolutions. PLENARY REPORTS ON PROGRESS: Luis Vayas (Ecuador), Co-Chair of the contact group on legal status of the...

IISD RS @ Ramsar COP10 - Saturday, 1 November 2008 - Changwon - Republic of Korea

Ramsar COP 10 delegates met in plenary in morning and afternoon sessions to address draft resolutions. Wetlands and Climate Change: Delegates considered COP 10 DR 24. Wetlands and Biofuels: Delegates considered COP 10 DR 25....

IISD RS @ Ramsar COP10 - Thursday 30, October 2008 - Changwon - Republic of Korea

SPECIAL PRESENTATION: Delegates viewed a trailer for “The Crimson Wing,” a film about Flamingos in the Lake Natron wetlands in Tanzania. Legal Status of the Ramsar Secretariat: Regarding the legal status of the Ramsar...

Danone, the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands and the International Union for the Conservation of...

Regulatory News: During the 10th meeting of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands' Conference of Contracting Parties, presently under way in the Republic of Korea, an original and ambitious partnership agreement aimed at fighting...

Regreening the Country's Thousand Hills

It is an uphill task, but in the highlands and the lowlands, Rwanda is slowly but surely restoring the slopes of its thousand hills. Many of them are green once more, but still in poor condition due to environmental...

Rwanda: Regreening the Country's Thousand Hills

It is an uphill task, but in the highlands and the lowlands, Rwanda is slowly but surely restoring the slopes of its thousand hills. Many of them are green once more, but still in poor condition due to environmental...

South Korea willing to cooperate with North on environment

Seoul - South Korea is willing to cooperate with North Korea on environmental issues, said South Korean President Lee Myung Bak on Tuesday. We are willing to push for various environmental cooperation projects with North Korea,...

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