Ramsar Convention

How Encroachments, Willows and Silt Ate up Half of Kashmir’s Own Sea

By Athar Parvaiz
Warming himself with a kangri (a firepot) kept under his pheran (a long winter cloak worn by Kashmiris), 66-year-old Mohammad Subhan Dar sat chatting with a bunch of his fellow villagers on a January afternoon on the edge of the road overlooking Wular Lake in Saderkote-Bandipora, northern India.    

Safeguarding Africa’s Wetlands a Daunting Task

By Tonderayi Mukeredzi
African wetlands are among the most biologically diverse ecosystems on the continent, covering more than 131 million hectares, according to the Senegalese-based Wetlands International Africa (WIA).

OPINION: The Future of Wetlands, the Future of Waterbirds – an Intercontinental Connection

By Jacques Trouvilliez
The first global treaty dealing with biodiversity was the Ramsar Convention – predating the Rio processes by 20 years.

Green-Friendly Enterprise Helps Save Biggest Caribbean Wetlands

By Ivet González
The 18 communities in Cuba’s Ciénaga de Zapata, the largest wetlands in the Caribbean, have long survived on the abundant local hunting and fishing and by producing charcoal. But that is no longer possible, due to climate change.

Angry Birds Skip Polluted Delhi

By Ranjit Devraj
Every winter the Okhla wetlands, a charmed haven in the heart of India’s bustling capital city, play host to Greater Flamingoes, Greylag Geese, Tufted Pochards, Northern Shovelers and other exotic, feathered visitors winging in from colder climes as far away as Siberia.

Activists Fight U.S. Aid to Develop El Salvador’s Pacific Coastline

By Edgardo Ayala
Community leaders in El Salvador are opposed to the government's plans to use U.S. aid funds to develop the country’s Pacific coastline, on the grounds that it would threaten the environment in a vast area.


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