From the floodplain forests of the upper Mississippi River to the long coast of Lake Michigan, Wisconsin is rich in wetlands.

Kolkata, March 16 (IANS) The wise-use plan recommended by a Ramsar official to manage the ecologically fragile East Kolkata Wetlands (EKW) calls for a review of the map of the 12,500 hectare site ...

But the world’s wetlands are in crisis ... Designating a site means more than drawing some lines on a map and giving them a Ramsar number: it’s essential that new and existing sites are protected in ...

Vanishing wetlands in India On the occasion of this year’s World Wetlands Day on February 2, India designated four new Ramsar sites in three different states, taking the tally of Ramsar sites wetlands ...

Jayshree Vencatesan has helped restore and protect 44 wetlands in Tamil Nadu. It’s hard work, she says – but maybe the ...

The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention) was adopted in 1971 and entered into force in 1975. It is a legally binding framework instrument embodying the commitments of ...

The day marks the date of the adoption of the “Convention of Wetlands of International Importance”, held in 1971 in the Iranian city of Ramsar on the shores of the Caspian Sea. Through the ...

Wisconsin has about six million acres of wetlands, including six Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance, which are home to rare plants and animals. Compared with the steep bluffs of the ...