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

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 ...

Kusi, Wetlands Operations Manager at the Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission, has linked floods, water, and food ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Eastern Regional Minister, Hon. Rita Akosua Awatey, has stopped a Chinese contractor from developing the Apesu Ramsar ...

Jammu and Kashmir Anti Corruption Bureau has unearthed a major corruption in the dredging of the flood spill channel of the Hokersar wetland- a Ramsar-designated wetland of international importance on ...

Navi Mumbai: With the Maharashtra government officially granting Conservation Reserve status to DPS Flamingo Lake in Nerul, ...

The Managing Director of TDC Ghana Ltd, Courage Makafui Nunekpeku, has disclosed plans to convert the Sakumo Ramsar site into ...

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 ...