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Intergovernmental treaty providing frameworks for the conservation & wise use of wetlands & their resources.
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Convention on Wetlands @ramsar.org · Nov 20
Information materials to support outreach activities for #WorldWetlandsDay on 2 February 2026 are now available to download.

Next year’s campaign centres on the theme "Wetlands and traditional knowledge: Celebrating cultural heritage."

➡️ www.worldwetlandsday.org
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#SeasonsGreetings: 2025 has been an incredible year and we want to sincerely thank all our Contracting Parties and stakeholders for their valuable collaboration on wetland conservation.

May your holiday season be restful and full of joy.

#WetlandsWednesday #WetlandConservation #WetlandsMatter
December 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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#ExcitingNews! India has added Siliserh lake and Kopra Jalashay to the List of Wetlands of International Importance, bringing its total number of #RamsarSites to 96.

Learn more: www.ramsar.org/news/india-n...

#India #WetlandConservation #WetlandsMatter #WetlandsForOurCommonFuture
India names two more Wetlands of International Importance
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December 22, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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🔸Across cultures, wetlands are seen as cultural landscapes embedded in identity, art and spirituality.

🔸Many communities consider wetlands sacred, home to ancestral spirits or ceremonial sites.

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#WetlandsWednesday #WorldWetlandsDay
December 17, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Multilateral Environmental Agreements play a key role in addressing the #TriplePlanetaryCrisis.

On 17 December, join Jerker Tamelander of @ramsar.org for the Lightning Talks on the Global Wetland Outlook 2025.

#SciencePolicyForPlanetaryCrisis

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December 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Wetlands provide food, water, and health security; resilience to global environmental change; mitigation opportunities; and livelihoods for more than 1 billion people.

Read this artcle by @thelancetplanet.bsky.social to learn more: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands COP15: synergies, nature-based solutions, and planetary health
The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands is a planetary health agreement whose work is central to achievement of most global goals related to the environment. The first line of the treaty recognises the inte...
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December 16, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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A webinar on implementing a structured National Wetland Inventory process will be held online today, 16 December 2025, from 13:00 to 14:00 CET.

Details: contacts.ramsar.org/notification...

Learn more: ramsar.org/our-work/act...
December 16, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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The #WetlandsCOP15 was held from 23 to 31 July 2025, in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, under the theme “Protecting wetlands for our common future”.

The Conference of the Contracting Parties adopted 28 Resolutions, which can be accessed on the Convention website here: www.ramsar.org/resolution-s...
December 15, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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According to the #GlobalWetlandOutlook2025 by Convention on Wetlands 1/5 of the world’s wetlands could disappear by 2050.

Action is needed to safeguard these ecosystems and the services they provide for people and #ForNature

Read more 👉 http://global-wetland-outlook.ramsar.org/
#WetlandsMatter
December 14, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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The water in our wetlands is one of our most vital natural resources. Wetlands, water and life are inseparable.

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#CelebratingWetlands #WorldWetlandsDay #WWD2026
December 12, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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🌎 Humanity is united by the global hydrological cycle, rain, rivers, groundwater, glaciers and atmospheric moisture. This cycle is central to our lives.

💧 We must take an urgent economy-wide approach across the entire water cycle that involve all sectors and voices.

#UNEA7 #WetlandsMatter
December 11, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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#ExcitingNews! The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has designated the Farasan Islands Biosphere Reserve as its first #RamsarSite following its accession to the Convention on Wetlands on 2 April 2025 and the Convention’s entry into force on 2 August.

Learn more: ramsar.org/news/saudi-a...
December 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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🌿At @ramsar.org #STRP28, speaking for the IOPs, IWMI’s Chaturangi highlighted wetlands as indispensable water infrastructure, linking the hydrological cycle and serving as natural buffers from extreme weather, making their protection a global priority.

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December 9, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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#UNEA7 is in full swing and the Secretary General Dr Musonda Mumba is engaging in high-level discussions and meetings, underscoring the indispensable role of wetlands in shaping a resilient planet. @unep.org

#WetlandsMatter #WetlandConservation #WeNeedWetlands
December 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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🌍 Since the Convention on Wetlands was first signed in Ramsar, Iran in 1971, countries around the world have united to protect one of our planet’s most essential ecosystems.

🔹 Today, under the Victoria Falls Declaration and the Fifth Strategic Plan, Parties are advancing accountability.
December 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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#ExcitingNews! Portugal has added Óbidos Lagoon to the List of Wetlands of International Importance, bringing to 32 its total number of #RamsarSites.

Read more: www.ramsar.org/news/obidos-...

#Portugal #WeNeedWetlands #WetlandsForOurCommonFuture
December 8, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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The seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly #UNEA7 will take place from 8 to 12 December 2025 at @unep.org headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, on the theme "Advancing sustainable solutions for a resilient planet”.

#WetlandConservation #WetlandsMatter
December 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Uzbekistan has launched its first National #Ramsar Strategy at #CITES #COP20.
✨ We are proud to have contributed to this milestone for #wetlandconservation in #CentralAsia. 💧

More here 👉 www.succow-stiftung.de/en/succow-st...

@ramsar.org @giz.de
November 27, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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The Scientific and Technical Review Panel (STRP) met last week to develop an ambitious 3-year work plan in support of key goals for the Convention on Wetlands. STRP National Focal Points included (L-R): Spain, Germany, UK, South Africa, New Zealand, Norway, Czech Republic and France @ramsar.org
National Focal Points (left to right) from Spain, Germany, United Kingdom, South Africa, New Zealand, Norway, Czech Republic and France
November 29, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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#WorldWetlandsDay 2026 explores the deep-rooted connections between wetlands and cultural practices, traditions and knowledge systems of communities across the world.

Learn more: www.worldwetlandsday.org

#WWD2026 #WetlandsandCulturalHeritage #CelebratingWetlands
November 26, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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This week marks the start of the 28th meeting of the Scientific and Technical Review Panel (#STRP28), taking place at the Secretariat headquarters in Gland, Switzerland.

Learn more: www.ramsar.org/about/bodies...

#STRP #GWO2025 #WetlandsMatter #ProtectWetlands
November 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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CITES ensures that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten the survival of the species.

Wetlands sustain biodiversity and provide critical corridors for the movement of species, connecting habitats accros regions.

#CITESCoP20 #WetlandsMatter
November 25, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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During the 64th meeting of the Standing Committee, the Secretariat engaged with delegates on the opportunities and challenges related to accessing the Global Environment Facility and the Green Climate Fund resources for wetland-related initiatives.

Learn more: contacts.ramsar.org/notification...
November 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Conserving wetlands and conserving wildlife are interdependent goals.

If we continue to lose them at today’s pace, we risk ecological collapse but if we restore them, we unlock immense benefits for both the planet and people.

#WetlansMatter #CITESCoP20
November 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Information materials to support outreach activities for #WorldWetlandsDay on 2 February 2026 are now available to download.

Next year’s campaign centres on the theme "Wetlands and traditional knowledge: Celebrating cultural heritage."

➡️ www.worldwetlandsday.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Amb. Leendertse met with Dr. Musonda Mumba, SG of the Convention on Wetlands.
Germany has been a committed member since its founding and we look forward to continue our cooperation to save wetlands worldwide.

Protecting wetlands is essential to fight against climate change!
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November 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM