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• 28/04/2011
  RAMSAR AWARDS 2011
  The Ramsar Awards 2012 will be given in each of three categories: “Management”, “Wetland Science”, and “Education”. persons, organization or an initiative that meets the criteria, ... read more

• 23/12/2010
  TOP TEN NATIONAL PARKS
  In its latest release, Tourism Review gives its selection of the best 10 parks in the world, the list includes the following parks... read more

• 09/12/2010
  EFFECT OF CORAL BLEACHING ON FISH IN THE WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN
  This report reflects findings of the project which evaluated the effects of coral bleaching and mortality on the coral reef communities... read more

• 04/12/2010
  TURKEY DONATES BALD IBIS TO MIDDLE EAST CONSERVATION PROGRAMME
  The Turkish Government (Nature Protection and National Parks) has donated six semi-captive birds from Turkey which have been taken to Syria in the hope they can prevent the disappearance of the wild Middle Eastern population.... read more

• 27/10/2010
  AEWA GRANT TO SUPPORT FOUR PROJECTS
  The AEWA Secretariat recently announced that four projects have been selected for funding under the AEWA Small Grants Fund (SGF) programme for 2010.... read more

• 18/08/2010
  ESTABLISHMENT OF UNESCO CATEGORY 2 WORLD HERITAGE CENTRES
  Two official signatures took place ealy this year at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France to establish new Category 2 Centres dedicated to World Heritage preservation... read more

• 10/05/2010
  GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY OUTLOOK 3
  Today, the ten of May, the third Global Biodiversity Outlook was launched in ten cities around the world... read more

• 15/04/2010
  REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON CBD FOURTH NATIONAL REPORT
  Organised in Bahrain by UNEP (ROWA) with Bahrain government (Public Commission for the protection of marine resources, environment and wildlife)... read more

• 07/03/2010
  ACTION PLAN FOR BLACK FACED SPOONBILL IS LAUNCHED
  BirdLife International has compiled International Action Plans for three globally Endangered and Critically Endangered migratory waterbirds in Asia... read more

• 21/02/2010
  WARNING OF WATER CRISIS IN YEMEN
  Yemen was known for decades and centuries as the happy land of Yemen reflecting the natural resources and mainly agriculture... read more

• 03/03/2010
  THE WINGS OVER WETLANDS
  The world is celebrating the wetland day on the second of February a theme for this year caring for wetlands: an answer to climate change... read more

• 18/01/2010
  LARGE BILLED REED WARBLER IN AFGHANISTAN
  According to Birdlife international news, the breeding site of one of the world's least known birds, Large-billed Reed-warbler Acrocephalus orinus... read more

• 05/01/2010
  REDUCING IMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION AND FOREST DEGRADATION
  For the many disappointments of the recent climate talks in Copenhagen, there was at least one clear positive outcome... read more