Ramsar
30 Aug 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
24 August 2012: The Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar Convention) has reported that the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands has designated Namdrik Atoll as its second Wetland of International Importance. Ramsar reports that the coral atoll is relatively isolated, as there are no navigable passes into the central lagoon, and is in “near pristine condition.”
According to the Ramsar...
27 Jul 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
25 July 2012: The Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar Convention) has reported on a project that is providing off-grid renewable energy to the Aldabra Atoll, a Ramsar and World Heritage Site in Seychelles. The Atoll used to rely on diesel fuel shipped to the island.
According to Ramsar, the four-year, €500,000 project began in 2008, and now supplies almost 100% of the Atoll’s energy needs through solar energy. The ...
20 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
18 June 2012: The Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention) has announced that the Government of Madagascar has designated two new Wetlands of International Importance, effective as of 5 June 2012, bringing that Party’s total number of Ramsar Sites to nine.
The first site, Lac Kinkony, is a permanent freshwater lake situated in western Madagascar in the Mahavavy basin. According to Ramsar, the lake supports the livelihoods of several local...
15 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
14 June 2012: The Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention) has announced that the Government of Jamaica has designated the Mason River Protected Area Bird Sanctuary, as its fourth Ramsar site.
According to Ramsar, the site consists of various wetland types that help prevent downstream flooding by absorbing precipitation. It supports approximately 430 plant species, some of which are listed as vulnerable in the International Union for...
13 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
11 June 2012: The Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention) has announced that the Government of Grenada has ratified the Ramsar Convention. The Convention will come into force for Grenada on 22 September 2012, making Grenada the 162nd Contracting Party to Ramsar.
Grenada’s first obligatory Ramsar Site is named Levera Wetland, a varied area of valuable tropical marine ecosystems on the northeast of the island. It includes seagrass beds,...
