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01 Oct 2008
Major Bosnian karst polje receives international recognition
What may be the world’s largest karst polje – a distinctive landscape shaped by water and soluble rocks – has been officially recognised as a Ramsar wetland of international importance.
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Qiqi, the only captive Yangtze River dolphin, which died in July 2002, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.

30 Sep 2008
Rare Chinese dolphins swim into more protected waters
The Chinese government, which has done quite a lot for the Yangtze river’s endangered freshwater dolphins, last week decided it needed to do more.
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WWF International wetlands manager Denis Landenbergue has played key roles in the preservation of more than 92 million hectares of wetlands worldwide.

30 Sep 2008
Interview: WWF's Denis Landenbergue wins Ramsar Wetland Conservation Award
Denis Landenbergue, WWF International’s manager for wetlands conservation, is one of three winners of this year’s prestigious Ramsar Wetland Conservation Awards. Denis is being recognized for his lifelong commitment to wetlands management and the key role he has played in worldwide efforts to designate millions of hectares of freshwater areas as Wetlands of International Importance. » Read more

The Lower Danube People's Summit brought together 140 stakeholders from across the Lower Danube in Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova and Ukraine to discuss nature conservation and development in their region.

14 Sep 2008
Lower Danube People's Summit
Participants at the Lower Danube People’s Summit discussed practical implementation of the Lower Danube Green Corridor, including marketing for products and services connected with the area.
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Some of the visitors to the Lower Danube fair came in their traditional dress.

14 Sep 2008
Good taste of the Lower Danube
70 tasty products from and connected to the Lower Danube Green Corridor featured at WWF's Lower Danube fair. » Read more

The Yangtze River - the Chinese Eden of biodiversity.

21 Aug 2008
Flow plan for less talk and more action as climate change hits rivers
Managers and stakeholders in freshwater systems need to stop talking about adaptation to climate change and start doing it, WWF told the World Water Week symposium in Stockholm today.
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20 Aug 2008
UK citizens using 58 baths of water a day
While each person in the UK drinks, hoses, flushes and washes their way through around 150 litres of mains water a day, they consume about 30 times as much in “virtual” water embedded in food, clothes and other items – the equivalent of about 58 bathtubs full of water every day. » Read more

19 Aug 2008
World needs global water agreement now
WWF Director-General James Leape today called on governments to support the entry into force of the 1997 UN Watercourses Convention—an international agreement which could play a key role in water security for about 40% of the world's population.
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Europe’s freshwater resources are threatened by overuse, pollution, and lack of appropriate water management. Intact freshwater ecosystems are becoming rare. Biebrza Marshes, Poland.

18 Aug 2008
Behind world food crisis is a world water crisis
WWF Director General James Leape will tell the opening session of World Water Week in Stockholm that a world water crisis is a key factor behind current global anxieties over faltering food supplies and rising food costs. » Read more

Locals working on Lac Tumba in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a region that has become part of the worlds largest protected freshwater site following its recognition as a wetland of international importance by the Ramsar Convention.

24 Jul 2008
Congo wetland largest to achieve international recognition
An area of the Democratic Republic of Congo containing the largest body of fresh water in Africa has been added to the Ramsar Convention’s list of Wetlands of International Importance, making it the largest region ever to be designated as such.
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