Publication
Ramsar Regional Center – East Asia (RRC-EA) Webzine Issue 8
The three cooperation partners signing the Memorandum of Understanding
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Just recently in December last year, HSF Korea has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ramsar Regional Center – East Asia (RRC-EA) and Suncheon City. The cooperation is founded to vitalize inter-Korean ecological exchanges, share experiences and work together in projects in the fields of wetlands and biodiversity. This is to secure the wetland conservation and wise use in various countries throughout East, Southeast and South Asia. Our initial article about the signing of the MOU can be found here.
Cover for the Webzine Issue 8
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The RRC-EA publishes its webzine quarterly to share the various activities of the RRC-EA as well as wetland stories around the asian hemisphere. The 8th issue highlights RRC-EA activities during the last three (3) months (October to December 2018) such as two (2) side events at Ramsar COP13 in Dubai, signing of formal agreements with the Wild Bird Society of Taipei and Hanns Seidel Foundation - Korea, and completed 2018 RRC-EA Wetland Fund project from the Republic of Korea. It also features wetland experts from the UK and Sri Lanka.
DPRK side event in Dubai at Ramsar COP13
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The current issue features the thirteenth meeting of the conference of the contracting parties to the Ramsar Convention Center on Wetland (COP13) including two side events which were organized by the RRC-EA: 1) Wetland City Accreditation of the Ramsar Convention and 2) Introduction to the Rapid Assessment of Wetland Ecosystem Services (RAWES).
Little Stint in Mundok, previously unrecorded in DPRK
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Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea has been collaborating with Ramsar Regional Center – East Asia in order to develop the Conservation of Wetlands in the Democratic People´s Republic of Korea by bringing awareness on wetland ecosystem services (RAWES) and improving the National Inventory of DPRK. The issue also included the “National Workshop on Conservation and Wise Use of Wetlands in the Democratic People´s Republic of Korea (DPRK)” held on 16 May 2018, which has been broadcasted on national news on KCTV. This was a big step in bringing awareness to the conservation of wetlands. The event was conducted on the World Migratory Bird Day and was accompanied by a field visit to Mundok Migratory Bird Reserve.
More information about this can be found in RRC-EA Webzine issue 8, which you can download here.