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Wetlands of Africa: types and distribution
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Latin America and the Caribbean. Ramsar Site Information Service. Wetlands of International Importance. Niger River and Deltas. News from other offices. Wetlands of International Importance. Wetlands are land areas that are completely, partly or temporarily inundated, such as floodplains, swamps and marshes, peatlands. According to the Ramsar Convention of Wetlands. The inundation of a wetland is a maximum of six meters (see right). Despite their importance, human activities and the changing climate are ...
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Protecting the biodiversity of West Africa
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Latin America and the Caribbean. Ramsar Site Information Service. Wetlands of International Importance. Niger River and Deltas. News from other offices. Conservation de la Biodiversité. Many threatened wetland species are hunted by the local population for their meat, trade or they are viewed as harmful to agriculture. Instead of preserving these African wildlife treasures, they end up on the local or even international market. We work to protect the chain of wetlands along the migration route of waterbi...
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Mangrove forests in Africa
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Latin America and the Caribbean. Ramsar Site Information Service. Wetlands of International Importance. Niger River and Deltas. News from other offices. Wetlands of International Importance. For coastal communities in their fight against climate change. With this abundance of food, mangroves function as nurseries for many fish species; many of commercially caught fish have spent part of their lives in mangroves. Mangroves are also home to terrestrial fauna, including mammals, reptiles and avian speci...
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Watch & read publications and videos
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Latin America and the Caribbean. Ramsar Site Information Service. Wetlands of International Importance. Niger River and Deltas. News from other offices. Watch and read the publications, brochures, posters, leaflets and videos of Wetlands International Africa. Annual Report 2014 Africa. The Annual Report 2014 of Wetlands International Africa summarises the projects and achievements of our Africa team during 2014. There is a French. En savoir plus . En savoir plus . En savoir plus . En savoir plus . Mangro...
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Protecting the biodiversity of West Africa
http://afrique.wetlands.org/Whatwedo/Biodiversityconservation/tabid/2945/language/en-GB/Default.aspx
Latin America and the Caribbean. Ramsar Site Information Service. Wetlands of International Importance. Niger River and Deltas. News from other offices. Conservation de la Biodiversité. Many threatened wetland species are hunted by the local population for their meat, trade or they are viewed as harmful to agriculture. Instead of preserving these African wildlife treasures, they end up on the local or even international market. We work to protect the chain of wetlands along the migration route of waterbi...
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Strengthening Community Resilience
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Latin America and the Caribbean. Ramsar Site Information Service. Wetlands of International Importance. Niger River and Deltas. News from other offices. Niger River and Deltas. Strengthening of community resilience. The communities living in and around wetlands are under increased pressure from environmental degradation and climate change related events, such as extended and more intense droughts, floods and extreme weather. Therefore, we work. To strengthen community resilience so they can. That restore...
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Seasonal wetlands in Africa
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Latin America and the Caribbean. Ramsar Site Information Service. Wetlands of International Importance. Niger River and Deltas. News from other offices. Wetlands of International Importance. Across the dry regions of Africa, including the Sahel, rivers bring the necessary water flowing from wet, upland areas that receive large parts of the continental precipitation. These flat, downstream dry areas flood annually, forming extensive floodplains that turn green and full of life. In recent times deforestati...
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Rivers and deltas in Africa
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Latin America and the Caribbean. Ramsar Site Information Service. Wetlands of International Importance. Niger River and Deltas. News from other offices. Wetlands of International Importance. Rivers are lifelines in many dry regions of Africa. They provide the necessary water for agriculture, household uses, transport and biodiversity. They fill the wetlands of inland and coastal deltas with fresh water, thereby maintaining the inhabitant’s livelihoods and biodiversity of these dynamic areas. The most imp...
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Watch our videos
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Latin America and the Caribbean. Ramsar Site Information Service. Wetlands of International Importance. Niger River and Deltas. News from other offices. Watch the videos of Wetlands International Africa. Why West Africa's Manatee deserves top CMS and CITES protection. Sustainable Coastal Zone Management in Sierra Leone. Communities in the face of Climate Change in Guinea Bissau. Les Communautés Confrontees aux Changements Climatiques en Guinée-Bissau. Les Communautés Confrontees aux Changements Climatiqu...
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Lakes of Africa
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Latin America and the Caribbean. Ramsar Site Information Service. Wetlands of International Importance. Niger River and Deltas. News from other offices. Wetlands of International Importance. Akes are the source of many great rivers in. Africa, provide enormous amounts of fresh water fish and water to many of the continents inhabitants and are home to unique aquatic and terrestrial species. Africa holds some of the largest lakes in the world. The most important lake area in Africa is undoubtedly that of t...
