Mangrove Ecosystem in Mesurado Wetlands Under Enormous Threat: YCCI-Liberia Warns at Dialogue in Peace Island
Mangrove Ecosystem in Mesurado Wetlands Under Enormous Threat: YCCI-Liberia Warns at Dialogue in Peace Island
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YCCI-Liberia Executive Director Edwin Menscole at Peace Island Dialogue on Saturday April 4, 2020
MONROVIA Located at the back of the massive inter-ministerial complex, in Congo town, Peace Island- a beautiful piece of settlement has in the last decade seen its population surge to unbelievable levels.
Once a reserved government land, it is believed to have been occupied by mostly northerners who may have come to Monrovia fleeing conflict and violence resulting from the years of war.
The Tanjung Piai National Park is famously known for its vast mangrove forest located at the southernmost tip of the Asian continent.
THE Pontian district in Johor is home to one of the most important mangrove ecosystems in the world.
Located at the southernmost point of the peninsula and mainland Asia, and only 70km from Johor Baru, is the Tanjung Piai National Park.
Spanning 325ha, it was recognised by the Ramsar Convention as a Ramsar site or Wetlands of International Importance in 2003.
However, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) academic Prof Dr K. Kasturi Devi pointed out that an area covering 14.2km along the coast of south Pontian was facing serious erosion problems.
Researchers urge better protection as wetlands continue to vanish
by Morgan Erickson-Davis on 13 February 2021
Wetlands provide many benefits to ecological and human communities alike, from nutrients and nurseries to flood control and climate change mitigation.
However, as much as 87% of the world’s wetlands has been lost over the past 300 years, with much of this loss happening after 1900.
In response, nations banded together and in 1971 ratified the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, an intergovernmental treaty designed to facilitate wetland conservation and sustainable use around the world.
But 50 years on, researchers say the convention has not led to effective protection and wetlands continue to blink out.
Photo by DENR.
QUEZON CITY, Feb. 11 Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy A. Cimatu hailed the inclusion of the Sasmuan Pampanga Coastal Wetlands (SPCW) in the Ramsar Convention s List of Wetlands of International Importance as a demonstration of the country s commitment to protect wetland ecosystems. The Sasmuan Pampanga Coastal Wetlands fulfills four criteria of the Ramsar Convention, which confirms the international significance of its biodiversity and its services both at the species and ecosystems level, Cimatu said in his keynote speech delivered by Undersecretary for Attached Agencies and Chief of Staff Rodolfo Garcia.
Usec Garcia delivered the speech during the virtual celebration of the 50th World Wetlands Day that was organized by the Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB) on Tuesday, February 2.
(photo from PNA)
No less than Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy A. Cimatu hailed the inclusion of the Sasmuan Pampanga Coastal Wetlands (SPCW) in the Ramsar Convention’s List of Wetlands of International Importance, the agency said Tuesday, February 9.
“The Sasmuan Pampanga Coastal Wetlands fulfills four criteria of the Ramsar Convention, which confirms the international significance of its biodiversity and its services both at the species and ecosystems level,” Cimatu said in his keynote speech, which was delivered by Undersecretary for Attached Agencies and Chief of Staff, Rodolfo Garcia.
Garcia delivered the speech during the virtual celebration of the 50th World Wetlands Day that was organized by the Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB) on Tuesday, February 2.