Connor Walsh

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WLI member survey 2023

By Connor Walsh / 4th December 2023

Deadline December 18, 2023. We invite you to take part in the WLI member survey for this year. It helps us adapt to your circumstances and facilitate the best possible network for you. WLI Member survey 2023 The survey covers everything the WLI core teams do for you. It should take you about eight minutes…

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Pollinator habitat in Danapure

By Connor Walsh / 1st December 2023

DANAPURE wetland (Colombia). Adaptation of space as a new habitat projecwi6h native plants to attract and conserve pollinators, which allow the propagation of plants and the production of fruits though the pollen they carry. For the Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexipus) and the Asclepia curassavica , a wild species in danger of extinction and the only…

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MBP Annual Meeting at EVOA 2023!

By Connor Walsh / 27th November 2023

EVOA and Companhia das Lezírias hosted the meeting superbly at the start of October.   As in other Europe-based meetings, participants struggled to get visas, however two African members were present: Bose Kosemani of Lekki Conservation Centre in Nigeria, and Emmanuel Taye of the University of Accra.   We took part in a hide assessment…

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National bird day at DANAPURE

By Connor Walsh / 27th October 2023

In the natural scenery offered the DANAPURE Wetland and its trails that we are about to inaugurate, our students by FLYPER environmentalists who work on the identification of species by analyzing their songs, conducted a day of research to begin the construction of an inventory of possible species that have the wetland as a permanent…

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Call for proposals for RRC-EA Wetland Fund 2024

By Connor Walsh / 16th October 2023

The Ramsar Regional Center – East Asia (RRC-EA) is now accepting project proposals for funding support under the RRC-EA Wetland Fund 2024. Wetland advocates from the region are invited to apply for small grants in line with the following thematic areas: Wetland Conservation and Wise Use to support the implementation of the 4th Ramsar Strategic…

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WLI webinar 2023!

By Connor Walsh / 8th September 2023

The WLI webinars for this year will be in October, with an insight to some of the winners of the Star Wetland Centre awards. Once again we will offer the same presentations in three languages: English, French, and Spanish. We have a walk-though tour of Kansas Wetlands Education Center, a history and celebration of Naturum…

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CEPA at Wetlands Convention Standing Committee

By Connor Walsh / 5th September 2023

The Head of WLI, Chris Rostron, is at the Standing Committee meeting of the Convention on Wetlands, in Gland, Switzerland. He is helping develop the CEPA approach within the Convention. Some of you participated in the online workshops we held before the last Wetland Convention COP late last year, so you as WLI members are…

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A walk through the encañizadas of the Salinas y Arenales de San Pedro del Pinatar regional park

By Connor Walsh / 28th July 2023

Las Encañizadas is a unique corner of the Murcian coastline where you can find tranquillity and wild nature. To reach this place we recommend you to cycle about 4 km along the cycle path that starts next to the old Quintín mill. When you pass the second mill, the Calcetera, the east wind will bring…

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Reopening of the Lake Grand-Lieu Centre!

By Connor Walsh / 28th July 2023

Back to MBP homepage The Lake Grand-Lieu Centre reopened its doors to the public on Saturday 27 May 2023, after a 5-month period of works and closure!  Visitors were able to discover the new exhibitions in the visitor centre and the Pavilion, and they took advantage of the 17th National Nature Festival to participate to…

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Sounding Wild – Virtual Wadden Sea Experience

By Connor Walsh / 28th July 2023

For three days in June/July the Wadden Sea Visitor Centre Nationalpark-Haus Husum hosted the “Sounding Wild Immersive Experience” presented by Axel and Ario Drioli. More than 100 visitors took a dive and immersed into the Virtual Reality impressions, videos, pictures and wildlife sounds previously recorded in the Wadden Sea. The Sounding Wild Immersive Experience is…

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