Ramsar Convention 1975

King Penguins and Southern giant petrels along the shore of Gold Harbour in the South Georgia islands

Treaty shows global diversity goals off-track

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Humans are trashing the planet so fast it would take 1.7 "Earths" to regenerate all the biological resources used up from 2011 to 2016, a U.N. treaty reported.

Coastal wetlands in the U.S. at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge

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Wetlands vanishing at triple rate of forests as global temperatures rise

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The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands said the losses between 1970 and 2015 pose a serious threat to the "world's most valuable ecosystem" with a huge amount of biodiversity.

Treaty shows global diversity goals off-track

Wetlands vanishing at triple rate of forests as global temperatures rise

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