NEW PUBLICATIONS

Global water quality database
is designed to provide access to surface and groundwater quality data and statistics collected from the GEMS/Water Global Network, and warehoused in a global water quality database called GEMStat. The Global Network covers over 80 countries, 1,400 stations, two million records, and over 100 parameters.
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New edition of Ramsar handbooks
The Ramsar Secretariat has prepared a series of handbooks to assist implementation of the Convention on Wetlands at different levels. The handbooks can be downloaded from:
http://www.ramsar.org/lib/lib_handbooks2006_e.htm