The Moroccan government has just carried out the designation of 20 new wetlands, which will be placed under the protection of the International Convention of Ramsar. <i>Le Matin</i> reports that signed in 1971 in Ramsar, this convention is an intergovernmental treaty which constitutes the framework of the measurements taken at the national and the international  levelfor the protection of the wetlands. Convention has 133 contracting parties, which registered 1201 wetlands, which indicate international importance and represent a total surface of 105,8 million hectares. The 20 new Moroccan wetlands represent a surface of 243.260 hectares.

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