This update is reprinted from the February 2015 issue of The ICF Bugle
Can you imagine seeing seven of the world’s 15 species of cranes in one morning? There is only one place on earth where this has ever happened, a most remarkable, and most threatened, place – the demilitarized zone (DMZ) that divides the hostile Korean peninsula.
For more than 25 years, the International Crane Foundation has been deeply involved in the establishment and management of what is now Tram Chim National Park, the largest wetland national park in the Mekong River Basin of Southeast Asia. Earlier this year, Tram Chim was designated a Wetland of International Importance through the Ramsar Convention, an international treaty for the conservation and wise use of wetlands. It is an honor that Tram Chim is the 2,000th site to be recognized through the convention, which protects wetland sites – many important to cranes – throughout the world.
