# Ramsar Convention

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## Timeline

- **2026-10**: Exploratory drilling planned — The Greenland Energy Company intends to begin exploratory drilling in Jameson Land, despite the lack of permits and the 2021 moratorium.
- **2026-10**: Exploratory drilling planned — The Greenland Energy Company intends to begin exploratory drilling in Jameson Land, despite the lack of permits and the 2021 moratorium.
- **2026-09-12**: Second shipment departure — A vessel carrying 300 containers of drilling equipment is scheduled to depart from Canada for Greenland, according to the company.
- **2026-09-12**: Second shipment departure — A vessel carrying 300 containers of drilling equipment is scheduled to depart from Canada for Greenland, according to the company.
- **2026-08**: Unauthorized equipment delivery — A Danish tugboat tows a cargo ship into Nerlerit Inaat, unloading an excavator and 15 containers of drilling gear for the Greenland Energy Company without government approval.
- **2026-08**: Unauthorized equipment delivery — A Danish tugboat tows a cargo ship into Nerlerit Inaat, unloading an excavator and 15 containers of drilling gear for the Greenland Energy Company without government approval.
- **2026-07**: NGT Suo Motu Notice — The National Green Tribunal takes suo motu cognizance based on a media report and issues notice to the Union Government and other respondents, seeking responses on the lake's ecological degradation.
- **2020**: Ramsar Site Designation — Kanwar Lake is recognized as a Ramsar Site, obligating India to maintain its ecological character.

## Recent coverage (4 stories, network-wide)

### 15 containers of oil gear unloaded in protected Arctic wetland as US firm defies ban
2026-08-11 02:13:26 · Sector: climate · Sentiment: Negative · Impact: 8/10 · Sources: 2

An American oil firm has landed 15 containers of equipment in Greenland's Jameson Land—a Ramsar-designated wetland—without permits, with 300 more due in September. The operation violates a 2021 drilling moratorium and threatens to release massive carbon stores from the Arctic permafrost.
Full story: https://getclimatebrief.com/story/greenland-ramsar-violation-climate-risk

### 300-container oil shipment to Greenland strains U.S. Space Force's Arctic foothold
2026-08-11 02:12:11 · Sector: space · Sentiment: Negative · Impact: 8/10 · Sources: 2

A Trump-linked oil firm is shipping 300 containers of drilling equipment to Greenland without permits, reigniting annexation fears. This power play directly threatens the delicate U.S.-Danish security relationship that underpins Pituffik Space Base, a critical Space Force installation for missile warning and space surveillance.
Full story: https://getspacebrief.com/story/greenland-oil-shipment-space-defense-tensions

### Asia's Largest Oxbow Lake Kanwar Shrinks from 63 sq km, NGT Steps In
2026-08-01 13:18:34 · Sector: climate · Sentiment: Negative · Impact: 6/10 · Sources: 2

Kanwar Lake, a Ramsar-designated wetland, is fragmenting due to encroachment and altered water flows, threatening biodiversity and local livelihoods. The NGT's intervention highlights the climate vulnerability of critical ecosystems.
Full story: https://getclimatebrief.com/story/kanwar-lake-ecological-decline-climate

### NGT Issues Suo Motu Notice on Bihar's Degraded Ramsar Lake—Once 63 sq km
2026-08-01 13:16:56 · Sector: legal · Sentiment: Negative · Impact: 6/10 · Sources: 2

The National Green Tribunal's suo motu action on Kanwar Lake sets a legal benchmark for enforcing Ramsar obligations in India. The notice to the Centre could test the boundaries of environmental jurisprudence and administrative accountability.
Full story: https://getlegalbrief.com/story/ngt-suo-motu-notice-kanwar-lake-legal

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