Ramsar – Poster 12 – EN

HomePosters RAMSARPoster 12 Previous poster Help us to protect our wetlands Volunteers from Friends of the Earth Rogaland clearing the Vedemyrå peat bog in Tasta. If you want to be a conservation volunteer and help to protect our vulnerable wetlands, visit our website...

Ramsar – Poster 11 – EN

HomePosters RAMSARPoster 11 Previous posterNext poster On the rocks Kvassheimsbukta. In southern Jæren the coastline is dominated by long boulder beaches. Photo: Erik Thoring Håtangen-Obrestad-Reime If you walk from the priest’s farm at Hå to the Obrestad lighthouse,...

Ramsar – Poster 10 – EN

HomePosters RAMSARPoster 10 Previous posterNext poster Feasting on the seaweed banks Anyone taking a walk along the Jæren coastline will probably have noticed the strong smell of rotting seaweed. You smell it before you see it! The seaweed offers excellent conditions...

Ramsar – Poster 9 – EN

HomePosters RAMSARPoster 9 Previous posterNext poster The Jæren coastline Grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) and harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) on the Kjørholmane islands. Photo: Roy Mangersnes From Tungenes in the north to Ogna in the south, the Jæren coastline and seas...

Ramsar – Poster 8 – EN

HomePosters RAMSARPoster 8 Previous posterNext poster Wetlands in and around Hafrsfjord The cove at Grannesbukta is an extensive shallow embayment in inner Hafrsfjord. Photo: Marius Harlem Hafrsfjord boasts three primarily shallow water marine nature reserves. At low...

Ramsar – Poster 7 – EN

HomePosters RAMSARPoster 7 Previous posterNext poster Peat bogs The bog at Storamyr in Sola is one of the few peat bogs remaining in Jæren. Photo: Erik Thoring Forty per cent of Norway’s peat bogs has been lost during the last 150 to 200 years, with the greatest...