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As of November 2023, 171 states have acceded to the convention and designated 2,500 sites to the list, covering 257,106,360 hectares (635,323,700 acres); two other states have acceded to the convention but have yet to designate any sites. The complete list of the wetlands is accessible on the Ramsar Sites Information Service website. [3]
The convention was held in the city of Ramsar, Iran, in February 1971 and was originally contracted by seven countries when it came into force on 21 December 1975. As of November 2023, there are 172 contracting parties and 2,500 designated sites covering 257,106,360 hectares (635,323,700 acres). 171 of the contracting parties have designated at ...
Wetlands of Cape Verde (1 C) Wetlands of Chad (1 C, 2 P) Wetlands of Chile (2 C, 3 P) Wetlands of China (2 C, 9 P) Wetlands of Colombia (3 C, 3 P) Wetlands of the Comoros (1 C) Wetlands of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1 C) Wetlands of the Republic of the Congo (1 C)
The countries with most sites are the United Kingdom with 175 and Mexico with 142. The country with the largest surface area of listed wetland is Bolivia, with around 148,000 square kilometres (57,000 sq mi). [4] The Ramsar Sites Information Service (RSIS) is a searchable database which provides information on each Ramsar site. [5]
Harike Wetland is a Ramsar site in India Map of Ramsar sites Archipel Bolama-Bijagos Ramsar site in Guinea-Bissau Walkway in Zuvintas Biosphere Reserve. A Ramsar site is a wetland site designated to be of international importance under the Ramsar Convention, [1] also known as "The Convention on Wetlands", an international environmental treaty signed on 2 February 1971 in Ramsar, Iran, under ...
An ecological definition of a wetland is "an ecosystem that arises when inundation by water produces soils dominated by anaerobic and aerobic processes, which, in turn, forces the biota, particularly rooted plants, to adapt to flooding". [ 1 ] Sometimes a precise legal definition of a wetland is required.
The surface-area covered by Ramsar Sites are around 13,32,746.24 hectares [ 7 ]. [ 8 ] Tamil Nadu has the highest number of Ramsar Sites in India with 18 Ramsar Sites. [ 9 ] Till 2014 there were 26 Ramsar sites across India. Since 2014 till date 59 new Ramsar sites have been added across India.
The SESC Pantanal Private Natural Heritage Reserve (Reserva Particular do Patrimonio Natural SESC Pantanal) is a privately owned reserve in Brazil, established in 1998 and 878.7 km 2 (339.3 sq mi) in size. It is located in the north-eastern portion, known as "Poconé" Pantanal, not far from the Pantanal National Park.