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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)
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 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.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Mediterranean wetlands. Mediterranean Wetlands comprise the wetlands of the Mediterranean region. Wetlands are ubiquitous and they may briefly be defined as transitional spaces between land and water. In a more detailed sense, according to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, wetlands are defined as: "areas of marsh, fen, peat land or water ...
Wetlands of Slovakia (1 C, 1 P) Wetlands of Slovenia (4 C, 7 P) Wetlands of Spain (4 C, 9 P) Wetlands of Sweden (2 C, 2 P) Wetlands of Switzerland (2 C, 3 P)