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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 ...
As of October 2024, 171 states have acceded to the convention and designated 2,521 sites to the list, covering 257,317,367 hectares (635,845,060 acres); one other state has acceded to the convention but has yet to designate any sites. The complete list of the wetlands is accessible on the Ramsar Sites Information Service website. [3]
This list of Ramsar sites in England includes wetlands that are considered to be of international importance under the Ramsar Convention. England currently has 71 sites designated as "Wetlands of International Importance". [1] [2] For a full list of all Ramsar sites worldwide, see List of Ramsar wetlands of international importance.
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This list of Ramsar sites in the United States are those wetlands that are considered to be of international importance, protected under the Ramsar Convention treaty. The United States as of 2020, has 41 sites designated as "Wetlands of International Importance" with a surface area of 1,884,551 hectares (7,276.29 sq mi; 18,845.51 km 2).
This list of Ramsar sites in South Africa are wetland environs that are considered to be of international importance, and protected under the Ramsar Convention. As of 2024, South Africa has 30 such sites covering 574 028 hectares. [1] [2] For a complete list of all Ramsar sites worldwide, see the List of Ramsar wetlands of international importance.
Image 1 Kolleru Lake: Andhra Pradesh: 19 August 2002: 901: 2 Deepor Beel: Assam: 19 August 2002: 40: 3 Kanwar Taal or Kabar Taal Lake: Bihar: 21 July 2020: 26.2: Also known as Kanwar Jheel, it covers 2,620 hectares of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. The site is one of 18 wetlands within an extensive floodplain complex; it floods during the monsoon ...
The number of Ramsar sites in Tunisia is 42 in 2022, corresponding in total to 844,685 hectares of land coverage. [1] Below is a list of these sites. Tunisia started to take part in the Ramsar Convention in 1981 and has many Wetlands of significant size, such as the Chott el Jerid and Ichkeul Lake , a UNESCO World Heritage Center.