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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).
Nene Washes is a 1,522-hectare (3,760-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the bank of the River Nene east of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire, England. [1] [3] It is also a Ramsar internationally important wetland site, [4] a Special Area of Conservation, [5] a Special Protection Area [6] and a Nature Conservation Review site. [7]
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 ...
[1] [3] It is a Ramsar internationally important wetland site [4] [5] and a Special Protection Area under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds. [6] [7] It is also in the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. [8] It partly overlaps two geological SSSIs, Ferry Cliff, Sutton and Ramsholt Cliff. [9]
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.
The Ramsar wetland area of Tumba-Ngiri-Maindombe is bordered to the west by the Ubangi and Congo rivers, which form the boundary with the Republic of the Congo. The Kasai River and its tributary the Fimi River, which drains Lake Mai-Ndombe, define the southern boundary. Within the site, Lake Mai Ngombe is farthest south, with Lake Tumba to the ...
The North and South Marsh Nature Reserves were listed as a wetland of international importance in 1986 under the Ramsar Convention of 1971. The Macquarie Marshes are also listed on the Register of the National Estate, the Register of the National Trust of Australia, and the Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia. [5]
[3] [4] A definition five percent larger forms the Benfleet and Southend Marshes Ramsar site [5] and Special Protection Area. [6] [7] In the centre-west, more than ten percent of the Site is the Leigh National Nature Reserve (NNR), [n 1] [8] [6] which has been appraised in detail in A Nature Conservation Review as a site of national importance. [3]