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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 ...
This list of Ramsar sites in Thailand comprises Thai wetlands deemed to be of "international importance" under the Ramsar Convention. For a full list of all Ramsar sites worldwide, see the Ramsar list of wetlands of international importance. As of 2020 there are 15 Ramsar sites in Thailand, totalling 405,219 hectares. [1] [2]
Mulyeongari-oreum Ramsar Site: 31 77 Mungyeong Doline Wetland: 49.4 122 Odaesan National Park Wetlands: 2 4.9 Pyeongdume Wetland: 2.3 5.7 Seocheon Tidal Flat: 1,530 3,800 Songdo Tidal Flat: 611 1,510 Sumeunmulbaengdui Ramsar Site: 117.5 290 Suncheon Bay: 3,550 8,800 The High Moor, Yongneup of Mt. Daeam: 106 260 Ungok Wetland: 180 440 Upo ...
The Ramsar Site Information Sheet notes that "at a time when wetlands in northern India are getting reduced due to extensive drainage and reclamation, the avian habitats formed by the creation of the Pong Dam assume a great significance" - given the site's location on the trans-Himalayan flyway, more than 220 bird species have been identified ...
Livanjsko polje (lit. ' Field of Livno '), located in Bosnia and Herzegovina, is the largest polje (karstic field) in the world and a RAMSAR wetland site.A typical example of karst polje encircled by tall peaks and mountain ranges, the field is characterized by many unique natural phenomenons and karstic features.
It has been declared a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention and a national park in 1992 [4] The park has degraded since 1990, mainly due to illegal logging and fires. Major fires occurred in 1994, and again in 1997, destroying about 12,000 ha in the central area of the park along the Air Hitam Laut River, and about ...
Lake Opeta is one of Uganda's 33 Important Bird Areas and since 2006 a Ramsar-listed wetland of international importance. [2] A Biodiversity and Eco-Tourism Centre funded by the Global Environmental Facility and UNDP serves the lake. [4] Lake Opeta and its surrounding swamps are located in eastern Uganda, 25 km north-east of Kumi town.
It is the site of the Saman Bird Sanctuary, a large wetland area designated as a protected Ramsar site since 2019. The village lands occupy a large area, and there are many distinct hamlets counted as part of its administrative jurisdiction. As of 2011, Saman had a total population of 14,522, in 2,382 households.