What is ramsar

Specific criteria based on waterbirds 5. Specific criteria based on fish 7. Specific criteria based on other taxa 9. Ramsar Convention Secretariat. The Ramsar Strategic Plan Resolution IX. UN Treaty Series No. The Ramsar Convention Manual, 6th Edition. The Guidelines adopted by the Conference of the Contracting Parties.

Environmental and Social Handbook. Asian Development Bank. Safeguard Policy Statement. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Environmental and Social Policy. Inter-American Development Bank. Environment and Safeguards Compliance Policy. The Climate Community and Biodiversity Alliance. Kleijn, D. Waterbirds increase more rapidly in Ramsar-designated wetlands than in unprotected wetlands.

Resolution VII. The Ramsar Convention is an international treaty for the conservation and wise use of wetlands. It is named after the Iranian city of Ramsar, on the Caspian Sea, where the treaty was signed on 2 February It currently has Contracting Parties, or member states. According to the Convention, wetlands include almost any habitat where water is key to the environment and its wildlife. It can be natural or artificial, permanent or temporary, and with water that is static, flowing, fresh, brackish or salt.

Anywhere from estuaries, lakes and rivers to underground aquifers, mangroves, coral reefs and rice paddies count. The Convention on Wetlands is an intergovernmental treaty that provides the framework for national action and international cooperation for the conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources.

Number of Contracting Parties : Number of Wetlands of International Importance : 2, Total surface of designated sites: ,, ha. Contacts Press Jobs.

Home About. The Convention and its mission. Wetlands of International Importance. Ramsar Advisory Missions. Wetland City Accreditation. Ramsar Regional Initiatives. Ramsar Sites Management Toolkit.