Gallery 0 Résultats Close Ramsar Convention Ramsar Convention Ramsar Convention Ramsar Convention The Peel-yalgorup Ramsar Site is the most important area for waterbirds and waders in Southwest Australia, regularly supporting over 20,000 individuals. The system supports a regionally important estuarine fishery. The area is used extensively for recreational purposes. David Rennie Elephant Marsh Dr. Katherine Forsythe It was named “Elephant Marsh” by the explorer David Livingstone in 1859, who counted as many as 800 elephants in one sighting. Nowadays the elephants are largely gone, but the Site supports over 20,000 waterbirds. Elephant Marsh Ramsar Site plays an important role in maintaining the valley’s hydrological regime, through flood control, water storage and supply of nutrient-rich sediment. Katherine Forsythe Guaraqueçaba Ecological Station Geraldo Ottoni Al-Zora Protected Area Saif Ahmed Morochno Natallia Zeliankevich Las Piñas – Parañaque Critical Habitat and Ecotourism Area Ramsar Site LPPCHEA LPPCHEA Lake Kutubu Ramsar Site Ramsar Convention A singing group at the Kutubu Festival Ramsar Convention Covering 2.4 million hectares, the Sepik River will be one of the largest riverine Ramsar Sites Ramsar Convention Marais de Sacy Syndicat Mixte des Marais de Sacy Experimental paludiculture plots to restore formerly drained and mined peatlands in the Danish Ramsar Site 2166 Lille Vildmose Tobias Salathé Puerto Princesa Ramsar Site Ramsar Convention Ngiri-Tumba-Maindombe Ramsar Site is located around Lake Tumba in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The transboundary area containing one of the huge African carbon sinks through its peatland soils. Martha Rojas Urrego with Mr. Wang Zhigao, Director General Ramsar Office in China at the Offices of State Forestry Administration of China Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Martha Rojas Urrego meets with Minister Zhang Jianlong of the State Forestry Administration of China Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Martha Rojas Urrego meets with Minister Zhang Jianlong of the State Forestry Administration of China. Also present Mr. Xiao Wangxin, Deputy Division Chief of Department of International Cooperation SFA and Mr. Wang Zhigao DG Ramsar Office China. Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Martha Rojas Urrego attends workshop on "Good Practices for Integrating Urban Development and Wetland Conservation" Hosted by Nanjing University, China. Martha Rojas Urrego attends workshop "Good Practices for Integrating Urban Development and Wetland Conservation" Hosted by Nanjing University, China. L-R Lew Young, Senior Regional Advisor Asia Oceania, Secretariat Ramsar Convention, Martin Spray, Chief Executive of the Wildfowl & Wetlands, Trust (WWT), Prof Shuquing AN, Dean, Nanjing University Ecological Research Institute fo Changshu. Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Martha Rojas Urrego attends workshop "Good Practices for Integrating Urban Development and Wetland Conservation" Hosted by Nanjing University, China. Martha Rojas Urrego with Martin Spray Chief Executive of the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) at the workshop "Good Practices for Integrating Urban Development and Wetland Conservation" Hosted by Nanjing University, China. Ramsar Convention on Wetlands