Gallery 0 Results Reset All Close Meinmahla Kyun Wildlife Sanctuary Zau Lunn 2015 It is estimated that about 6.5 million people depend directly or indirectly on the wider Sundarbans ecosystem for their livelihoods. IUCN / Mizuki Murai Seochon-gun county Seochon-gun county Seocheon Tidal Flat is an open tidal flat directly linked to the ocean, its ecosystem is composed of a combination of sand and/or muddy sand flats which are very important for migratory birds and as a spawning and nursery ground for fish. Seochon-gun county Abdualreda Alramzi The Site is flat and low, featuring shallow salt marshes and small lagoons. Mubarak Al-Kabeer Reserve is located on Boubyan Island on the western side of the Shatt Al-Arab in the north-western Gulf. Gavkhouni Lake and marshes of the lower Zaindeh Rud Ramsar Site, Iran Irrawaddy delta’s last remaining important mangrove estuary hosts Myanmar’s largest crocodile population Fauna & Flora International (FFI) Tonle Sap lake in Cambodia. The Prek Toal Ramsar Site includes some of the most pristine floodplains in the Tonle Sap. Sorn Pheakdey Women focal group discussion at the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site Anushae Parakh Xe Champhone Wetlands. Local people engage in rice paddy farming, communal fishing, and cattle and water buffalo raising. Quoi Le Phat Zhaling Lake Ramsar Site He Youfu Zhaling Lake Ramsar Site Ma Shenglu Eling Lake Ramsar Site Lin Kun Eling Lake Ramsar Site Wang Haifeng Plantations on burnt and drained peatlands in the coastal area are exposed to subsidence and increased flooding Tobias Salathé Drained and burnt peatland area in the buffer zone of the Berbak National Park Tobias Salathé The East Kolkata Wetlands Ramsar Site (India) has provided a vital service in receiving and treating the waste water from the city of Kolkata. Each day, the wetland receives some 1,000 million litres of sewage. This natural waste water treatment system developed by the local community with their traditional wisdom saves the city the cost of having to build and maintain a conventional treatment plant . Ramsar Convention Kota Kinabalu Wetland Sabah Wetlands Conservation Society A Ramsar Site of International Importance, the wetland on the edge of the Inner Deep Bay is an important stop-off point for migrating water birds on the flyway between New Zealand and Siberia as they move north and south for the summer and winter. Paul Steyn Paul Steyn The unique balance between people and nature at Mai Po seems to be working, but the slow march of urbanization in Hong Kong and China represents one of the largest threats to the wetland. Paul Steyn Mai Po Ramsar Site is a patchwork of fishponds, marshes, mangrove, mudflats and shrimp ponds that blend with the skyscrapers in the distance, Mai Po is sandwiched between Hong Kong and China’s Shenzhen city, and has become an unlikely paradise for water birds from all over the world. Paul Steyn Kut Ting Marshland Ramsar Site in Thailand Lew Young The Prek Toal Ramsar Site includes some of the most pristine floodplains in the Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve in Cambodia.The local communities live in floating houses and depend on fishing and aquaculture for their livelihoods. Lew Young