Gallery 0 Results Reset search Close 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 Kut Ting Marshland Ramsar Site in Thailand Lew Young Fifa Nature Reserve Ramsar Convention Birdwatching hide and boardwalk, Azraq Oasis Ramsar Site Lew Young The Site mostly lies on limestone through which groundwater aquifers are formed and recharged. Ramsar Convention Gippsland Lakes Ramsar Site, Australia Official site for Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 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 Lake Kutubu Ramsar Site Ramsar Convention Covering 2.4 million hectares, the Sepik River will be one of the largest riverine Ramsar Sites Ramsar Convention Experimental paludiculture plots to restore formerly drained and mined peatlands in the Danish Ramsar Site 2166 Lille Vildmose Tobias Salathé 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. Hawizeh Marsh Ramsar Site, a transboundary wetland, part of the Mesopotamian marshlands complex centered at the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the marshes are ca.75-80% located in Iraq with the remaining area extending into the Islamic Republic of Iran. Ramsar Convention Maximenkov M.V. Plytkevich Zelenkevich N.A. Ramsar Convention Aerial view of the Ramsar Site Ramsar Convention Hooded cranes foraging The water that flows through Hanbando Wetland Ramsar Site is collected at a nearby water harvesting plant that supplies the majority of drinking water for locals. The wetland has also long supported local agricultural industry. Ramsar Convention The Site mostly lies on limestone through which groundwater aquifers are formed and recharged. Ramsar Convention Flamingos enjoying the solitude of the highlands in Laguna del Negro Francisco Ramsar Site, Parque Nacional Nevado de Tres Cruces, Chile. Vicente Weippert Ramsar Convention Vershitskaya I.N. Belarus