Gallery 0 Results Reset All Close 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 Fifa Ramsar Site manager, Ibrahim Mahasneh receiving the "Ramsar Site" certificate from Ramsar Convention Senior Regional Advisor for Asia-Oceania, Lew Young, at the official designation event Ramsar Convention Fifa Nature Reserve Ramsar Convention Birdwatching hide and boardwalk, Azraq Oasis Ramsar Site Lew Young Students at the education centre, Azraq Oasis Ramsar Site Lew Young Traditionally painted eggs for sale at the Azraq Oasis Ramsar Site Lew Young Bul Syayeef Salim Javed / EAD Gulf of Mottama Ramsar Site East Asian Australasian Flyway Partnership Gulf of Mottama Christoph Zöckler 2017 Erymnochelys madagascariensis, Zones humides d'Ambondrobe Lance Woolaver, Durrell Madagascar, 2016 Iles Barren Patrick Demortier - ASF Belgique, 2016 Mangroves de Tsiribihina Harison Andriambelo (WWF MDCO), 2016 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 Viruá National Park Marcos Amend 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