Gallery 0 Results Reset search Close Tikehau in French Polynesia Karina Bernard Trémaouezan (Bretagne) Vincent Le Viol Mangroves and Wetlands in Tuxpan north of Veracruz, Mexico Moises Rivera Rodriguez Walthamstow Wetlands Faruk Barabhuiya Zapotlán el Grande Alejandro Mares Lake and Mountains in Switzerland Nina Nery Ribeiro Celio James MacKenzie Valle Hermoso, in Mendoza. Near Las Leñas (ski resort) and the border with Chile. Maria Troitino Unique wetlands in Kolkata, West Bengal India maintained by farmers and fisher folk. Avijit Ghosh Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve in Singapore Jimmy Wong A mixed flock of bar tailed Godwits and Grey plovers, coastal sand flats of Mersing Shores, Johor in Singapore. David Tan The Olo-Olo Mangrove Forest and Eco park , Labo Batangas, Philippines Froilan Robas Chilika Lake, Orissa, India - Fishing in a boat Yus Rusila Noor Al Fattah Ramsar Convention Damselflies (Rhinocypha humeralis) play an important ecological role as they are one of the most visible indicators of the ecosystem health and biophysical conditions of wetland areas in which they breed. They are also helpful to potential human health risks by consuming mosquitoes and their larvae. They also eat other small invertebrates which make them valuable in controlling harmful insect populations. Loss of damselflies could have a ripple effect on food webs. Erickson Tabayag Much of the world’s food, essential for human health and well-being, comes from wetland ecosystems. Rice, grown in wetland paddies, is the staple diet of 3.5 billion people. Michael Abhiseka Wasesajati Suncheon Bay Ramsar Site Ramsar Convention Hitoshi Watanabe 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 Albufera Valencia michelle guamanzara medina Lago La Ercina, perteneciente a los Lagos de Covadonga, Asturias, España. Situado en el emblemático Parque Nacional de los Picos de Europa. Uso turístico y uso sostenible por parte de pastores particulares que viven en dicho Parque. Raquel Muñoz ...Naturaleza junto a la mano del hombre... cigüeñas,garzas,garcetas y moritos, entre otras especies, aprovechando la siega del arrozal. Lidia Rosell Galindo Oro blanco en la Laguna rosa. Parque Natural La Mata-Torrevieja Pescador en L'albufera de Valencia michelle guamanzara medina El cultivo tradicional del arroz en l'Albufera de valencia. Parc Natural de l'Albufera de Valencia Mar Menor, laguna litoral de agua salada situada en la Región de Murcia, España. Es el humedal RAMSAR número 706, designado como las Naciones Unidas como Zona Especialmente Protegida de Importancia para el Mediterráneo (Convenio de Barcelona). Actualmente sufre una grave amenaza por parte de la agricultura intensiva y sus vertidos. En esta fotografía se observa su uso recreativo en actividades náuticas y su uso pesquero. Raquel Muñoz