Gallery 0 Results Close COP12 Americas regional meeting COP12 Asia & Oceania Regional Meeting. Ramsar Secretary General Christopher Briggs handing in the certificate for the newly designated Ramsar Site of the International Importance in Vietnam Over one hundred delegates participated in the 49th Meeting of the Standing Committee (SC49) to finalize details one day before the official opening of the conference. Black crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), Sim Maiakiv Floodplain Ramsar Site Victor Busel Marais Breton, Baie de Bourgneuf, Ile de Noirmoutier et Forêt de Monts Association de la baie de Bourgneuf 2011 Cheremske Bog Ramsar Site M.Khymyn Ras Al Khor Ramsar Site Francesca Negrini Dubai's skyline over Ras Al Khor Ramsar Site Francesca Negrini Francesca Negrini Dubai skyline, Ras Al Khor Ramsar Site Francesca Negrini The Wadden Sea area has been at the centre of the Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation since 1982. Tobias Salathé The Wadden Sea is protected and manged as one ecological entity and there is a consistent approach to tourism operations within the area. Tobias Salathé The Wadden Sea extends over three countries, the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark and is one of the largest tourist destinations in Europe. Linking Tourism & Conservation (LT&C) Laura Máiz-Tomé Sikåsvågarna P-O Nystrand, County administration board of Jämtland Oset-Rynningeviken Mats Rosenberg, the municipality of Örebro Aerial view of the Mai Po Inner Deep Bay Ramsar Site Ramsar Convention The Sundarbans in Bangladesh is part of the world’s largest mangrove forest, lying on the delta of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers and bordering India’s Sundarbans National Park, also a Ramsar Site. IUCN / Mizuki Murai 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 Gippsland Lakes Ramsar Site, Australia Official site for Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Ramsar Convention Secretary General, Martha Rojas-Urrego, visting Sian Ka'an Ramsar Site CONANP Mexico Sian Ka'an lies on a large karstic plain along a 120km-long barrier reef. Two large, shallow bays surrounded by mangroves, as well as numerous sinkholes or cenotes, are main landmarks in a landscape of tropical deciduous forests. CONANP Mexico Syra Pogonia Bog Oksan Golovko Somyne Swamps Oksan Golovko