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21 March 2023
France adds La Dombes to the List of Wetlands of International Importance on 22 March, World Water Day
22 October 2021
Le Pinail: France’s 52nd Wetland of International Importance
1 September 2021
France adds coastal wetland in Brittany to the List of Wetlands of International Importance
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France

The convention entered into force in France on 1 December 1986.

France currently has 53 sites designated as Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Sites), with a surface area of 3,808,250 hectares.

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