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	Ramsar Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Official site of the secretariat for the Convention on Wetlands, signed in Ramsar, Iran, in 1971.
		Ramsar is the town in Iran where the wetlands convention was held concerning wetlands of international importance.
		Ramsar International Trading company based in Vught whose main activity is the export of food and other items to the Middle East, especially UAE and Oman.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Ramsar_Site.html (350 words)

	Ramsar site: Dumme mosse - Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The area is largely unaffected by human activities, which contributes to the maintenance of water quality.The site is dominated by different kinds of treeless peat bogs, such as eccentric bog, sloping bog, plateau-shaped raised bog and slightly raised bog.
		The most spectacular part of the site in terms of birds, is the Domneå damto the north.
		Large numbers of birds rest at the dam when migrating north in the spring.Among nestingspecies throughout the site are the jack snipe,curlew, nightjar, yellow wagtail, red-throated diver and stock dove.
	www.internat.environ.se /documents/nature/eramsar/omraden/dumme_e.htm (295 words)

	LakeNet - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The 'Chad portion of Lake Chad' Ramsar site represents a vast expanse of water bordered on the northwest by a cordon of dunes, on the northeast by an "erg" of shifting sand dunes, and on the south by flat lowlands.
		The site supports internationally important numbers of waterbirds and is essential for some 150 fish species, and is the only place in the country that supports the endemic Kouri Ox, which is threatened by extinction through interbreeding.
		The Ramsar site diploma is being presented today, 14 January, by Ramsar's Anada Tiéga at ceremonies as part of the ministerial meeting of the Lake Chad Basin Commission.
	www.worldlakes.org /shownews.asp?newsid=159 (328 words)

	Ramsar site: Skälderviken - Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The site consists of shallow smaller bays in the southern part of Skälderviken bay.
		Because of the shallow waters, large areas of the bottom are exposed or flooded as a result of fluctuations in the seawater level.
		Due to the shallow water, the area is also a stopover site for migratory birds, mainly ducks and waders like the bar-tailed godwit, ruff and wood sandpiper.
	www.internat.environ.se /documents/nature/eramsar/omraden/skalde_e.htm (322 words)

	Ramsar - MAB joint website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The site has extraordinary cultural values for Cuban and Caribbean heritage, because of its important archaeological sites of ancient pre-agricultural communities as well as the customs and traditions of the present population and their traditional use of natural resources.
		The site is of international importance for staging and wintering numerous species of waterbirds, and one of the most important breeding areas for several species of terns.
		The site comprises a portion of Lake Fertö and the region of lakes Herlakni and Oberlakni.
	www.unesco.org /mab/cooperation/Ramsar/ramsarcommon.htm (9343 words)

	Caring for our Natural Resources - Facts About Wetlands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Convention on Wetlands, signed in Ramsar, Iran, in 1971, is an inter-governmental treaty which provides the framework for national action and international cooperation for the conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources.
		The site provides valuable habitat for endangered birds, and supports a substantial number of waterbirds, especially when the level of the lake is high.
		The site is particularly important as a drought refuge for waterbirds such as the Comb-crested Jacana and the Blue-billed Duck.
	www.dlwc.nsw.gov.au /care/wetlands/facts/international.html (1878 words)

	Naturenet: Ramsar Site
		A Ramsar Site is a wetland of international importance.
		The Ramsar Convention was signed in the city of Ramsar, Iran, in the 1971.
		For sites in England (361,000 hectares), new Government guidance was announced on November 2000.
	www.naturenet.net /status/ramsar.html (222 words)

	Wetlands
		The Ramsar Convention's mission is "the conservation and wise use of wetlands by national action and international co-operation as a means to achieving sustainable development throughout the world".
		This means that when an area is designated as a Ramsar site, it can still be developed to some extent, provided that such development does not adversely impact the ecological integrity of the site.
		Ramsar sites, therefore, lend themselves well to being used as ecotourism areas.
	www.caymannetnews.com /Archive/Archive%20Articles/February%202001/Issue%2056/worldwetlands.html (1051 words)

	Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
		The Convention on Wetlands, signed in Ramsar, Iran, in 1971, is an intergovernmental treaty which provides the framework for national action and international cooperation for the conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources.
		This is the official Web site of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands and is maintained by the treaty secretariat.
		The architecture of this Web site is constructed in the English language, but many of the files and all of the important documents are also available in French and Spanish versions.
	www.ramsar.org (449 words)

	SWD opposed to WWF proposal on new site -DAWN - National; 27 August, 2004
		The WWF maintains that it was considering the proposal on the basis of a commitment made by it earlier with a Pakistani delegation at a meeting held in Spain at Valencia in 2002.
		The Sindh wildlife department, however, claims that the site is not sensitive enough to be declared a Ramsar site.
		The SWD stresses that efforts be made to improve the conditions at the existing 10 Ramsar Sites in the province instead of nominating a new site which did not fulfil the criteria in this regard.
	www.dawn.com /2004/08/27/nat23.htm (439 words)

	Solent Ramsar Listing
		The Solent and Southampton Water Ramsar site comprises a series of estuaries and adjacent coastal habitats including intertidal mud and sandflats saline lagoons, vegetated shingle, saltmarsh, reedbeds, damp woodland, and grazing marsh.
		Ramsar site boundary is coincident with Lymington River Reedbeds SSSI, Sowley Pond SSSI, Hythe to Calshot Marshes SSSI, Titchfield Haven SSSI, and Gilkicker Lagoon SSSI and includes parts of the other SSSIs listed above.
		c) The site qualifies under Criterion 1a of the Ramsar Convention as it is one of very few major sheltered channels between a substantial island and mainland in European waters, exhibiting an unusual strong tidal flow and has long periods of slack water at high and low tide.
	www.solentforum.hants.org.uk /natconsv/ramsar.htm (392 words)

	Ramsar Sites Database (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The default is AND (except for Ramsar Region and Country, the default is OR).
		After each search the database will give the number of sites found, the total area of the selected sites, and a list with all sites in the database that fulfil the given criteria.
		Example2: Search for all Ramsar sites of which the dominant wetland types are lakes or rivers and which are important for commercial fishing.
	www.wetlands.org /RSDB/How_to_search.htm (668 words)

	Ramsar site: Emån - Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The wels catfish occur probably in more numbers than at any other site in Sweden and salmon occurs extensively.
		The Emån is world famous for its large and fast-growing sea trout and the globally red-listed asp also lives here.Several species of insects worthy of protection occur at the site.
		The wet meadows and the river itself are important for resting and breeding birds, such as the whooper swan, crane andosprey.
	internat.environ.se /documents/nature/eramsar/omraden/eman_e.htm (307 words)

	Ramsar site, Asköviken-Sörfjärden - Swedish EPA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The archipelago area of Mälaren, including the bays of Asköviken and Sörfjärden, is a large and diverse site with high cultural and historical values.
		The site encompasses virgin forests, species-rich groves, pastures, seashore meadows, reed-beds, fens and different kinds of wet forest.
		The whole site is of national interest for commercial fishing.
	www.internat.environ.se /documents/nature/eramsar/omraden/asko_e.htm (354 words)

	Ramsar site, Aloppkölen-Köpmankölen - Swedish EPA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This site is one of the largest mire areas in the region.
		The trophic level is unusual for the region; strings of ombrotrophic tufted brushwood are interspersed in rich fen areas.
		The surroundings of the site contain the regions' largest system of ancient ice-lake shorelines, remnants from the latest ice age.
	www.internat.environ.se /documents/nature/eramsar/omraden/alopp_e.htm (250 words)

	Ramsar Sites Database (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The site consists of a large inland freshwater lake, which is topographically different in its northern and southern parts.
		Most of the land in the site is composed of beaches or natural and urban park zones that are used for tourism and recreation purposes.
		The Lake Biwa Ramsar Site is included in the Lake Biwa Quasi-National Park Special Zones, as designated by the Natural Parks Law.
	www.wetlands.org /RDB/Ramsar_Dir/Japan/JP009D02.htm (904 words)

	Fundación PROTEGER - Amigos de la Tierra, Argentina - año 2005 © (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The new Ramsar Site integrates one of largest biomes of biological diversity in Argentina –remarked Peteán.
		The specialist pointed out that “the fauna includes more than 400 species, some of which are adapted to long periods of droughts and floodings, forcing them to change their habits at the pace of the permanent landscape changes.
		PROTEGER supported the designation of this new site according to the guidelines of the Ramsar Convention and as part of the inland wetlands corridor in the Argentinian Littoral, this initiative was launched a year ago.
	www.proteger.org.ar /documento.php?id=207 (708 words)

	usnrc.net: Welcome to the US National Ramsar Committee Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The United States National Ramsar Committee (USNRC) is an organization formed to support the goals and objectives of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands within the United States and internationally.
		The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands is an intergovernmental treaty that was adopted on February 2, 1971.
		One of the primary obligations of a Ramsar party is to designate sites as "wetlands of international importance." More than 1400 sites worldwide have been designated as wetlands of international importance, including 22 sites in the United States.
	www.ramsarcommittee.us (159 words)

	Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, signed in Ramsar, Iran, in 1971, is an intergovernmental treaty which provides the framework for international cooperation for the conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources.
		This is the official Web site of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands and is maintained by the treaty secretariat, or "Bureau".
		The site is developed and maintained by Ramsar Bureau staff, and suggestions for additions or improvements are welcome (Dwight Peck, Ramsar Convention Bureau).
	ces.iisc.ernet.in /hpg/envis/doc97html/biod1ramsar1012.html (192 words)

	Ramsar - Mary's Point
		Increasing use of the Mary's Point site by naturalists may lead to private, tourism associated, developments but those are unlikely to impact the integrity of the Ramsar site.
		Social/Cultural Values: The site has a rich historic past as it was the site of a major stone quarrying industry in the last century.
		In particular, shorebird research programmes conducted from 1974-1981 documented the feeding ecology of the birds and illustrated the importance of the Mary's Point site for feeding and roosting.
	www.ns.ec.gc.ca /wildlife/ramsar/marys.html (1154 words)

	Ramsar site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Watched over by the Himalayas, the lake was declared a Ramsar site in 1988 (according to the Ramsar Convention, an international treaty to protect wetlands).
		The estuary is a major conservation area - a RAMSAR site, a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a special protection area under the European Birds Directive...
		Bangladesh has the largest mangrove forest, the Sundarbans (one of the RAMSAR site and also declared as the World Heritage according to the provision given in...
	www.biometnews.com /environment/Ramsar_site.html (355 words)

	Management of Canadian Ramsar Sites - Canadian Wildlife Service - Environment Canada
		Managers of Ramsar sites are frequently asked to respond to questions about the restrictions and requirements imposed by the existence of a Ramsar Convention designation of a wetland site as a wetland of international importance.
		A small percentage (1.2%) of Canada's Ramsar sites lie on non-government properties and involve the cooperation of private landowners such as the Delta Waterfowl Research Station, the Lennox Island Indian Reserve, the Vuntut Gwich'in First Nation, the Anglican Church of Canada, the Island Nature Trust, and various other private groups and individuals.
		The Convention requires that the site be secured for conservation purposes; that changes in the ecological character by human or natural causes of a site be reported if known; and that an action plan be initiated to restore sites affected by changes identified by Contracting Parties to the Convention.
	www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca /publications/habitat/ramsite/ques_e.cfm (685 words)

	Atlantic Green Lane - MUSQUODOBOIT HARBOUR OUTER ESTUARY
		Broadly categorised, the site is composed of 648 ha (30%) eel grass flats, 206 ha (11%) salt marsh with Spartina sp.; 327 ha (17%) sand beach and sand and mud flats; 23 ha (1%) beach grass Ammophila breviligulata; 404 ha (21%) upland islands; and 317 ha (17%) tidal waters at low tide.
		Hydrological/Physical Values: The site is a highly significant coastal landscape and the beach one of the most popular in the Province.
		Social/Cultural Values: The area is a high use recreational site with swimming, beachcombing, sailboarding in summer, and birdwatching and hunting in areas outside of the designated zones in fall and early winter.
	www.ns.ec.gc.ca /wildlife/ramsar/musquod.html (893 words)

	Honduras names 1000th Ramsar site
		Designation as a Ramsar site has been justified under old Criteria 1a, 1b, and 1c on representative wetlands, all four categories of old Criteria 2 on plants or animals, all three categories of Criteria 3 on waterfowl, and both of Criteria 4 on fish.
		In fact, the only Ramsar Criterion that has not been claimed is 1d, a wetland that is unusual in the region.
		In the few years since the first Overview of the World’s Ramsar Sites was published for the Brisbane COP in 1996, the Convention’s coverage has grown from 771 to 1000 sites, a remarkable achievement.
	www.ramsar.org /wn/w.n.honduras_1000.htm (294 words)

	Ramsar Sites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		All eleven Ramsar sites are very important staging areas and/or wintering areas for migratory birds such as geese, ducks, snipes, plovers, and swans.
		Designated as Japan’s third Ramsar site, Kucharo-ko is a large, shallow salt-water lake located on the northeastern tip of Hokkaido facing the Sea of Okhotsk.
		Kushiro-shitsugen in eastern Hokkaido was designated as the first Ramsar site in Japan.
	www.env.go.jp /en/jeg/water/ramsar/ramsar.html (1420 words)

	BBC - Guernsey - About Guernsey - Alderney gains status as a Ramsar site
		The United Nations Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (otherwise known as the Ramsar Convention) is an intergovernmental treaty which aims to promote the conservation of wetlands and their resources through their “wise use”.
		The designated Ramsar site is called “Alderney West Coast and the Burhou Islands” and is 1,500 hectares which includes all the waters from the island’s west coast out to the northern gannet colony of Ortac, Burhou, the slets and reefs that surround it and includes Les Etacs.
		This worldwide Ramsar recognition is the result of some 18 months of research carried out by a local team of marine biology, entomology and ornithology experts who volunteered their time and services.
	www.bbc.co.uk /guernsey/content/articles/2005/08/23/alderney_ramsar_feature.shtml (520 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sri Lanka's first Ramsar Site is the Bundala National Park.
		DWLC made representations to the Geneva based head office of the Ramsar Convention on the importance of conserving the Maduganga Estuary Wetland system.
		Accordingly this wetland was declared a Ramsar site.
	www.dailynews.lk /2004/02/27/new26.html (156 words)

	KoshiTappu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		All the countries, which are signatories of the convention, are obliged to designate at least one wetland in their respective territory as a Ramsar Site.
		Ramsar list of Wetlands of International Importance, commonly called as Ramsar Site.
		This book is helpful to develop a detail management plan for the Ramsar Site and can also provide guidelines to conduct research in similar regions, which are ecologically and economically important.
	www.fiu.edu /~sahj/koshi/koshitappu.html (569 words)

	James' flamingo in breeding plumage at Chile's Ramsar site Salar de Surire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		James' flamingo in breeding plumage at Chile's Ramsar site Salar de Surire
		Chile presently has 9 sites designated as Wetlands of International Importance, with a surface area of 159,154 hectares.
		The site supports various high altitude species of flora and fauna which are endangered or rare.
	birdingaltoandino.com /james.htm (223 words)

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