Ramsar Links

A collection of Web sources of further information about the Ramsar Convention and Ramsar-related activities and issues

Int'l Partner Organizations	National Ramsar-related Sites	News and search
Related Convention Secretariats	Individual Ramsar Sites	Other Ramsar-related Info

The Five "International Organization Partners"

BirdLife International	WWF International
International Water Management Institute	Wetlands International
IUCN	(WI: Ramsar Sites Information Service)

Related Convention Secretariats

The Joint Web Site of the Biodiversity Related Conventions

CBD: Convention on Biological Diversity	UNCCD: Convention to Combat Desertification
CITES: Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species	UNFCCC: UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
CMS/ Bonn Convention on Migratory Species	World Heritage Convention (list of shared Ramsar / World Heritage sites)

National Ramsar-related Sites

Argentina (with map of Ramsar Sites)	Nepal (Wetland Friends)
Australia	Pakistan; IUCN Pakistan
Austria (with map of Ramsar Sites)	New Zealand
Brazil's Ramsar sites (English, Portuguese); Bioma	Russian Federation(with maps)
Canada; WetKit Ramsar	Slovenia
Denmark (with convention text in Danish)	South Africa
Georgia	Sweden(with maps of Ramsar Sites)
Germany	Uganda: National Wetlands Programme
Hungary	United Kingdom (DEFRA) (JNCC)
Japan(with map of Ramsar Sites)	United States: US Fish and Wildlife Service
Mexico	Venezuela
Namibia

Individual Ramsar Sites (not necessarily always from official sources)

Click here for a whole page of links to Ramsar sites

News and search

Other Important Sites for Ramsar-related Information (alphabetical)

African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds Agreement (AEWA)	International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA)	Red List (IUCN data on threatened species)
Anatidae Site Network in the East Asian Flyway	International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR)	River Basin Initiative
ARKive: images of life on earth	International Coral Reef Action Network (ICRAN)	Society of Wetland Scientists
Avian Influenza Web site (CMS and AEWA)	International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI)	Star Alliance "Biosphere Connections"
Carpathian Convention	International Corporate Wetlands Restoration Partnership (ICWRP)	UN Water
Center for International Earth Science Information Network	International Institute of Sustainable Development -- Linkages	UNESCO Man and the Biosphere (MAB) programme
Centro Neotropical de Entrenamiento en Humedales	IISD Linkages -- MEA Bulletin	UNESCO Water Portal
Commission on Sustainable Development	International Lake Environment Committee (ILEC)	UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education
Conference of Party (COP) Decision Search Tool (CIESIN)	International Mire Conservation Group (IMCG)	United Nations Environment Programme
Conservation Finance Alliance	International Peat Society (IPS)	United States Geological Survey -- Water Issues
Conservation International	International Water Management Institute (IWMI)	U.S. EPA: Office of Wetlands, Oceans, & Watersheds
The Coral Reef Alliance	International Year of Freshwater	U.S.G.S. National Wetlands Research Center
Coral Reefs and Mangroves of the World (WCMC)	Kushiro International Wetlands Center (Japan)	Waddensee: the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat (CWSS)
CREHO - Regional Ramsar Center for Western Hemisphere (Panama)	LakeNet	Water-L list, IISD (to subscribe)
Ducks Unlimited, Inc (USA) (Canada)	Living Lakes (Global Nature Fund)	Waterwatch Australia
Ecofilms: Rodos International Film Festival	Mangrove Action Project	Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network
European Centre for Nature Conservation - ECNC	MedWetCoast	Wetkit: tools for working with wetlands in Canada
European Space Agency (ESA)	Migratory Bird & Wetland Newslink	Wetland Fix (South Africa)
Eurosite	Millennium Ecosystem Assessment	Wetland Link International
Fundación Humedales	Natural Selection (Natural History Museum, London)	Wetland Management Solutions (Australia)
Global Bioersity Information Facility (GBIF)	The Nature Conservancy	Wetlands Centre (Australia)
Global Environment Centre	Netcoast (Dutch Coastal Zone Management Centre)	Wetlands Help-line (Oceania region)
Global Environment Facility - GEF	Participatory Management Clearinghouse (IUCN, Ramsar)	World Commission on Dams
Global Invasive Species Programme (GISP)	Partners for Wetlands (WWF)	World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)
Global Nature Fund	Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA)	World FishCentre
Global Peatland Initiative	Point-a-Pierre Wildfowl Trust	World Meteorological Organization
Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS, FAO)	Pôle-relais tourbières (peatlands)	World Resources Institute
Global Water Partnership	Prespa Transboundary Wetland Park	World Water Council
GlobWetland (ESA)	Protect Planet Ocean	WWT - The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (UK)
Great Apes Survival Project (GRASP)	Ramsar Center Japan (RCJ)	.