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Ramsar Links

20/11/2009

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
Related Convention Secretariats	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)

Ramsar Regional Center for the Western Hemisphere (CREHO), Panama

Ramsar Regional Center for Central and Western Asia (RRC-CWA), Ramsar, Iran

Ramsar Regional Center for East Asia (RRC-EA), Korea

Ramsar Center Japan (RCJ)

National Ramsar-related Sites

Argentina (with map of Ramsar Sites)

Australia

Austria (with map of Ramsar Sites)

Canada WetKit Ramsar

Georgia

Germany

Slovenia

Venezuela

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)
Carpathian Convention	International Institute of Sustainable Development -- Linkages	UN Water
Center for International Earth Science Information Network	International Lake Environment Committee (ILEC)	UNESCO Man and the Biosphere (MAB) programme
Centro Neotropical de Entrenamiento en Humedales	International Mire Conservation Group (IMCG)	UNESCO Water Portal
Conference of Party (COP) Decision Search Tool (CIESIN)	International Peat Society (IPS)	UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education
Conservation Finance Alliance	International Year of Freshwater	United Nations Environment Programme
Conservation International	Kushiro International Wetlands Center (Japan)	United States Geological Survey -- Water Issues
The Coral Reef Alliance	LakeNet	U.S. EPA: Office of Wetlands, Oceans, & Watersheds
Coral Reefs and Mangroves of the World (WCMC)	Living Lakes (Global Nature Fund)	U.S.G.S. National Wetlands Research Center
Ducks Unlimited, Inc (USA) (Canada)	Mangrove Action Project	Waddensee: the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat (CWSS)
Ecofilms: Rodos International Film Festival	Migratory Bird & Wetland Newslink	Water-L list, IISD (to subscribe)
European Centre for Nature Conservation - ECNC	Millennium Ecosystem Assessment	Waterwatch Australia
European Space Agency (ESA)	Natural Selection (Natural History Museum, London)	Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network
Eurosite	The Nature Conservancy	Wetkit: tools for working with wetlands in Canada
Fundación Humedales	Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA)	Wetland Link International
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)	Pôle-relais tourbières (peatlands)	Wetlands Centre (Australia)
Global Environment Centre	Prespa Transboundary Wetland Park	World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)
Global Environment Facility - GEF	Protect Planet Ocean	World FishCentre
Global Invasive Species Programme (GISP)		World Meteorological Organization
Global Nature Fund		World Resources Institute
Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS, FAO)		World Water Council
Global Water Partnership		WWT - The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (UK)
GlobWetland (ESA)
Great Apes Survival Project (GRASP)

The Convention today

Number of » Contracting Parties: 167 Sites designated for the
» List of Wetlands of
International Importance: 2,122 Total surface area of designated sites (hectares): 205,366,160

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