Gallery 0 Results Reset search Close Paul Steyn The unique balance between people and nature at Mai Po seems to be working, but the slow march of urbanization in Hong Kong and China represents one of the largest threats to the wetland. Paul Steyn Mai Po Ramsar Site is a patchwork of fishponds, marshes, mangrove, mudflats and shrimp ponds that blend with the skyscrapers in the distance, Mai Po is sandwiched between Hong Kong and China’s Shenzhen city, and has become an unlikely paradise for water birds from all over the world. Paul Steyn Kut Ting Marshland Ramsar Site in Thailand Lew Young The Prek Toal Ramsar Site includes some of the most pristine floodplains in the Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve in Cambodia.The local communities live in floating houses and depend on fishing and aquaculture for their livelihoods. Lew Young Fifa Ramsar Site manager, Ibrahim Mahasneh receiving the "Ramsar Site" certificate from Ramsar Convention Senior Regional Advisor for Asia-Oceania, Lew Young, at the official designation event Ramsar Convention Fifa Nature Reserve Ramsar Convention Birdwatching hide and boardwalk, Azraq Oasis Ramsar Site Lew Young Traditionally painted eggs for sale at the Azraq Oasis Ramsar Site Lew Young Gulf of Mottama Ramsar Site East Asian Australasian Flyway Partnership Gulf of Mottama Christoph Zöckler 2017 The Site mostly lies on limestone through which groundwater aquifers are formed and recharged. Ramsar Convention Al-Zora Protected Area Saif Ahmed Las Piñas – Parañaque Critical Habitat and Ecotourism Area Ramsar Site LPPCHEA LPPCHEA Puerto Princesa Ramsar Site Ramsar Convention Hawizeh Marsh Ramsar Site, a transboundary wetland, part of the Mesopotamian marshlands complex centered at the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the marshes are ca.75-80% located in Iraq with the remaining area extending into the Islamic Republic of Iran. Ramsar Convention Hooded cranes foraging The water that flows through Hanbando Wetland Ramsar Site is collected at a nearby water harvesting plant that supplies the majority of drinking water for locals. The wetland has also long supported local agricultural industry. Ramsar Convention The Site mostly lies on limestone through which groundwater aquifers are formed and recharged. Ramsar Convention Ramsar Convention National Wetlands Center The East Calcutta Ramsar Site provides about 150 tons of fresh vegetables daily, as well as some 10,500 tons of fish per year, the latter providing livelihoods for about 50,000 people directly Dhrubajyoti Ghosh The Hanbando Wetland Ramsar Site is representative of natural riverine. The Site, lying in a sand-gravel bar formed in an incised meander, consists of various types of riffles and pools that maintain a rich biodiversity and provide habitats for numerous species including a number of endemic and nationally threatened species. Francesca Negrini