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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
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penlinks.gif (7954 bytes)The Five "International Organization Partners"

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

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The Joint Web Site of the Bioersity Related Conventions

CBD: Convention on Biological ersity 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

penlinks.gif (7954 bytes)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)
Hungary Uganda: National Wetlands Programme
Japan (with map of Ramsar sites) United Kingdom (DEFRA) (JNCC)
Mexico United States: US Fish and Wildlife Service
Namibia Venezuela

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penlinks.gif (7954 bytes)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 Trust1pixel.gif (50 bytes) 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)