L'importance des zones humides du monde pour le développement durable
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La Convention sur les zones humides est un traité intergouvernemental qui sert de cadre à l’action nationale et à la coopération internationale pour la conservation et l’utilisation rationnelle des zones humides et de leurs ressources.
Nombre de Parties contractantes: 171
Nombre de Zones humides d'importance internationale: 2,375
Surface totale de sites désignés: 253,614,461 ha
Kuannersuit Kuussuat is situated on the island of Qeqertarsuaq, west of Greenland. It consists of a broad valley with the channels of a braided river flowing through it. The Site features several hot springs and a glacier at the head of the valley; its ice cover has been constantly varying, and the Site has been influenced by glacier surges, in which the glacier advances very rapidly in a very short period. Between 1995 and 1999, the glacier covered the upper two kilometres (14%) of the Ramsar Site. The area is important for several species of breeding waterbird, which are also nationally and globally red-listed, such as the Greenland white-fronted goose. Local people harvest some of the area’s natural resources, but this has only a minor impact on the Site.
