Gallery 0 Results Reset search Close Aerial view of the Mai Po Inner Deep Bay Ramsar Site Ramsar Convention Gavkhouni Lake and marshes of the lower Zaindeh Rud Ramsar Site, Iran Tonle Sap lake in Cambodia. The Prek Toal Ramsar Site includes some of the most pristine floodplains in the Tonle Sap. Sorn Pheakdey Women focal group discussion at the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site Anushae Parakh Zhaling Lake Ramsar Site He Youfu Zhaling Lake Ramsar Site Ma Shenglu Eling Lake Ramsar Site Lin Kun Plantations on burnt and drained peatlands in the coastal area are exposed to subsidence and increased flooding Tobias Salathé Drained and burnt peatland area in the buffer zone of the Berbak National Park Tobias Salathé A Ramsar Site of International Importance, the wetland on the edge of the Inner Deep Bay is an important stop-off point for migrating water birds on the flyway between New Zealand and Siberia as they move north and south for the summer and winter. Paul Steyn 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 Kut Ting Marshland Ramsar Site in Thailand Lew Young Fifa Nature Reserve Ramsar Convention Birdwatching hide and boardwalk, Azraq Oasis Ramsar Site Lew Young The Site mostly lies on limestone through which groundwater aquifers are formed and recharged. 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 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. Lew Young