Gallery 0 Results Reset All Close Ramsar Convention Secretary General, Martha Rojas-Urrego, visting Sian Ka'an Ramsar Site CONANP Mexico Sian Ka'an lies on a large karstic plain along a 120km-long barrier reef. Two large, shallow bays surrounded by mangroves, as well as numerous sinkholes or cenotes, are main landmarks in a landscape of tropical deciduous forests. CONANP Mexico A largely undeveloped wetland complex composed of sloughs, bogs, and coastal lagoons that harbor the largest natural wild rice bed on the Great Lakes Manglares de Nichupté, Ramsar Site no. 1777. These dense strips of mangrove protect inland areas against hurricanes and storms. Ramsar Convention Wetland in the Mesofilo Forest of Montana dela Reserve Biosphere El Cielo in Tamaulipas , Mexico. Claudio Cantu Chilliwack Lake, British Columbia, Canada Bonnie Cunningham Estero San José del Cabo Israel Omar Velazco Gómez Holbox Island Nadia Rubio The Pantanos de Centla is a tropical moist forest ecoregion in southern Mexico, which includes seasonally flooded forests and wetlands, in the summer. Gabriel Franco Guillén Tamul waterfalls in San Luis Potosi, Mexico Mauricio Carrera Mangroves and Wetlands in Tuxpan north of Veracruz, Mexico Moises Rivera Rodriguez Zapotlán el Grande Alejandro Mares Ethan Staats is a M.Sc. graduate student at Virginia Commonwealth University studying biology. His research interests include predator-prey interaction ecology, Wetlands biodiversity and ecosystems function, and evolutionary biology, and he has worked with aquatic macro-invertbrates in his research. He believes that photography is a good way to communicate the beauty and uniqueness found in nature. Ethan Staats Small moments with nature can leave a big impact and having connections with nature encourages conservation. Wetlands are havens for nature and vital to the world ecosystem. Sophia Tanner This mangroves area is protected by a cooperative that strives to make it known to tourists using only rowboats, tourists are asked not to make noise. Ventanilla, Oaxaca, México. Es un área protegida por una cooperativa que se empeña en darla a conocer a los turistas utilizando únicamente lanchas de remos, pidiéndoles que no hagan ruidos e involucrándolos en diferentes actividades: conocer los manglares y la fauna que allí habita y liberar a las tortugas, entre otras. Francesca Caregnato View of Crater Lake ,OR Alejandra Lozada White Ibis in Bald Head Creek, NC Anderson Tran La importancia de los manglares como un atractivo natural para el turismo en Quintana Roo, México. Sistema Laguna Nichupté Leonildo Tun Caamal Costa Alegre, Jalisco Jiselle De León Sumidero Canyon National Park, Chiapas, Mexico. Ramsar Site. Parque Nacional y Sitio Ramsar Cañón del Sumidero, Chiapas Ernesto Isaías Aguilar Camacho Fernandez Canyon is a protected natural area of Mexico, located in the town of Lerdo in the state of Durango. Cañón de Fernández es un área natural protegida de México, localizada en el municipio de Lerdo en el estado de Durango. Gerardo Guzmán Blue Heron Daniela Garcia De Quevedo Raymundo An example of what a pristine, untouched wilderness wetland in northern British Columbia looks like. Maybe inspiration for for wetland conservation around the world. James Cruickshank Photo taken inside the reserve of Sian Ka'an biosphere dela; It is a bridge that crosses the mouth that connects the mangroves by the Caribbean Sea. Represents the importance of these environments to marine species, these connections are vital to the life cycles of many animals. In addition, the photo highlights the beauty that can have these environments.Foto tomada dentro de la reserva de la biósfera de Sian Ka'an; es un puente que cruza la boca que conecta al manglar con el mar Caribe. Representa la importancia que tienen estos ambientes con las especies marinas, estas conexiones son de vital importancia para los ciclos de vida de muchos animales. Además, la foto resalta la belleza que pueden llegar a tener estos ambientes. Rubén Muñoz De Cote Hernández