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28 October 2020
Burkina Faso designates Barrage de Samandéni
25 September 2019
Burkina Faso names Mare de Darkoye and Mare de Yomboli as Ramsar Sites
1 February 2019
A new Ramsar Site in the heart of Ouagadougou
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Burkina Faso

The convention entered into force in Burkina Faso on 27 October 1990.

Burkina Faso currently has 25 sites designated as Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Sites), with a surface area of 1,940,481 hectares.

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