Convention of Ramsar

The Convention of Ramsar is an international treaty for the conservation and the durable use of the wetlands, aiming at stopping the degradation and the loss of wetlands, today and tomorrow, by recognizing the fundamental ecological functions of those like their value economic, cultural, scientific and entertaining.

Convention

The official title is Relative convention at the wetlands of international importance particularly like habitats of the birds of water . Convention elaborate and was adopted by the participating nations at a meeting with Ramsar, Iran the February 2nd, 1971. It came into effect the December 21st 1975.

The list of the wetlands of international importance contains now more than 1200 sites, representing a surface of approximately 1 119 000 km ², whereas in 2000, it only 1021 ago of them. The country including/understanding the most sites is the the United Kingdom with 169, while the country having more large surface of listed wetlands is the Canada with more 130 000 km ², of which the Gulf Queen Maud with 62 800 km ².

150 countries currently signed this convention, against 119 in 2000. They were 18 in 1971. The countries signatories meet every three years at the time of a conference, the first having taken place with Cagliari (Italy) in 1980. Endorsements with initial convention were adopted with Paris in 1982, and with Regina in 1987.

the seat of this convention is established with Gland (Suisse), with that of the world Union for nature (IUCN).

List contracting parties

The South Africa, the Albania, the Algeria, the Germany, the Argentinian , the Arménie, the Australia, the Austria, the Azerbaïdjan, the the Bahamas, Bahrain, the Bangladesh, the Bielorussia, the Belgium, the Belize, the Benign , the Bolivia, the Bosnia-Herzégovine, the Botswana, the Brazil, the Bulgaria, the Burkina Faso, the Burundi, the Kampuchea, the Canada, the Chile, the China, Cyprus, the Colombia, the the Comoros, the Democratic republic of Congo, the Congo, the South Korea, the Costa Rica, the Ivory Coast, the Croatia, Cuba, the Denmark, Djibouti, the Dominican Republic, the Egypt, the El Salvador, the Ecuador, the Spain, the Estonia, the the United States, the Finland, France, the Gabon, the Gambia, the Georgia, the Ghana, the Greece, the Guatemala, the Guinea-Bissau, the Guinea, the Guinea Equatoriale, the Honduras, the Hungary, the India, the Indonesia, the Iran, the Ireland, the Iceland, Israel, the Italy, the Jamaica, the Japan, the Jordan, the Kenya, the Kirghizstan, Latvia, the Lebanon, the Liberia, the Libya, the Liechtenstein, the Lithuania, the Luxembourg, the Republic of Macedonia, Madagascar, the Malaysia, the Malawi, the Mali, Malta, the Morocco, Maurice, the Mauritania, the Mexico, the Moldavie, Monaco, the Mongolia, the Namibia, the Nepal, the Nicaragua, the Niger, the Nigeria, the Norway, the New Zealand, the Uganda, the Ouzbékistan, the Pakistan, the Panama, the New Guinea-News-Guinea, the Paraguay, the Netherlands, the Peru, Filipino , the Poland, the Portugal, the Romania, the the United Kingdom, the Russia, St Lucia, the Senegal, the Serbia-and-Montenegro, the Sierra Leone, the Slovakia, the Slovenia, the Sri Lanka, the Sweden , the Swiss , the Suriname, the Syria, the Tadjikistan, the Tanzania, the Chad, the Czech Republic, the Thailand, the Togo, the Trinity-and-Tobago, the Tunisia, the Turkey, the Ukraine, the Uruguay, the Venezuela, the Vietnam, the Zambia, the the ex-USSR Source: http://www.ramsar.org/key_cp_f.htm

Sites by country

Source: Ramsar Sites Database

Belgium

Benign

Burkina

Burundi

Canada

The Comoros

Ivory Coast

Djibouti

France

Gabon

Guinea

Guinea Equatoriale

Iran

Italy

Luxembourg

Madagascar

Mali

Monaco

Niger

Nigeria

Democratic republic of Congo

Congo

Senegal

Switzerland

Chad

Togo

See too

the National park of Bundula National parks of Morocco

List of international conventions

External bond

http://www.ramsar.org/
Forum of the Atlantic Marshes Pole relay in favor of the littoral wetlands Atlantic Sleeve and the North Sea

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