Member Type Global Intergovernmental Organization or Multilateral Environmental Agreement
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Secretariat
The Convention on Wetlands, signed in Ramsar, Iran, in 1971, is an intergovernmental treaty which provides the framework for national action and international cooperation for the conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources. There are presently 171 Contracting Parties to the Convention, with 2,392 wetland sites, totaling 253 million hectares, designated for inclusion in the Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance. Up to 2020, 973 marine and coastal wetlands Ramsar Sites covering 72,790,070 ha have been designated under the Convention.
Related website:
- New Global Wetland Outlook 2021 report by the Convention on Wetlands
- Madagascar designates the mangroves of Ambaro Bay
- World Wetlands Day 2021
- Honduras designates Laguna de Alvarado as its 11th Wetland of International Importance
- El Salvador has designated Complejo Los Cobanos as its eighth Wetland of International Importance
- Indonesia’s newest Ramsar Site
- France designates network of 14 Caribbean ponds
- Ramsar Announces Mangrove Rehabilitation Project in the Marshall Islands
- Netherlands names three new Caribbean Ramsar Sites
- A new “coral reef” Ramsar Site for Honduras
- Thailand names two island Ramsar Sites
Last Updated: 2 February 2022