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… in Ramsar, Iran, in 1971. Currently there are 1,932 Ramsar wetland sites, totalling almost 188 million hectares. … celebrate Earth Day, International Biodiversity Day, World Wetland Day or World Tourism Day, or in cleaning up a beach, coral reef or wetland. You might also choose to sponsor an exhibition in …

… State sovereignty. Article 2 provides “The inclusion of a wetland in the List does not prejudice the exclusive … right of the Contracting Party in whose territory the wetland is situated.” Despite this, the Convention requires each State to designate at least one wetland in order to become a Party (Article 2(4)). it has 64 …

… crops 5. Forests for watershed management 6. Forests for wetland, lake and river protection 7. Silvopastoral New large …

… basin. • Some dam reservoirs provide productive fringing wetland ecosystems with fish and waterfowl habitat …

… small isolated coral cays where seabirds breed, and small wetland areas which are used by migratory birds. Many IUCN … Seychelles: Aldabra Atoll; South Africa: Greater St Lucia Wetland Park; Uganda: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park; …

… Forest Block, and Sentarum Lake National Park (a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance) are sur- rounded by …

… the land was entirely forested with the exception of wetland areas. With settlement, valley ecosystems changed … are focused respectively on an internationally important wetland ecosystem (the Broads) and an equally important … for other parts of the UK. 2 Including the Broads, a wetland area with status similar to a national park. 3 One …