Key
Documents of the Ramsar Convention
Contracting
Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
(as of
4 June 2007)
Number
of Contracting Parties: 154
Number of sites designated for the List of Wetlands of International Importance:
1674
Total surface area of designated sites: 150,228,225 hectares
Country
|
Entry
into force
|
Ramsar
sites
|
Surface
area
|
Albania
|
29.02.96
|
3
|
83,062
|
Algeria
|
04.03.84
|
42
|
2,959,615
|
Antigua
and Barbuda |
02.10.05
|
1
|
3,600
|
Argentina
|
04.09.92
|
15
|
3,992,201
|
Armenia
|
06.11.93
|
2
|
492,239
|
Australia
|
21.12.75
|
64
|
7,371,873
|
Austria
|
16.04.83
|
19
|
122,277
|
Azerbaijan
|
21.05.01
|
2
|
99,560
|
Bahamas
|
07.06.97
|
1
|
32,600
|
Bahrain
|
27.02.98
|
2
|
6,810
|
Bangladesh
|
21.09.92
|
2
|
611,200
|
Barbados |
12.04.06
|
1
|
33
|
Belarus
|
25.08.91
|
8
|
283,107
|
Belgium
|
04.07.86
|
9
|
42,938
|
Belize
|
22.08.98
|
2
|
23,592
|
Benin
|
24.05.00
|
4
|
1,179,354
|
Bolivia
|
27.10.90
|
8
|
6,518,073
|
Bosnia
and Herzegovina
|
01.03.92
|
2
|
10,911
|
Botswana
|
09.04.97
|
1
|
5,537,400
|
Brazil
|
24.09.93
|
8
|
6,434,086
|
Bulgaria
|
24.01.76
|
10
|
20,306
|
Burkina
Faso
|
27.10.90
|
3
|
299,200
|
Burundi |
05.10.02
|
1
|
1,000
|
Cambodia
|
23.10.99
|
3
|
54,600
|
Cameroon |
20.07.06
|
2
|
600,415
|
Canada
|
15.05.81
|
37
|
13,066,675
|
Cape
Verde |
18.11.05
|
3
|
...
|
Central
African Republic |
05.04.06
|
1
|
101,300
|
Chad
|
13.10.90
|
5
|
9,879,068
|
Chile
|
27.11.81
|
9
|
159,154
|
China
|
31.07.92
|
30
|
2,937,481
|
Colombia
|
18.10.98
|
3
|
447,888
|
Comoros
|
09.06.95
|
3
|
16,030
|
Congo
|
18.10.98
|
1
|
438,960
|
Costa
Rica
|
27.04.92
|
11
|
510,050
|
Côte
dIvoire
|
27.06.96
|
6
|
127,344
|
Croatia
|
25.06.91
|
4
|
80,455
|
Cuba
|
12.08.01
|
6
|
1,188,411
|
Cyprus
|
11.11.01
|
1
|
1,585
|
Czech
Republic
|
01.01.93
|
12
|
54,656
|
Democratic
Republic of Congo
|
18.05.96
|
2
|
866,000
|
Denmark
|
02.01.78
|
38
|
2,078,823
|
Djibouti |
22.03.03
|
1
|
3,000
|
Dominican
Republic |
15.09.02
|
1
|
20,000
|
Ecuador
|
07.01.91
|
12
|
170,771
|
Egypt
|
09.09.88
|
2
|
105,700
|
El
Salvador
|
22.05.99
|
3
|
125,769
|
Equatorial
Guinea |
02.10.03
|
3
|
136,000
|
Estonia
|
29.07.94
|
11
|
218,344
|
Fiji |
11.08.06
|
1
|
615
|
Finland
|
21.12.75
|
49
|
799,518
|
France
|
01.12.86
|
24
|
828,803
|
Gabon
|
30.04.87
|
6
|
1,763,769
|
Gambia
|
16.01.97
|
2
|
26,304
|
Georgia
|
07.06.97
|
2
|
34,223
|
Germany
|
26.06.76
|
32
|
839,327
|
Ghana
|
22.06.88
|
6
|
178,410
|
Greece
|
21.12.75
|
10
|
163,501
|
Guatemala
|
26.10.90
|
7
|
628,592
|
Guinea
|
18.03.93
|
14
|
5,587,861
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
14.05.90
|
1
|
39,098
|
Honduras
|
23.10.93
|
6
|
223,320
|
Hungary
|
11.08.79
|
26
|
206,379
|
Iceland
|
02.04.78
|
3
|
58,970
|
India
|
01.02.82
|
25
|
677,131
|
Indonesia
|
08.08.92
|
3
|
656,510
|
Iran,
Islamic Republic of
|
21.12.75
|
22
|
1,481,147
|
Ireland
|
15.03.85
|
45
|
66,994
|
Israel
|
12.03.97
|
2
|
366
|
Italy
|
14.04.77
|
50
|
59,796
|
Jamaica
|
07.02.98
|
3
|
37,765
|
Japan
|
17.10.80
|
33
|
130,293
|
Jordan
|
10.05.77
|
1
|
7,372
|
Kazakhstan |
02.05.07
|
1
|
353,341
|
Kenya
|
05.10.90
|
5
|
101,849
|
Kyrgyz
Republic |
12.03.03
|
2
|
639,700
|
Latvia
|
25.11.95
|
6
|
148,363
|
Lebanon
|
16.08.99
|
4
|
?1075
|
Lesotho |
01.11.04
|
1
|
434
|
Liberia |
02.11.03
|
5
|
95,879 |
Libyan
Arab Jamahiriya
|
05.08.00
|
2
|
83
|
Liechtenstein
|
06.12.91
|
1
|
101
|
Lithuania
|
20.12.93
|
5
|
50,451
|
Luxembourg
|
15.08.98
|
2
|
17,213
|
Madagascar
|
25.01.99
|
6
|
787,555
|
Malawi
|
14.03.97
|
1
|
224,800
|
Malaysia
|
10.03.95
|
5
|
55,355
|
Mali
|
25.09.87
|
1
|
4,119,500
|
Malta
|
30.01.89
|
2
|
16
|
Marshall
Islands |
13.11.04
|
1
|
69,000
|
Mauritania
|
22.02.83
|
3
|
1,231,100
|
Mauritius
|
30.09.01
|
1
|
26
|
Mexico
|
04.11.86
|
67
|
5,317,857
|
Monaco
|
20.12.97
|
1
|
10
|
Mongolia
|
08.04.98
|
11
|
1,439,530
|
[
Montenegro ] [awaiting official notification of legal status +
name] |
[27.04.92]
|
1
|
20,000
|
Morocco
|
20.10.80
|
24
|
272,010
|
Mozambique |
03.12.04
|
1
|
688,000
|
Myanmar |
17.03.05
|
1
|
256
|
Namibia
|
23.12.95
|
4
|
629,600
|
Nepal
|
17.04.88
|
4
|
23,488
|
Netherlands
|
23.09.80
|
49
|
818,908
|
New
Zealand
|
13.12.76
|
6
|
39,068
|
Nicaragua
|
30.11.97
|
8
|
405,691
|
Niger
|
30.08.87
|
12
|
4,317,869
|
Nigeria
|
02.02.01
|
1
|
58,100
|
Norway
|
21.12.75
|
37
|
116,369
|
Pakistan
|
23.11.76
|
19
|
1,343,627
|
Palau |
18.02.03
|
1
|
493
|
Panama
|
26.11.90
|
4
|
159,903
|
Papua
New Guinea
|
16.07.93
|
2
|
594,924
|
Paraguay
|
07.10.95
|
6
|
785,970
|
Peru
|
30.03.92
|
11
|
6,779,393
|
Philippines
|
08.11.94
|
4
|
68,404
|
Poland
|
22.03.78
|
13
|
125,760
|
Portugal
|
24.03.81
|
17
|
73,784
|
Republic
of Korea
|
28.07.97
|
5
|
4,550
|
Republic
of Moldova
|
20.10.00
|
3
|
94,705
|
Romania
|
21.09.91
|
4
|
682,166
|
Russian
Federation
|
11.02.77
|
35
|
10,323,767
|
Rwanda |
01.04.06
|
1
|
...
|
Saint
Lucia |
19.06.02
|
2
|
85
|
Samoa |
06.02.05
|
1
|
...
|
Sao
Tome and Principe |
21.12.06
|
1
|
23
|
Senegal
|
11.11.77
|
4
|
99,720
|
Serbia
|
27.04.92
|
6
|
28,025
|
Seychelles |
22.03.05
|
1
|
121
|
Sierra
Leone
|
13.04.00
|
1
|
295,000
|
Slovakia
|
01.01.93
|
14
|
40,414
|
Slovenia
|
25.06.91
|
3
|
8,205
|
South
Africa
|
21.12.75
|
19
|
543,978
|
Spain
|
04.09.82
|
63
|
281,768
|
Sri
Lanka
|
15.10.90
|
3
|
8,522
|
Sudan |
07.05.05
|
2
|
6,784,600
|
Suriname
|
22.11.85
|
1
|
12,000
|
Sweden
|
21.12.75
|
51
|
514,506
|
Switzerland
|
16.05.76
|
11
|
8,676
|
Syrian
Arab Republic
|
05.07.98
|
1
|
10,000
|
Tajikistan
|
18.11.01
|
5
|
94,600
|
Thailand
|
13.09.98
|
10
|
370,600
|
The
FYR of Macedonia
|
08.09.91
|
1
|
18,920
|
Togo
|
04.11.95
|
2
|
194,400
|
Trinidad
& Tobago
|
21.04.93
|
3
|
15,919
|
Tunisia
|
24.03.81
|
1
|
12,600
|
Turkey
|
13.11.94
|
12
|
179,482
|
Uganda
|
04.07.88
|
11
|
354,803
|
Ukraine
|
01.12.91
|
33
|
744,651
|
United
Kingdom
|
05.05.76
|
165
|
895,144
|
United
Republic of Tanzania
|
13.08.00
|
4
|
4,868,424
|
United
States of America
|
18.04.87
|
22
|
1,305,860
|
Uruguay
|
22.09.84
|
2
|
424,904
|
Uzbekistan
|
08.02.02
|
1
|
31,300
|
Venezuela
|
23.11.88
|
5
|
263,636
|
Viet
Nam
|
20.01.89
|
2
|
25,759
|
Zambia
|
28.12.91
|
8
|
4,030,500
|
former
USSR
|
|
3
|
669,200
|
For
further information about the Convention on Wetlands, please contact:
the Ramsar Convention Secretariat, Rue Mauverney 28,
CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland (tel. +41 22 999 0170, fax +41 22 999 0169,
e-mail ).
Updated regularly, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.
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