Ramsar site

Ramsar sites are wetland wildlife conservation areas nominated by states parties to the convention signed at Ramsar, Iran in 1971.

Shape Files

The secretariat of the convention, has confirmed that GIS shape files of Ramsar sites are in the public domain: osm-talk.

Shapefiles are available at (registration required) for the following European countries: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Sweden, Switzerland.

Datasets for other countries are visible on the Wetlands International site, but have not been made available for download. In some cases, e.g., the United Kingdom, this is likely to be for copyright reasons. Shapefiles are prepared by the countries themselves, so they may vary in the format of the shp-file (UTM, GEO,...)

Tagging

The precise tagging of the wide range of different categories of sites for nature conservation has not been worked out in any detail. Therefore this is only a tentative suggestion of how to tag Ramsar sites.

Sites should be tagged leisure=nature_reserve, and possibly landuse=conservation (see Proposed features/conservation), with an additional ramsar=yes. Care should be taken to not cause conflict with existing tags of a similar nature. Many Ramsar sites may contain explicit nature reserves (owned by conservation bodies) with different boundaries to the Ramsar site.

In addition Ramsar sites may be covered by other conservation categories, such as SSSI status in Great Britain, and SAC and SPAs in the European Union. A good example of this is Rutland Water, where the western shore is a nature reserve operated by the local Wildlife Trust and Anglian Water, and the whole reservoir is an SSSI, an SPA, and a Ramsar site.

Countries

Antigua and Barbuda

  • Codrington Lagoon relation Map

Bulgaria

  • Srebarna Nature Reserve relation Map

Cyprus

  • Larnaca salt lake relation Map

Denmark

Finland

Hungary

  • Bodrogzug relation Map
  • Felsö-Tisza relation Map
  • Hortobágy relation Map
  • Ipoly-völgy relation Map

Iceland

  • Grunnafjördur relation Map
  • Thjórsárver relation Map
  • Mývatn-Laxá relation Map

Japan

  • Yatsu-higata (谷津干潟) relation Map

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Mexico

Site numberCodeNameDesignation dateMap
0332MEX-001Humedal de Importancia Especialmente para la Conservación de Aves Acuáticas Reserva Ría Lagartos04-07-1986relation map
1322MEX-010Laguna de Tecocomulco27-11-2003relation Map
1323MEX-011Parque Nacional Isla Contoy27-11-2003relation Map
1324MEX-012Parque Nacional Isla Isabel27-11-2003relation Map
1326MEX-014Playa Tortuguera Rancho Nuevo27-11-2003way Map
1327MEX-015Playa Tortuguera Tierra Colorada27-11-2003way Map
1338MEX-025Laguna de Sayula02-02-2004relation Map
1345MEX-032Islas Marietas02-02-2004relation Map
1357MEX-044Reserva de la Biosfera Archipiélago de Revillagigedo02-02-2004relation Map
1359MEX-046Isla San Pedro Mártir02-02-2004relation Map
1603MEX-063Isla Rasa02-02-2006relation Map
1791MEX-091Estero El Chorro02-02-2008way Map

Netherlands

Norway

Portugal

  • Fajã dos Cubres (Azores) relation Map

Slovak Republic

Spain

  • List of Ramsar sites in Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

  • Akyatan Lagoon relation Map
  • Gediz Delta relation Map
  • Göksu Delta relation Map
  • Kuş Gölü relation Map
  • Kizören Obrouk relation Map
  • Kuş Gölü relation Map
  • Lake Burdur relation Map
  • Lake Seyfe relation Map
  • Meke Maar relation Map
  • Sultan Marshes relation Map
  • Uluabat Gölü relation Map
  • Yumurtalik Lagoons relation Map
  • Lake Kuyucuk relation Map
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