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      • Ramsar documents
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Wetlands publications

 

Brochures

  • Australia's amazing wetlands - 2017

Fact sheets

  • Assessing the condition of the Macquarie Marshes Ramsar site - Fact sheet - 2017
  • Australia's obligations under the Ramsar Convention: Legislative support for wetlands - Fact sheet - 2012
  • Australia's Ramsar sites - Fact sheet - 2010
  • Celebrating 50 Years of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands - Fact sheet - 2020
  • Coastal wetlands - Mangroves and saltmarshes - Fact sheet - 2016
  • Coorong and Lakes Alexandrina and Albert Ramsar Wetland - Fact sheet - March 2009
  • Limits of acceptable change - Fact sheet - 2012
  • Notification of change in ecological character - Fact sheet - 2012
  • Piccaninnie Ponds Karst Wetlands - Fact sheet - 2013
  • Planning and management of urban and peri-urban wetlands in Australia - Fact sheet - 2013
  • Wetlands and Agriculture - Fact sheet - 2016
  • Wetlands and biodiversity - Fact sheet - 2016
  • Wetlands and changes in water flows - Fact sheet - 2016
  • Wetlands and climate change - Fact sheet - 2019
  • Wetlands and coastal/urban development - Fact sheet - 2016
  • Wetlands and Indigenous values - Fact sheet - 2016
  • Wetlands and migratory shorebirds - Fact sheet - 2016
  • Wetlands and resilience to natural hazards - Fact sheet - 2016
  • Wetlands and the community - Fact sheet - 2016
  • Wetlands and the Ramsar Convention - Fact sheet - 2010
  • Wetlands and water quality - Fact sheet - 2016
  • Wetlands in Australia - Roles and responsibilities - Fact sheet - 2012
  • Wise use of Wetlands in Australia - Fact sheet - 2012

Books and reports

Ramsar Convention

  • Ramsar: Conferences of Contracting Parties reports
    • Australia’s National Report to the 14th meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands - 2021
    • Australia's National Report to the 13th Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention, UAE 2018 - 2018
    • National Report on the Implementation of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands - to be submitted to the 12th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties, Uruguay, 2015 - 2014
    • National Report on the Implementation of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands - to be submitted to the 11th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties, Romania, July 2012 - 2011
    • Ramsar National Report on the Implementation of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands - to be submitted to the 10th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties, Republic of Korea, 28 October - 4 November 2008 - 2008

Wetlands in Australia

  • Celebrating Australia’s Migratory Waterbirds and their habitats - 2017
  • Celebrating Australia’s wetlands: A showcase of Australian Ramsar sites - 2014
  • Celebrating Australia’s wetland science: World class research for wetlands - 2018
  • Currawinya Lakes Ramsar Site/Currawinya National Park Ramsar Management Summary - 2014
  • Discovering wetlands in Australia - A Primary classroom resource - 2010
  • Great Barrier Reef Coastal Wetlands Protection Program - Pilot Program 2005-2007 - Final Report - 2007
  • Issues paper - The role of wetlands in the carbon cycle - 2012
  • Literature Review of the Economic Value of Ecosystem Services that Wetlands Provide - 2012
  • Managing environmental flows in an agricultural landscape: the Lower Gwydir floodplain - 2010
  • Methodology for analysing the vulnerability to climate change of Ramsar wetlands sites - 2019
  • Protecting Australia's rivers, wetlands and estuaries of high conservation value - 2005
  • Waterbird and shorebird surveys of Bowling Green Bay Ramsar site - 2013
  • Program Performance Report of the Queensland Wetlands Program: 1 July 2006 - 31 December 2006
  • Program Performance Report of the Queensland Wetlands Program: 1 July 2005 - 30 June 2006
  • Sustainable Land Management and Wetlands Conservation on Freehold and Leasehold Land in the Great Barrier Reef Catchment - 2005
  • Valuation of disaster risk reduction ecosystem services of Australia’s coastal wetlands: review and recommendations - 2020
  • Vulnerability of the Gippsland Lakes Ramsar site and its catchment to bushfire and climate change - 2022

Implementing the Ramsar Convention in Australia

Australia’s national implementation plans

  • Ramsar Implementation Plan 2016-2018
  • Ramsar CEPA National Action Plan 2016-2018
  • Australia’s Ramsar Implementation Plan 2016-2018 Report against indicators
  • Australia's Ramsar CEPA National Action Plan 2016-2018 - Report against indicators

National Guidelines for Ramsar wetlands

  • Implementation of the National Framework and Guidance for describing the ecological character of Australia's Ramsar wetlands
  • National Guidelines – Module 1 - Boundary Description and Mapping Guidelines - 2014
  • National Guidelines – Module 2 - National framework and guidance for describing the ecological character of Australian Ramsar wetlands - 2008
  • National Guidelines – Module 3 - National guidance on notifying change in ecological character of Australia's Ramsar Wetlands - 2009
  • National Guidelines – Module 4 - Australian Ramsar site nomination guidelines - 2012

Newsletters

  • Wetlands Australia

Policy, legislation and conventions

  • Convention on Biodiversity (1992)
  • Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (the Bonn Convention)
  • Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES)
  • China-Australia Migratory Bird Agreement (CAMBA)
  • Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
  • Japan-Australia Migratory Bird Agreement (JAMBA)
  • Republic of Korea-Australia Migratory Bird Agreement (ROKAMBA)
  • Ramsar Convention
  • World Heritage Convention

Ramsar Convention 50th Anniversary resources

Postcards

Barmah Forest, Vic (PDF - 304.13 KB)
Cobourg Peninsula, NT (PDF - 314.16 KB)
Hunter Estuary, NSW (PDF - 315.39 KB)
Kakadu, NT (PDF - 316.43 KB)
Moulting Lagoon, Tas (PDF - 273.44 KB)
Peel-Yalgorup System, WA (PDF - 288.33 KB)
The Coorong, SA (PDF - 281.17 KB)

Posters

Eastern Australia (PDF - 724.12 KB)
External Territories (PDF - 976.69 KB)
Murray-Darling Basin (PDF - 757.45 KB)
Northern Australia (PDF - 735.95 KB)
Southern Australia (PDF - 756.56 KB)
Southern Western Australia (PDF - 701.3 KB)
Tasmania (PDF - 763.97 KB)

Ramsar Ecological Character Descriptions

Ecological Character Descriptions

  • Apsley Marshes Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2011
  • Ashmore Reef Commonwealth Marine Reserve Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2013
  • Banrock Station Ramsar Wetland Complex Ecological Character Description - 2009
  • Barmah Forest Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2011
  • Blue Lake Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2008
  • Caryapundy Swamp Ramsar Site Ecological Character Description - 2021
  • Cobourg Peninsula Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2011
  • Coongie Lakes Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2011
  • Coorong and Lakes Alexandrina and Albert Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2006
  • Coral Sea Reserves (Coringa-Herald and Lihou Reefs and Cays) Ramsar Wetland Ecological Character Description - 2006
  • Corner Inlet Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2011
  • The Dales Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2010
  • East Coast Cape Barren Island Lagoons Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2012
  • Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands Ramsar site Ecological Character Description – 2012
  • Eighty Mile Beach Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2012
  • Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Ramsar Wetland Ecological Character Description - 2011
  • Fivebough and Tuckerbil Wetlands Ecological Character Description - 2014
  • Flood Plain Lower Ringarooma River Ramsar Site Ecological Character Description - 2012
  • Forrestdale and Thomsons Lake Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2009
  • Ginini Flats Wetland Complex Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2010
  • Gippsland Lakes Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2010
  • Glenelg Estuary and Discovery Bay Ecological Character Description - 2017
  • Gunbower Forest Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2011
  • Hattah-Kulkyne Lakes Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2011
  • Hosnies Spring Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2010
  • Interlaken Lakeside Reserve Ramsar Site Ecological Character Description - 2012
  • Jocks Lagoon Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2011
  • Kakadu National Park Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2010
  • Kerang Wetlands Ramsar Site Ecological Character Description - 2011
  • Kooragang component of the Hunter River Estuary Wetlands Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2010
  • Lake Albacutya Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2010
  • Lakes Argyle and Kununurra Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2011
  • Lake Gore Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2009
  • Lake Pinaroo Ramsar Site Ecological Character Description - 2008
  • Lake Warden System Ramsar Site Ecological Character Description - 2009
  • Lavinia Ramsar Site Ecological Character Description - 2012
  • Little Llangothlin Nature Reserve Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2011
  • Little Waterhouse Lake Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2012
  • Logan Lagoon Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2012
  • Macquarie Marshes Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2012
  • Moulting Lagoon Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2012
  • Muir-Byenup Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2009
  • Myall Lakes Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2012
  • Narran Lake Nature Reserve Ramsar Site Ecological Character Description - 2011
  • NSW Central Murray Forests Ramsar Site Ecological Character Description - 2011
  • Ord River Floodplain Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2012
  • Pittwater-Orielton Lagoon Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2012
  • Paroo River Wetlands Ramsar site Ecological Character Description – 2010
  • Peel-Yalgorup System Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2007
  • Piccaninnie Ponds Karst Wetlands Ramsar site Ecological Character Description – 2012
  • Pulu Keeling National Park Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2010
  • Riverland Ramsar Site Ecological Character Description - 2009
  • Roebuck Bay Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2012
  • Shoalwater and Corio Bays Area Ecological Character Description - 2010
  • Toolibin Lake Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2006
  • Towra Point Nature Reserve Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2010
  • Vasse-Wonnerup System Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2007
  • Western District Lakes Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2011
  • Western Port Ramsar site Ecological Character Description - 2010

Reports on ecological character

  • Research of key knowledge gaps in the ecological character of the Cobourg Peninsula Ramsar site, Northern Territory – Aquatic flora and fauna and physicochemical assessment - 2010
  • Analysis of possible change in ecological character of the Roebuck Bay and Eighty Mile Beach Ramsar sites - 2010
  • Peer-review of the report - Analysis of possible change in ecological character of Roebuck Bay and Eighty Mile Beach Ramsar sites - Version 1 - 2010

Ramsar Information Sheets

  • Corner Inlet Ramsar site – Ramsar Information Sheet
  • Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands Ramsar site – Ramsar Information Sheet
  • Kerang Lakes Ramsar site – Ramsar Information Sheet
  • Lake Pinaroo Ramsar site – Ramsar Information Sheet
  • Moreton Bay Ramsar site - Ramsar Information Sheet
  • Shoalwater and Corio Bays Area Ramsar site – Ramsar Information Sheet
  • Ramsar information sheet for Ramsar sites

Videos and interactive tools

  • World Wetlands Day 2018
  • Ramsar Sites of International Importance, Ramsar Convention Secretariat - 2015
  • Cobourg Peninsula, NT - the world's first Ramsar site - 2014
  • Piccaninnie Ponds Karst Wetlands - Australia's 65th Ramsar site - 2013
  • Paroo-Darling National Park - National Reserve System - 2013
  • Australia's Amazing Wetlands - World Wetlands Day 2012 -2012
  • Kakadu National Park - Mary River Roadhouse and Gunlom - 2012
  • Christmas Island National Park - Behind the scenes of the red crab migration - 2012
  • Christmas Island - A natural wonder - 2012
  • Christmas Island - Green sea turtle hatching - 2012
  • Environmental Watering Videos
  • Indigenous Protected Area - The wetlands of Paruku - 2011
  • Kakadu National Park - Introduction by Jacob Nayinggul - 2010
  • Kakadu National Park - Guluyambi River cruise - 2010
  • Kakadu National Park - Turtle surveys, Field Island - 2010
  • Kakadu National Park - Twinfalls boat shuttle service - 2010

Links

  • Ramsar Bureau (Ramsar Convention Secretariat)
  • Ramsar list of wetlands of international importance
  • Ramsar publications and resolutions and recommendations from Ramsar Conferences of Parties
  • Supervising Scientist Wetland Research Publications
  • Australia Wetland education centres
  • Conservation Volunteers Australia
  • Wetlands International
  • Australian Society for Limnology
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