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
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