The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention) was adopted in 1971 and entered into force in 1975. It is a legally binding framework instrument embodying the commitments of ...

The day marks the date of the adoption of the “Convention of Wetlands of International Importance”, held in 1971 in the Iranian city of Ramsar on the shores of the Caspian Sea. Through the ...

A Ramsar Site is a wetland designated to be of international importance under the Ramsar Convention, an international environmental treaty signed on February 2, 1971, in Ramsar, Iran, under the ...