The Ramsar Convention (formally, the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, especially as Waterfowl Habitat) is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands,[1] recognizing the fundamental ecological functions of wetlands and their economic, cultural, scientific, and recreational value. It is named after the city of Ramsar in Iran, where the Convention was signed in 1971.
A national inventory of wetland resources, based on the best scientific information available, is mandated by the Convention since 1990 through Recom 4.6. A Framework for Wetland Inventory was also established by the Convention in 2002 to aid member states in establishing their own national inventory for wetland sites. The inventory makes it possible to prioritize appropriate wetland sites for designation on the Ramsar List, similar to the tentative list of UNESCO, where UNESCO sites must always come from the tentative list. There is currently no publicly disclosed wetland inventory in the Philippines, but it is assumed that such inventory exists as the Philippines, through the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, has already nominated at least seven Philippine wetlands since 1994.
The current representation of the Philippines in Ramsar wetland nominations is inactive compared with the Ramsar wetland nominations of its peers. By comparison, the Philippines has 7 sites, while Mexico has more than 140, the archipelagic country of Japan has more than 50, the African nation of Algeria has more than 50, and the small country of South Korea has 22. The Philippines, an archipelagic country, theoretically possesses more wetlands than South Korea and North Korea combined. This has prompted various scholars to push the government to participate more in the nominations of Philippine wetlands in the Ramsar Convention. By rule, the Philippines may nominate multiple sites as Ramsar sites like what Mexico did in 2008, where at least 45 of its nominated sites were specifically declared as new Ramsar sites.[3]
list, ramsar, sites, philippines, ramsar, convention, formally, convention, wetlands, international, importance, especially, waterfowl, habitat, international, treaty, conservation, sustainable, utilization, wetlands, recognizing, fundamental, ecological, func. The Ramsar Convention formally the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands 1 recognizing the fundamental ecological functions of wetlands and their economic cultural scientific and recreational value It is named after the city of Ramsar in Iran where the Convention was signed in 1971 Ramsar logo The Philippines enforced the Ramsar Convention in its whole territory on November 8 1994 Since then Ramsar has designated 7 Ramsar sites in the country Two Ramsar sites in the Philippines have been declared by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites namely Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park and Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park 2 A national inventory of wetland resources based on the best scientific information available is mandated by the Convention since 1990 through Recom 4 6 A Framework for Wetland Inventory was also established by the Convention in 2002 to aid member states in establishing their own national inventory for wetland sites The inventory makes it possible to prioritize appropriate wetland sites for designation on the Ramsar List similar to the tentative list of UNESCO where UNESCO sites must always come from the tentative list There is currently no publicly disclosed wetland inventory in the Philippines but it is assumed that such inventory exists as the Philippines through the Department of Environment and Natural Resources has already nominated at least seven Philippine wetlands since 1994 The current representation of the Philippines in Ramsar wetland nominations is inactive compared with the Ramsar wetland nominations of its peers By comparison the Philippines has 7 sites while Mexico has more than 140 the archipelagic country of Japan has more than 50 the African nation of Algeria has more than 50 and the small country of South Korea has 22 The Philippines an archipelagic country theoretically possesses more wetlands than South Korea and North Korea combined This has prompted various scholars to push the government to participate more in the nominations of Philippine wetlands in the Ramsar Convention By rule the Philippines may nominate multiple sites as Ramsar sites like what Mexico did in 2008 where at least 45 of its nominated sites were specifically declared as new Ramsar sites 3 Designated sites EditSite Area Designated Location Coordinates Image Ref Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary 14 836 ha 36 660 acres November 12 1999 Agusan del Sur 08 17 00 N 125 53 00 E 8 28333 N 125 88333 E 8 28333 125 88333 Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary 4 Las Pinas Paranaque Critical Habitat and Ecotourism Area 175 00 ha 432 4 acres March 15 2013 Metro Manila Manila Bay 14 29 35 N 120 58 50 E 14 49306 N 120 98056 E 14 49306 120 98056 Las Pinas Paranaque Critical Habitat and Ecotourism Area 4 Naujan Lake National Park 14 568 ha 36 000 acres November 12 1999 Oriental Mindoro 13 10 00 N 121 11 00 E 13 16667 N 121 18333 E 13 16667 121 18333 Naujan Lake National Park 4 Negros Occidental Coastal Wetlands Conservation Area 89 607 8 ha 221 426 acres October 20 2016 Negros Occidental 10 16 00 N 122 46 00 E 10 26667 N 122 76667 E 10 26667 122 76667 Negros Occidental Coastal Wetlands Conservation Area 4 Olango Island Wildlife Sanctuary 5 800 ha 14 000 acres July 1 1994 Cebu 10 16 00 N 124 03 00 E 10 26667 N 124 05000 E 10 26667 124 05000 Olango Island Wildlife Sanctuary 4 Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park 22 202 ha 54 860 acres June 30 2012 Palawan 10 10 00 N 118 55 00 E 10 16667 N 118 91667 E 10 16667 118 91667 Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park 4 Sasmuan Pampanga Coastal Wetlands 3 667 3 ha 9 062 acres February 2 2021 Pampanga 14 49 N 120 36 E 14 817 N 120 600 E 14 817 120 600 Sasmuan Pampanga Coastal Wetlands 4 Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park 6 828 00 ha 16 872 4 acres November 12 1999 Palawan Sulu Sea 8 57 00 N 119 52 00 E 8 95000 N 119 86667 E 8 95000 119 86667 Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park 4 See also EditEnvironment of the Philippines List of protected areas of the Philippines Biosphere reserves of the Philippines List of World Heritage Sites in the Philippines List of Ramsar sitesReferences Edit Ramsar official website retrieved July 10 2011 Philippines Ramsar www ramsar org Designating Ramsar Sites Ramsar www ramsar org a b c d e f g h Philippines The Ramsar Convention Retrieved April 26 2016 Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as KML Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of Ramsar sites in the Philippines amp oldid 1140714847, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
