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National dataset of Australia's Ramsar Wetlands. |
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National dataset of Australia's Ramsar Wetlands. |
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Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water with data compiled through cooperative efforts of the States/Territories Government wetland agencies. November 2022., Participating Agencies:, ACT Government, Environment and Planning Directorate,, NSW Office of the Environment and Heritage,, NT Department of Land Resource Management,, Qld Department of Department of Environment and Heritage Protection,, SA Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources,, Tas Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment,, Vic Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning,, WA Department of Environment and Conservation. |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>National dataset of Australia's Ramsar Wetlands. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (the Ramsar Convention) was signed in Ramsar, Iran on 2 February 1971. The Ramsar Convention aims to halt the worldwide loss of wetlands and to conserve, through wise use and management, those that remain. The Convention encourages member countries to nominate sites containing representative, rare or unique wetlands, or that are important for conserving biological diversity, to the List of Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar sites). Australia was one of the first countries to become a Contracting Party to the Convention and designated the world's first Ramsar site, Cobourg Peninsula, in 1974. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>This project was initiated by the Wetlands Section of the Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Spatial data was sourced from the relevant State and Territory agencies and compiled into a single national coverage.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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Ramsar Wetlands of Australia |
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["WATER","WATER Lakes","WATER Lakes_Conservation","WATER Wetlands_Conservation","WATER_Inventory","WATER Wetlands_Inventory"] |
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