Ramsar Wetlands definition

Ramsar Wetlands means those places defined under section 17 of the EPBC Act;
Ramsar Wetlands means a declared Ramsar Wetland as defined under section 17 of the EPBC Act;

Examples of Ramsar Wetlands in a sentence

  • The Basin Plan will draw on ecological character descriptions for all Ramsar Sites and other key environmental sites within the Basin, prepared in accordance with the National Framework and Guidance for Describing the Ecological Character of Australia's Ramsar Wetlands, agreed by the Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council.

  • New Zealand and Brazil described the authorities by which important seabird sites were protected, while South Africa announced its nomination of the Prince Edward Islands, declared a Special Nature Reserve under domestic law, to both the Ramsar (Wetlands of International Importance) and World Heritage Conventions.

  • This ecological character description has been prepared using the National Framework and Guidance for Describing the Ecological Character of Australia’s Ramsar Wetlands (DEWHA 2008) and steps taken are shown in Table 1.