Links to websites about wetlands

Wetland plants, Kopuatai Peat Dome

New Zealand's Wetlands Conservation

Arawai Kakariki wetland restoration project

Ramsar Convention on Wetlands The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands supports and is supported by other international conservation agreements, including:

Convention of the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (Bonn Convention) This Convention is of particular relevance for two of our Ramsar sites - the Firth of Thames and Farewell Spit - which are key locations of the East-Asia Migratory shorebird flyway.

Convention on Biological Diversity under which, in 1996, a Memorandum of Co-operation was signed with the Ramsar Convention, leading to a joint work plan.

CITES The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna

Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage

Framework Convention on Climate Change

Birdlife international

IUCN - World conservation Union

Wetlands International Organisation

WWF