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Ramsar sites - Queensland

Created 05/05/2025

Updated 05/05/2025

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The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance was the first modern inter-governmental treaty between nations aiming to conserve natural resources. The signing of the Convention took place in 1971 in the small Iranian town of Ramsar (since then, it has taken the common name of the Ramsar Convention). Australia was the first nation to become a Contracting Party to the Convention.The Convention's broad aims are to halt the worldwide loss of wetlands and to conserve, through wise use and management, those that remain. This requires international cooperation, policy making, capacity building and technology transfer.There are 5 Ramsar sites within Queensland (Administrator is shown in brackets): Moreton Bay (Queensland), Bowling Green Bay (Queensland), Currawinya Lakes (Queensland), Shoalwater and Corio Bays (Queensland/ Commonwealth), Great Sandy (Queensland).

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Additional Info

Field Value
Title Ramsar sites - Queensland
Language English
Licence cc-by-4
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/c524d2fb-cbc6-4d9c-a27d-3c84bfbe7514
Remote Last Updated 20/02/2023
Contact Point
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
opendata@des.qld.gov.au
Reference Period 09/05/2013
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        96.0,
        -45.0
      ],
      [
        96.0,
        -9.0
      ],
      [
        168.0,
        -9.0
      ],
      [
        168.0,
        -45.0
      ],
      [
        96.0,
        -45.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Queensland Government "Ramsar sites - Queensland". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/ramsar-sites-queensland