Izumi
Japan Izumi Date of accreditaion 2022.11.11 Total Area 33,000 ha Izumi City is located on a fan-shaped alluvial plain of depositional landform. The land is primarily made up of gravel layers except for the pyroclastic (Shirasu) volcanic soil in one part of the plain. As a result, water streams become underground water that runs deep […]
Al Chibayish
Iraq Al Chibayish Date of accreditaion 2022.11.11 Total Area 195,993 ha Al-Chibayish is a Wetland City in Dhi Qar Governorate and in Iraq with the presence of marshes, the network of streams and waterways, the economics of water, the uses of reeds, and traditional fishing methods. The marshes provide an important geographical location for the […]
Varzaneh
Iran Varzaneh Date of accreditaion 2022.11.11 Total Area 78,000 ha Situated at the end of the Zayandeh-Rud watershed basin, the International Gavkhouni Wetland finds its place in the Gavkhouni sub-basin. Formed during the third geological era, this wetland stands as the only permanent saltwater lake in Central Plateau, placed right in the heart of the […]
Bandar Khamir
Iran Bandar Khamir Date of accreditaion 2022.11.11 Total Area 3,200 ha Bandar Khamir is a port city located along the Persian Gulf in Iran. Khouran Straits is the largest marine wetland in the Middle East and is designated as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, national protected area, and Important Bird Area (IBA), with extensive mangrove forests, […]
Tanjung Jabung Timur
Indonesia Tanjung Jabung Timur Date of accreditaion 2022.11.11 Total Area 508,600 ha Tanjung Jabung Timur is one of the regencies in Jambi Province that has a total area of 508,600 hectares and governs a mix of protected wetlands and production forests. The Berbak-Sembilang National Park, located in Sumatra’s east coast, harbors essential ecosystem of fir […]
Surabaya
Indonesia Surabaya Date of accreditaion 2022.11.11 Total Area 33,451 ha A good environment will stimulate good economic growth, not vice versa. For this reason, policies and strategies of Surabaya City were developed to improve Green Open Space through strict supervision of development directions, the establishment of protected areas, conversion of built areas into Green Open […]
Seltz
France Seltz Date of accreditaion 2022.11.11 Total Area 2,100 ha The town of Seltz is located in Bas-Rhin, in the northern part of the French part of the Rhin supérieur/Oberrhein cross-border Ramsar Site. This town of over 3,000 inhabitants is a veritable jewel of greenery, part of the Ried Nord or Petit Ried, a region […]
Belval-en-Argonne
France Belval-en-argonne Date of accreditaion 2022.11.11 Total Area 1,217 ha Belval-en-Argonne is a municipality located in the department of the Marne at the northern limit of the Etangs de la Champagne humide Ramsar Site. The Argonne is a land rich in ponds, historically created for fish farming by the many abbeys that were founded there […]
Yancheng
China Yancheng Date of accreditaion 2022.11.11 Total Area 2,024,800 ha Yancheng City, which is located on the coast of the Yellow Sea in China, has been a city developed on wetlands. Yancheng City formulated Plan on Wetland Scientific Popularization and Public Awareness of Yancheng City, as the guideline for the implementation of all scientific popularization […]
Wuhan
China Wuhan Date of accreditaion 2022.11.11 Total Area 856,915 ha Wuhan, one of the most important metropolitans in Central China, is located in close vicinity to the Ancient Yunmeng Marshes, a wetland once extending over 20,000 km2. It is known as the “River City” where the Yangtze River and its largest tributary, the Han River, […]
