List of Ramsar areas in Antigua and Barbuda

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Ramsar sites are closed after the 1971 Ramsar Convention protected areas for wetlands of international importance, according to the intention of the international international treaty in particular as a habitat for water and wading birds .

Antigua and Barbuda put the agreement into effect on October 2, 2005. So far (2014) only one area has been designated according to the Ramsar Agreement, with around 36 km², which covers almost 8% of the country's area.

List of Ramsar areas

Location ... Parish / Dependency; and coordinate (G.)
Type ... wetland types according to the Ramsar Convention
No. designation Location (G.) ha (fl.) Height m above sea ​​level Type since Remarks
1488 Codrington Lagoon Barbuda World icon 3,600 0-6 ABCEGIJ Zk (a) 7 0June 2, 2005 also complete Codrington Lagoon and the Creek  IBA  ( AG002 , 78 km²) and Codrington Lagoon  NP ( CLNP , 67 km²)
Total 1 area, protected area: (Fl.) 3,600 36 km² ... approx. 8% d. Land area including lagoons (approx. 460 km²) of
which nationally protected: 36 km² (100%)
Status: 2/2014, source: ramsar.org, 23/06/2005
(G.) Coordinates according to ramsar.org (coordinate center)
(Fl.) Area according to ramsar.org data sheet

proof

  1. ↑ a b the area of ​​the state officially measured at 62  sq mi , i.e. approx. 440 km², is the pure land area. The domestic lagoons Barbuda include additional 20 square kilometers, in the Ramsargebiet Codrington Lagoon are incorporated
  2. ^ Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands (RIS): Annex I Ramsar Classification System for Wetland Type. In: ramsar.org> Documents . September 18, 2009, accessed February 2014 .