The Ramsar Convention on wetland protection was signed in Ramsar, Iran in 1971. Pakistan entered into the convention on 23 November 1976.
As of March 2013[update], there are nineteen Ramsar sites, covering an area of 1,343,807 hectares (3,320,620 acres) in Pakistan.[1]
Ramsar Convention wetland sites
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The following is a list of sites protected under this treaty:
| Site number
|
Name[1]
|
District
|
Province
|
Description
|
Image
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| 1,063 |
Astola (Haft Talar) Island |
Gwadar District |
Balochistan |
|
|
| 819 |
Chashma Barrage |
Mianwali District |
Punjab |
|
|
| 1,283 |
Deh Akro-II Desert Wetland Complex |
Shaheed Benazirabad District |
Sindh |
|
|
| 100 |
Drigh Lake |
Qambar Shahdadkot District |
Sindh |
|
|
| 101 |
Haleji Lake |
Thatta District |
Sindh |
|
|
| 1,064 |
Hub Dam |
Karachi District, Hub District |
Sindh, Balochistan |
|
|
| 1,284 |
Indus Delta |
|
Sindh |
|
|
| 1,065 |
Indus Dolphin Reserve |
|
Sindh |
|
|
| 1,066 |
Jiwani Coastal Wetland |
|
Balochistan |
|
|
| 1,067 |
Jubho Lagoon |
Sujawal District |
Sindh |
|
|
| 99 |
Kinjhar Lake |
Thatta District |
Sindh |
|
|
| 1,068 |
Miani Hor |
Lasbela District |
Balochistan |
|
|
| 1,069 |
Nurri Lagoon |
Badin District |
Sindh |
|
|
| 1,070 |
Ormara Turtle Beaches |
Makran District |
Balochistan |
|
|
| 1,285 |
Rann of Kutch Wildlife Sanctuary |
Badin District |
Sindh |
|
|
| 98 |
Tanda Dam |
Kohat District |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
Migratory birds from Caspian and Siberia stay here in winters |
|
| 817 |
Taunsa Barrage Wildlife Sanctuary |
Muzaffargarh District |
Punjab |
|
|
| 97 |
Thanedar Wala |
Bannu District |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
Wetland bird migration route |
|
| 818 |
Uchhali Complex |
Khushab District |
Punjab |
Hosts the winter migratory flocks of White-headed duck. Other migratory species here include Greater flamingo, pied harrier, greylag goose and ferruginous duck. |
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