RAMSAR Sites

What is it:

A Ramsar site is the land listed as a Wetland of International Importance under the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (the Ramsar Convention) 1973. The Scottish Government has designated 51 Ramsar sites in Scotland, covering 326,719 hectares.

Links to Scotland's Marine Atlas:

Chapter 4: Protected Areas

Data originators:

Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)

This information page is part of the theme:

Protected Areas

This page was last modified on :

Thursday, January 31, 2019 - 11:34

Map Type	Click title for metadata and licence information	Date of data	View Map
Map Layers (NMPi)	Ramsar sites - all sites including terrestrial (SNH WMS) (OSCP)	2012-02-03	Access this map on NMPi
Map Layers (NMPi)	Ramsar sites contributing to the MPA Network (SNH WMS) (OSCP)		Access this map on NMPi

Type	Title	External link
Web link	RAMSAR Convention on Wetlands	www.ramsar.org
Web link	JNCC - Ramsar	jncc.gov.uk