List of Ramsar sites in Japan explained

The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands.^[1] Adopted in 1971, it entered into force in 1975 and as of April 2022 had 172 contracting parties.^[1] Japan was the twenty-fourth party to accede, on 17 October 1980.^[2] Kushiro-shitsugen was the first of Japan's fifty-three Ramsar sites as of April 2022, with a total surface area of 1552sqkm.^{[1] [3]}

Designated sites

Name	Prefecture	Municipality	Altitude	Area	Designated	Image	National park status	Coords.	Ref.
			1–2 m	1,607 ha	1989		N/A		http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web09.pdf
			3–7 m	2,560 ha	2005				http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web10.pdf
			1 m	900 ha	2005				http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web11.pdf
			850–900 m	624 ha	2005				http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web12.pdf
			0–10 m	6,053 ha	2005		N/A		http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web13.pdf
			420 m	1,318 ha	2005				http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web14.pdf
			13 m	41 ha	2002		N/A		http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web15.pdf
			1 m	6,139 ha	2005		N/A		http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web16.pdf
			3–10 m	7,863 ha	2005				http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web17.pdf
			0–3 m	2,504 ha	1993		N/A		http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web18.pdf
			0–20 m	5,277 ha	1993		N/A		http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web19.pdf
			1–5 m	510 ha	1991		N/A		http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web20.pdf
			1–5 m	510 ha	2012				http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web21.pdf
			0–10 m	222 ha	2005		N/A		http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web22.pdf
			7 m	559 ha	1985		N/A		http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web23.pdf
			5.7 m	423 ha	2005		N/A		http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web24.pdf
			25.9 m	34 ha	2008		N/A		http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web25.pdf
			0 m	5,793 ha	2018				http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web2018_05.pdf
			12 m	39 ha	2008		N/A		http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web26.pdf
			0 m	935 ha	2015		N/A		http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web27.pdf
			1400–2356 m	8,711 ha	2005				http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web28.pdf
			1400–1475 m	260 ha	2005				http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web29.pdf
			2–23 m	2,861 ha	2012		N/A		http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web30.pdf
			1200–2160 m	887 ha	2015				http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web31.pdf
			0 m	40 ha	1993		N/A		http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web32.pdf
			-4–4 m	366 ha	2018		N/A		http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web2018_06.pdf
			8.6 m	24 ha	2008		N/A		http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web33.pdf
			5 m	76 ha	1996				http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web34.pdf
			1040–2120 m	574 ha	2012				http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web35.pdf
			2.5–8 m	10 ha	1993				http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web36.pdf
			45 m	87 ha	2012				http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web37.pdf
			0 m	1,110 ha	2005				http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web38.pdf
			190–244 m	22.5 ha	2012				http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web39.pdf
			-4-1 m	323 ha	2002		N/A		http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web40.pdf
		10 cities	86 m	65,984 ha	1993				http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web41.pdf
			0–20 m	1094 ha	2012				http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web2018_07.pdf
			-20-0 m	574 ha	2005				http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web43.pdf
			0 m	8,043 ha	2005		N/A		http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web44.pdf
			0.3 m	7,652 ha	2005		N/A		http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web45.pdf
			0–80 m	142 ha	2012				http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web46.pdf
			80–426 m	563 ha	2005				http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web47.pdf
			-3-1 m	218 ha	2015		N/A		http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web48.pdf
			-3-1 m	57 ha	2015		N/A		http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web49.pdf
			0 m	754 ha	2012		N/A		http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web50.pdf
			1000–1270 m	91 ha	2005				http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web51.pdf
			296 m	60 ha	2005		N/A		http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web52.pdf
				478 ha	2021		N/A		https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/2462
			<10 m	10 ha	2005				http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web53.pdf
			120–280 m	255 ha	2009		N/A		http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web54.pdf
			0 m	353 ha	2005				http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web55.pdf
			-0.5 m	58 ha	1999		N/A		http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web56.pdf
			0 m	704 ha	2012		N/A		http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web57.pdf
			0 m	157 ha	2005		N/A		http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/ramsar_wetland/pamph/ramsarpamphen/RamsarSites_en_web58.pdf

See also

• Ramsar Convention
• List of Ramsar sites worldwide
• List of national parks of Japan
• Wildlife Protection Areas in Japan

External links

• Ramsar - Japan
• Ramsar sites in Japan

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ramsar . Ramsar . 30 April 2022.
2. Web site: Country Profiles: Japan . Ramsar . 30 April 2022.
3. Web site: Ramsar Sites in Japan . . 30 April 2022.