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Ramsar sites in Switzerland
To protect wetlands, particularly as habitats for waterbirds and waders, a convention of international importance was signed in 1971 in the Iranian city of Ramsar. Switzerland ratified the agreement—commonly referred to as the Ramsar Convention—in 1976, thereby committing itself to ensuring the sustainable use of wetlands and granting these areas special protection. So far, in four stages, 11 sites have been registered under the Ramsar Convention, with 3 of them subsequently adjusted to new protection perimeters. They were selected primarily because of their significance as habitats for waterbirds. The sites include lakeshore sections, river deltas, dammed river stretches, a fen area, and, in the alpine region, glacier forefields and a moorland area. They serve as official documentation for submission to the IUCN and for recording the individual wetlands in the Ramsar database.
Simple
- Alternate title
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Ramsar
- Date (Revision)
- 2005-02-02
- Date (Creation)
- 1976-01-01T00:00:00
- Identifier
- ch.bafu.schutzgebiete-ramsar
- Status
- On going
Owner
Point of contact
Spatial resolution
Equivalent scale
- Denominator
- 5000
- Topic category
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- L Environment
Extent
Extent
- Description
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Schweiz
- Geographic identifier
- Schweiz
- Extent type code
- 1
))
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- Duration of Conservation
- 100
- Appraisal of Archival Value
- A
- Reason for Archiving Value
- Evidence of business practice
- geocat.ch Thesaurus
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opendata.swiss
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e-geo.ch geoportal
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Conservation and archiving planning AAP - Confederation
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official geodata
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- GEMET concepts
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environment
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- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Protected sites
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- geocat.ch
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FSDI Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure
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Resource constraints
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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No restriction
Associated resource
- Title
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Übereinkommen über Feuchtgebiete, insbesondere als Lebensraum für Wasser- und Watvögel, von internationaler Bedeutung (Ramsar-Konvention)
- Association Type
- Reference to a master resource of which this one is a part
- Language
- Deutsch
- Character encoding
- 8859 Part 1
- Subtopic Category
- L2 Nature and Landscape Protection
- Subtopic Category
- L1 Environmental Protection, Noise
- Basic Geodata
- true
- Basic Geodata ID
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2.1
- Basic Geodata Legal Level
- Federal
- Distribution format
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ESRI Shapefile
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ESRI Geodatabase (.mdb)
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Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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Ramsar-Gebiete
Link zu Detailbeschreibung
Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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STAC Browser
Download server from geo.admin.ch
Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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ch.bafu.schutzgebiete-ramsar
WMS-FSDI service, layer "Ramsar"
Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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ch.bafu.schutzgebiete-ramsar
WMTS-FSDI service, layer "Ramsar"
Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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RESTful API von geo.admin.ch
Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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Vorschau map.geo.admin.ch
Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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BAFU Website
Link zum Datenbezug
Digital transfer options
- Geometric object type
- Surface
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG:21781
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- d960a5c8-44e4-4d10-a9f6-95f58568563c
- Language
- Deutsch
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Language
- Français
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Language
- Italiano
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Language
- Rumantsch
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
Point of contact
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
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https://www.geocat.ch/geonetwork/srv/api/records/d960a5c8-44e4-4d10-a9f6-95f58568563c
- Date info (Creation)
- 2011-10-12T16:46:02Z
- Date info (Revision)
- 2026-06-16T11:59:11.798461Z
Metadata standard
- Title
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eCH-0271
