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Booby Pond Nature Reserve
Booby Pond Nature Reserve is a protected wetland on Little Cayman, one of the Cayman Islands, a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean Sea. Description The reserve lies on the south coast of Little Cayman, near the western end of the island. It comprises a 43 ha seasonally flooded Hypersaline lake, hypersaline lagoon with a fringe of mangroves and a strip of Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, dry forest on its northern side. The forest is dominated by ''Bursera simaruba'', ''Canella winterana'', ''Coccothrinax proctorii, Coccothrinax procterii'', ''Ficus aurea'', ''Guipera discolour'', ''Myrcianthes fragrans, Myrcianthus fragrans'' and ''Plumeria obtusa'', while the mangroves are intermixed with ''Thespesia populnea'' and ''Cordia sebestena'' var. ''caymanensis''. Birds The site has been identified by BirdLife International as a 136 ha Important Bird Area (IBA) because it supports populations of West Indian whistling duck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramsar Convention
The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of Ramsar sites (wetlands). It is also known as the Convention on Wetlands. It is named after the city of Ramsar in Iran, where the convention was signed in 1971. Every three years, representatives of the contracting parties meet as the Conference of the Contracting Parties (COP), the policy-making organ of the convention which adopts decisions (resolutions and recommendations) to administer the work of the convention and improve the way in which the parties are able to implement its objectives. COP12 was held in Punta del Este, Uruguay, in 2015. COP13 was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in October 2018. List of wetlands of international importance The list of wetlands of international importance included 2,331 Ramsar sites in May 2018 covering over . The countries with most sites are the United Kingdo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
