LIST Ramsar Wetlands

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

The Convention on Wetlands, signed in Ramsar, Iran, in 1971, is an intergovernmental treaty which provides the framework for national action and international cooperation for the conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources. It is commonly referred to as the Ramsar Convention. The LIST Ramsar Wetlands data set contains boundaries of the 10 existing sites in the State of Tasmania included in the Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance as follows: Moulting Lagoon; Logan Lagoon; Lavinia; Pittwater-Orielton Lagoon; Apsley Marshes; East Coast-Cape Barren Island Lagoons; Flood Plain Lower Ringarooma River; Jocks Lagoon; Interlaken; Little Waterhouse Lake. Sites are attributed with a name, Central Plan Register (CPR) number, and REFCODE3 which is its unique reference number listed in 'A Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia'. LIST Ramsar Wetlands are a layer of The LIST Cadastral Area.

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Title LIST Ramsar Wetlands
Language English
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/3b2ea227-a3ae-4db8-89db-e31bc4d815b5
Contact Point
Tasmania Government's The List Data
listhelp@nre.tas.gov.au
Reference Period 01/02/1999
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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      [
        143.5,
        -44.0
      ],
      [
        149.0,
        -44.0
      ],
      [
        149.0,
        -39.0
      ],
      [
        143.5,
        -39.0
      ],
      [
        143.5,
        -44.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Tasmania TheList

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Tasmania TheList "LIST Ramsar Wetlands". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://data.thelist.tas.gov.au/datagn/srv/eng/csw/dataset/list-ramsar-wetlands