Montreux Record

The Montreux Record is a register of wetland sites on the List of Ramsar wetlands of international importance where changes in ecological character have occurred, are occurring, or are likely to occur as a result of technological developments, pollution or other human interference. It is a voluntary mechanism to highlight specific wetlands of international importance that are facing immediate challenges. It is maintained as part of the List of Ramsar wetlands of international importance.^[1]

List of sites under Montreux Record

At present, 48 sites are listed in Montreux Record ^[2]. 32 sites are removed from this record.

ARGENTINA

Laguna de Llancanelo, designated 08/11/95, Mendoza, 65,000 ha, Montreux Record 02/07/01

AUSTRIA

Donau-March-Auen, designated 16/12/82, Nieder Österreich, 38,500 ha, Montreux Record 04/07/90

BELGIUM

De Ijzerbroeken te Diksmuide en Lo-Renige, designated 04/03/86, Vlaamse Gewest, 2,360 ha, Montreux Record 04/07/90, removed from Record 17/01/94, replaced on Record 17/05/99 Schorren van de Beneden Schelde, designated 04/03/86, Vlaamse Gewest, 420 ha, Montreux Record 04/07/90

BULGARIA

Durankulak Lake, designated 28/11/84, Varna, 350 ha, Montreux Record 16/06/93 Srebarna, designated 24/09/75, Silistra, 600 ha, Montreux Record 16/06/93

CHILE

Carlos Anwandter Sanctuary, designated 27/07/81, Región X, 4,877 ha, Montreux Record 06/10/06

COSTA RICA

Palo Verde, designated 27/12/91, Guanacaste, 19,800 ha, Montreux Record 16/06/93

CROATIA

Kopacki Rit, designated 03/02/93, 17,770 ha, Montreux Record 16/06/93

CZECH REPUBLIC

Litovelské Pomoraví, designated 02/11/93, Olomouc, Sumperk, 5,122 ha, Montreux Record 26/02/97 Mokrady dolního Podyjí (floodplain of lower Dyje River), designated 02/11/93, Breclav, 11,500 ha, Montreux Record 06/06/05 Poodri, designated 02/11/93, Ostrava, N. Jicín, 5,450 ha, Montreux Record 06/06/05 Trebonská rybníky (Trebon fishponds), designated 02/07/90, J. Hradec, Tábor, C. Budejovice, 10,165 ha, Montreux Record 18/09/94

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Parc national des Mangroves, designated 18/01/96, Bas-Zaïre, 66,000 ha , Montreux Record 11/04/00

DENMARK

Ringkøbing Fjord, designated 02/09/77, Ringkøbing, 27,520 ha, Montreux Record 04/07/90

EGYPT

Lake Bardawil, designated 09/09/88, 59,500 ha, Montreux Record 04/07/90 Lake Burullus, designated 09/09/88, Kafr El Sheikh, 46,200 ha, Montreux Record 04/07/90

GERMANY

Wattenmeer, Ostfriesisches Wattenmeer & Dollart, designated 26/02/76, Niedersachsen, 121,620 ha, Montreux Record 04/07/90

GREECE

Amvrakikos gulf, designated 21/08/75, Aitoloakarnania, Preveza, Arta, 23,649 ha, Montreux Record 04/07/90 Axios, Loudias, Aliakmon delta, designated 21/08/75, Thessaloniki, Imanthia, Piera, 11,808 ha, Montreux Record 04/07/90 Kotychi lagoons, designated 21/08/75, Ileia, 6,302 ha, Montreux Record 04/07/90 Lake Vistonis, Porto Lagos, Lake Ismaris & adjoining lagoons, designated 21/08/75, Rodopi, Xanthi, 24,396 ha, Montreux Record 04/07/90 Lakes Volvi & Koronia, designated 21/08/75, Thessaloniki, 16,388 ha, Montreux Record 04/07/90 Messolonghi lagoons, designated 21/08/75, Aitoloakarnania, 33,687 ha, Montreux Record 04/07/90 Nestos delta & adjoining lagoons, designated 21/08/75, Xanthi, 21,930 ha, Montreux Record 04/07/90

GUATEMALA

Laguna del Tigre, designated 26/06/90, El Petén, 48,372 ha, Montreux Record 16/06/93

INDIA

Keoladeo National Park, designated 01/10/81, Rajasthan, 2,873 ha, Montreux Record 04/07/90 Loktak Lake, designated 23/03/90, Manipur, 26,600 ha, Montreux Record 16/06/93

IRAN

Anzali Mordab (Talab) complex, designated 23/06/75, Gilan, 15,000 ha, Montreux Record 31/12/93 Hamun-e-Puzak, south end, designated 23/06/75, Sistan & Baluchestan, 10,000 ha, Montreux Record 04/07/90 Hamun-e-Saberi & Hamun-e-Helmand, designated 23/06/75, Sistan & Baluchestan, 50,000 ha, Montreux Record 04/07/90 Neyriz Lakes & Kamjan Marshes, designated 23/06/75, Fars, 108,000 ha, Montreux Record 04/07/90 Shadegan Marshes & mudflats of Khor-al Amaya & Khor Musa, designated 23/06/75, Khuzestan, 400,000 ha, Montreux Record 16/06/93 Shurgol, Yadegarlu & Dorgeh Sangi Lakes, designated 23/06/75, Azarbayjan-e Gharbi, 2,500 ha, Montreux Record 04/07/90

IRAQ

Hawizeh Marsh Ramsar site, designated 17/10/07, Basra, Amara, 137,700 ha, Montreux Record 28/04/10

JORDAN

Azraq Oasis, designated 10/01/77, 7,372 ha, Montreux Record 04/07/90

NICARAGUA

Sistema de Humedales de la Bahía de Bluefields, designated 08/11/01, Atlántico Sur, 86,501 ha, Montreux Record 15/01/07

SENEGAL

Bassin du Ndiael, designated 11/07/77, Saint-Louis, 10,000 ha, Montreux Record 04/07/90

SOUTH AFRICA

Blesbokspruit, designated 02/10/86, Gauteng, 1,858 ha, Montreux Record 06/05/96 Orange River Mouth, designated 28/06/91, Northern Cape, 2,000 ha, Montreux Record 26/09/95

SPAIN

Doñana, designated 04/05/82, Andalucía, 50,720 ha, Montreux Record 04/07/90 Las Tablas de Daimiel, designated 04/05/82, Castilla-La Mancha, 1,928 ha, Montreux Record 04/07/90

TUNISIA

Ichkeul, designated 24/11/80, Bizerte, 12,600 ha, Montreux Record 04/07/90

UGANDA

Lake George, designated 04/03/88, Toro Province, 15,000 ha, Montreux Record 04/07/90

UNITED KINGDOM

The Dee Estuary, designated 17/07/85, England, Wales, 13,085 ha, Montreux Record 04/07/90 Ouse Washes, designated 05/01/76, England, 2,469 ha, Montreux Record 31/10/00

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Everglades, designated 04/06/87, Florida, 566,143 ha, Montreux Record 16/06/93

URUGUAY

Bañados del Este y Franja Costera, designated 22/05/84, Rocha, Treinta y Tres, 435,000 ha, Montreux Record 04/07/90

former USSR

In addition, three Ramsar Sites were placed on the Montreux Record by the USSR and have subsequently been redesignated or acknowledged as Ramsar Sites by successor states to the Soviet Union (Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyz Republic). The Secretariat is pursuing discussions with those three Contracting Parties about their wishes concerning the present status of those sites vis-à-vis the Montreux Record, and they are not presently considered to be part of the above list.

Isyk-Kul State Reserve with the Lake Isyk-Kul, designated 12/11/02 Kyrgyz republic, Montreux Record 04/07/90 Kirov Bays, designated 11/10/76, Azerbaijan, 132,500 ha, Montreux Record 04/07/90 Lakes of the lower Turgay & Irgiz, designated 11/10/76, Kazakhstan, 348,000 ha, Montreux Record 16/06/93^[3]

List of Ramsar sites removed from the Montreux record

List of Ramsar sites removed from the Montreux Record^[4]

1. Algeria, Lac Oubeïra, designated 04/11/83, 2,200 ha, Montreux Record 04/07/90, removed 18/11/97

2. Algeria, Lac Tonga, designated 04/11/83, 2,700 ha, Montreux Record 16/06/93, removed 07/09/09

3. Algeria, Oasis de Ouled Saïd, designated 02/02/01, 25,400 ha, Montreux Record 14/06/01, removed 07/09/09

4. Belgium, De Ijzerbroeken te Diksmuide en Lo-Renige, designated 04/03/86, 2,360 ha, Montreux Record 04/07/90, removed from Record 17/01/94, replaced on Record 17/05/99

5.Bolivia, Laguna Colorada, designated 27/06/90, 5,240 ha, Montreux record 16/06/93, removed 07/08/96

6. Czech Republic, Novozámecky a Brehynsky rybník (Novozámeckv/Brehynsky fishponds), designated 02/07/90, 923 ha, Montreux Record 18/09/94, removed 26/09/02

7. Germany, Unterer Niederrhein, designated 28/10/83, 25,000 ha, Montreux Record 16/06/93, removed 08/01/99

8. Greece, Artificial Lake Kerkini, designated 21/08/75, 10,996 ha, Montreux Record 07/04/90, removed 18/05/99

9. Greece, Evros delta, designated 21/08/75, 9,267 ha, Montreux Record 07/04/90, removed 18/05/99

10. Greece, Lake Mikri Prespa, designated 21/08/75, 5,078 ha, Montreux Record 07/04/90, removed 18/05/99

11. Iceland, Myvatn-Laxá (part), designated 02/12/77, 20,000 ha, Montreux Record 04/07/90, removed 16/06/93

12. Iceland, Thjörsárver, designated 20/03/90, 37,500 ha, Montreux Record 04/07/90, removed 16/06/93

13. India, Chilika Lake, designated 01/10/81, 116,500 ha, Montreux Record 16/06/93, removed 11/11/02

14. Iran. Alagol, Ulmagol & Ajigol Lakes, designated 23/06/75, 1,400 ha, Montreux Record 16/06/93, removed 17/07/09 (PDF)

15. Italy, Laguna di Orbetello, designated 14/12/76, 887 ha, Montreux Record 31/12/93, removed 21/03/00

16. Italy, Palude della Diaccia Botrona, designated 22/05/91, 2,500 ha, Montreux Record 31/12/93, removed 21/03/00

17. Italy, Stagno di Molentargius, designated 14/12/76, 1,401 ha, Montreux Record 04/07/90, removed 02/07/08 (PDF)

18. Italy, Torre Guaceto, designated 21/07/81, 940 ha, Montreux Record 31/12/93, removed 21/03/00

19. Italy, Stagno di Cagliari, designated 14/12/76, 3,466 ha, Montreux Record 04/07/90, removed 25/11/08 (PDF)

20. Mauritania, Parc National du Diawling, designated 23/08/94, 15,600 ha, Montreux Record 28/02/02, removed 08/09/09

21. Mexico, Ría Lagartos, designated 04/07/86, 47,840 ha, Montreux Record 04/07/90, removed 07/08/96

22. Netherlands, Groote Peel, designated 23/05/80, 900 ha, Montreux Record 04/07/90, removed 16/06/93

23. Poland, Jezioro Siedmiu Wysp, designated 03/01/84, Suwalki, Olsztyn, 999 ha, Montreux Record 04/07/90, removed 05/11/07 (PDF)

24. Poland, Warta River Mouth (formerly Slonsk Reserve), designated 03/01/84, Gorzów, 4,235 ha, Montreux Record 16/06/93, removed 05/11/07 (PDF)

25. Senegal, Djoudj, designated 11/07/77, 16,000 ha, Montreux Record 16/06/93, removed 08/09/09

26. South Africa, St. Lucia System, designated 02/10/86, 155,500 ha, Montreux Record 04/07/90, removed 11/03/96

27. Trinidad and Tobago, Nariva Swamp, designated 21/12/92, 6,234 ha, Montreux Record 16/06/93, removed 07/01/02

28. Ukraine, Karkinitski & Dzharylgatska Bays, designated [23/11/95], 87,000 ha, Montreux Record 04/07/90, removed 29/08/03

29. Ukraine, Tendrivska Bay, designated [23/11/95], 38,000 ha, Montreux Record 16/06/93, removed 29/08/03

30. Ukraine, Yagorlytska Bay, designated [23/11/95], 34,000 ha, Montreux Record 16/06/93, removed 29/08/03

31. United Kingdom, Bridgend Flats, Islay, designated 14/07/88, 331 ha, Montreux Record 04/07/90, removed 09/11/91

32. Venezuela, Cuare, designated 23/11/88, 9,968 ha, Montreux Record 16/06/93, removed 07/08/96

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