哈萨克斯坦加入拉姆萨公约，保护湿地

哈萨克斯坦成为拉姆萨公约成员国

http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2007/01/kazakhstan_ramsar.html卷羽鹈鹕和白头硬尾鸭都属于全球受胁鸟种湿地公约于1971年在伊朗拉姆萨签署，这个政府间的条约为全国和国际性的合作保育以及合理利用湿地提供了框架。拉姆萨公约已经成为国际鸟盟成员国在其国内性的工作中最重要的全球性体系之一，许多成员国致力于国际重要鸟区成为国际重要湿地，很多人一直在监测这些地区。

The news gives greater strength to conservation work in the country, say conservationists working to protect Globally Threatened Birds like Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus and White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala.

The first Ramsar site to be declared in Kazakhstan will be the ‘Tengiz-Korgalzhyn Lake System’. The site comprises the complete lake system, the lake shore areas as well as a buffer zone. Altogether the area totals some 353,000 hectares.

The news has been welcomed by the Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity in Kazakhstan (ACBK) who have been working towards Kazakhstan’s succession to the Convention.

Work towards this accession, including a Ramsar Small Grants Fund project, has also been assisted by BirdLife International, mainly through the RSPB (BirdLife in the UK) and by the United Nations Development Programme.

The Ramsar Convention has become one of the most important global mechanisms for BirdLife Partners in their national work. Many Partners have contributed to the designation of IBAs as Wetlands of International Importance in their countries, and many help to monitor these sites.