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Ramsar Wetlands of NSW

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

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Ramsar Wetland polygons covering New South Wales. The Ramsar Convention is an inter-governmental treaty that embodies the commitments of its member countries to maintain the ecological character of their Wetlands of International Importance. Environment and Heritage Group is responsible for managing the majority of Ramsar wetlands in NSW including: Blue Lake (in Kosciuszko NP), Gwydir Wetlands (part only - Gwydir Wetlands SCA), Hunter Estuary Wetlands (Kooragang component), Lake Pinaroo (in Sturt NP), Little Llangothlin NR, Macquarie Marshes (Macquarie Marshes NR component), Myall Lakes, Narran Lakes, NSW Central Murray State Forests (Millewa Forests and Werai Forests components), Paroo River Wetlands, owra Point NR and Carypundy Swamp. Ramsar Wetlands on other tenures include Fivebough and Tuckerbil Swamps (Crown land), Gwydir Wetlands (freehold land - Crinolyn, Windella and Godddard's Lease components), Hunter Estuary Wetlands (Hunter Wetlands Centre Australia component), Macquarie Marshes (Wilgara and U-block components), and NSW Central Murray State Forests (Koondrook Forests component).

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Title Ramsar Wetlands of NSW
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/e4aaba23-7237-4c27-b403-bbc9e44fe7e7
Remote Last Updated 26/05/2025
Contact Point
Reference Period 01/04/2012
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        154.0,
        -38.0
      ],
      [
        154.0,
        -28.0
      ],
      [
        141.0,
        -28.0
      ],
      [
        141.0,
        -38.0
      ],
      [
        154.0,
        -38.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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This dataset was originally found on DataNSW "Ramsar Wetlands of NSW". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/nsw-ramsar-wetlands-of-nsw0c113