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Report of the Secretariat pursuant to Article 8.2 on the List of Wetlands of International Importance

The present report provides the information requested under Article 8.2 of the Convention concerning changes to the List of Wetlands of International Importance (the “Ramsar List”) and changes to the character of listed wetlands since 21 June 2018. (The period up to June 2018 was covered by document COP13 Doc.12). It is based on information received by the Secretariat up to 30 June 2022. As of 30 June 2022, there were 2,439 designated Wetlands of International Importance (“Ramsar Sites”) together covering 254,689,088 hectares (ha).