The name of the area used in WetlandSummary, excluding the area type
FullName
Text (UTF-8 encoded)
71
Full name
The name of the area used in WetlandSummary, including the area type
Wetlands
Text (UTF-8 encoded)
101
Wetland summary information
The URL of the WetlandSummary page of this area
KML
Text (UTF-8 encoded)
134
KML
The URL of a simplified KML file depicting this area
TotalArea
Double (8 byte floating point)
8
Area (km²)
The total area in km²
RAMSAR_NAM
Text (UTF-8 encoded)
30
RAMSAR_NAM
DESIGNATIO
Text (UTF-8 encoded)
10
DESIGNATIO
Modifications
The Ramsar internationally important wetlands layer used by WetlandSummary is based on the source layers below, with the following modifications:
Name is the value of the RAMSAR_NAM field
Transformed coordinate system of qld_ramsar_2022_gda2020.shp from GDA2020 to GDA94
Fixed 1 invalid geometry
Excluded source field MANAGE_AUT because it has no values
Source layer: Queensland Ramsar Sites
(ramsar-wetland/qld-ramsar-2022-gda2020.shp.xml)
Esri
Creation Date
2022-09-19
Creation Time
14:42:53
Modification Date
2022-10-06
Modification Time
09:33:06
Data Id Info
Id Citation
Title
Queensland Ramsar Sites
Cit Resp Party
Contact—organization name
Department of Environment and Heritage Protection
Role
details available on request
Contact—individual name
Wetlands Team
Contact—position name
Principal Project Officer
Date
Revision date
2019-01-25
Additional human language abstract/description
The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance was the first modern inter-governmental treaty between nations aiming to conserve natural resources. The signing of the Convention took place in 1971 in the small Iranian town of Ramsar (since then, it has taken the common name of the Ramsar Convention). Australia was the first nation to become a Contracting Party to the Convention. The Convention's broad aims are to halt the worldwide loss of wetlands and to conserve, through wise use and management, those that remain. This requires international cooperation, policy making, capacity building and technology transfer. There are 5 Ramsar sites within Queensland (Administrators are shown in brackets): Moreton Bay (Queensland), Bowling Green Bay (Queensland), Currawinya Lakes (Queensland), Shoalwater and Corio Bays (Queensland/ Commonwealth), Great Sandy (Queensland).
Resource purpose/summary
The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, commonly referred to as the Ramsar Convention, aims to conserve one of the most threatened group of habitats, wetlands.
Theme Keys
Thesa Name
Title
ISO 19115 Topic Category
Keyword
Environment; Ramsar; Wetlands;
Theme Keys
Thesa Name
Title
ANZLIC
Keyword
ECOLOGY Ecosystem Conservation
Keyword
HERITAGE World Conservation
Search Keys
Keyword
environment
Keyword
ECOLOGY Ecosystem Conservation
Keyword
HERITAGE World Conservation
Res Const
Leg Consts
Security use limitations
While every care is taken to ensure the accuracy of this information, the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection makes no representations or warranties about its accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability for any particular purpose and disclaims all responsibility and all liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for all expenses, losses, damages (including indirect or consequential damage) and costs which might be incurred as a result of the information being inaccurate or incomplete in any way and for any reason.
Legal constraints; text
Conditions apply. The conditions of use are detailed in the data usage agreement, signed between the Custodian and the Recipient. No third party usage is permitted other than indicated in the agreement.
Res Const
Consts
Security use limitations
DESrecommendsthat the Qld Ramsar Site data should not be used for decision making purposes when the layer is displayed at scales greater than 1:1000.
Not consistent due to the multi-source nature of the data.
Report
Data quality report, measure description
Moreton Bay - complete and well documented. Bowling Green Bay and Shoalwater/Corio Bay - complete and well documented. Currawinya Lakes - complete and well documented. Great Sandy - complete and well documented.
Report
Data quality report, measure description
The attributes vary depending on the source of the data. The EPA has attempted to record the lineage of all linework within the ramsar coverages.
Report
Data quality report, measure description
Moreton Bay - varies according to source of linework, eg line work extracted from the DCDB will have a line attribute stating this. Bowling Green Bay - derived from the DCDB. Therefore, it is comparable to the DCDB in positional accuracy. Currawinya Lakes - derived from the DCDB. Therefore, it is comparable to the DCDB in positional accuracy. Shoalwater and Corio Bays - varies according to source of linework, eg line work digitised will have a line attribute stating this. Great Sandy - varies according to source of linework, eg line work extracted from the DCDB will have a line attribute stating this.
Data Lineage
details available on request
Entity and Attribute Information
details available on request
Dist Info
details available on request
This page should be cited as:
Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (n.d.) Ramsar internationally important wetlands – spatial metadata, WetlandInfo website, accessed 1 February 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/get-mapping-help/metadata/ramsar-wetland/
— Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation