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Ministry of Environment and Energy National Environmental Research Institute The Greenland Ramsar sites A status report NERI Technical Report, no. 346

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Ministry of Environment and EnergyNational Environmental Research Institute

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NERI Technical Report, no. 346

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Ministry of Environment and EnergyNational Environmental Research Institute

The GreenlandRamsar sitesA status report

NERI Technical Report, no. 3462001

Carsten Egevang and David BoertmannDepartment of Arctic Environment

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Title: The Greenland Ramsar sitesSubtitle: A status report

Authors: Carsten Egevang and David BoertmannDepartment: Department of Arctic Environment

Series title and number: NERI Technical Report no. 346

Publisher: Ministry of Environment and Energy,National Environmental Research Institute, Denmark

URL: http://www.dmu.dk

Date of publication: February 2001

Referee: Hans Meltofte

Please quote: Egevang, C & Boertmann, D. 2001. The Greenland Ramsar sites, a statusreport. - National Environmental Research Institute, Denmark, NERITechnical Report No. 346, 95 pp.

Reproduction is permitted, provided the sources is explicitly acknowledged.

Abstract: The eleven Ramsar sites in Greenland are reviewed in terms of their statusas habitats for waterbirds and other fauna. Management and monitoring is

proposed, as well as revisions of their boundaries. A number of potentialnew Ramsar sites are described.

Keywords: Ramsar convention, Ramsar sites, Greenland, waterbirds, seabirds,legislation, protection, management.

ISBN: 87 � 7772 � 596 - 4ISSN: 0905 - 815XISSN (electronic): 1600 - 0048

Number of pages: 95

This report is also available in print.

For sale at: National Environmental Research InstituteP.O. Box 358Frederiksborgvej 399DK-4000 RoskildeDenmarkTel.: +45 46 30 12 00Fax: +45 46 30 11 14

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Ministry of Environment and Energy ISBN 87-7772-596-4National Environmental Research Institute ISSN 0905-815x

ISSN (electronic) 1600-0048

The eleven Ramsar sites in Greenland are reviewedin terms of their status as habitats for waterbirdsand other fauna. Management and monitoring isproposed, as well as revisions of their boundaries.A number of potential new Ramsar sites aredescribed.