加载中…旧金山湾被列为“国际重要湿地”
(2013-05-20 11:27:27)
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加利福尼亚的旧金山湾被列为“拉姆萨国际重要湿地”。
美国鱼类和野生动物管理局（US Fish and Wildlife Service）及全国奥杜邦协会（National Audubon Society）的代表与许多其他人士于5月10日在加利福尼亚蒂布龙（Tiburon, California）庆祝旧金山湾（San Francisco Bay）被列为“拉姆萨国际重要湿地”（Ramsar Wetland of International Importance）。
上图为一群白鹈鹕在旧金山湾的哈金斯沼泽（Harkins Slough）觅食。
此项定名是根据1971年在伊朗拉姆萨（Ramsar, Iran）通过的《国际重要湿地公约》（Convention on Wetlands of International Importance）作出的。包括美国在内的18个国家当年在拉姆萨签署了该条约。今天，该条约已拥有167个成员。
旧金山湾是美国太平洋沿岸最大的海湾，面积达4,000多平方公里，拥有7个国家野生生物保护区（National Wildlife Refuge）。
鱼类和野生动物管理局的罗恩·古尔德（Rowan Gould）说：“旧金山湾是一个自然奇观，拥有关键的生态资源，但它面临多种威胁，包括开发、污染、气候变化和入侵物种等。《拉姆萨公约》确认旧金山湾为具有全球重要意义的湿地，具有十分重大的意义，有利于为子孙后代保护这一至关重要的海湾。”
Read more: http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/chinese/inbrief/2013/05/20130516147475.html#ixzz2Tnfjo0ge
San Francisco Bay Is “Wetland of International Importance”
California’s San Francisco Bay has been designated a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance.
People from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Audubon Society and many others gathered in Tiburon, California, on May 10 to celebrate the designation of San Francisco Bay as a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance.
Above, a group of white pelicans feeding in a part of the bay known as Harkins Slough.
The designation falls under the 1971 Convention on Wetlands of
International Importance, adopted in Ramsar, Iran. Eighteen
nations, including the United States, signed the treaty in Ramsar.
Today there are 167 members.
San Francisco Bay is the largest estuary on the U.S. Pacific Coast,
covering more than 4,000 square kilometers. The bay includes seven
national wildlife refuges.
“San Francisco Bay is a natural wonder and a critical ecological resource, but it faces a number of threats, including development, pollution, climate change and invasive species,” said Rowan Gould of the Fish and Wildlife Service. “The Ramsar recognition of the bay as a globally significant wetland is a dramatic statement in favor of protecting this vital estuary for generations to come.”
Read more: http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/inbrief/2013/05/20130514147369.html#ixzz2TnfnFygj
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