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Organizations National Ministry of Environment (Pakistan) Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency Dhodial Pheasantry Zoological Survey Department of Pakistan Sindh Wildlife Department Punjab Wildlife Department Khyber Pakhtukhwa Wildlife Department Baluchistan Wildlife Department Gilgit Baltistan Wildlife Department Himalayan Wildlife Foundation National Institute of Oceanography (Pakistan) International CITES IUCN WSPA WWF Snow Leopard Trust
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The Ramsar Convention on wetland protection was signed in Ramsar, Iran in 1971. Pakistan entered into the convention on 23 November 1976.

As of March 2013, there are nineteen Ramsar sites, covering an area of 1,343,807 hectares (3,320,620 acres) in Pakistan.^[1]

The following is a list of sites protected under this treaty:

Site number	Name[1]	District	Province	Description	Image
1,063	Astola (Haft Talar) Island	Gwadar District	Balochistan
819	Chashma Barrage	Mianwali District	Punjab
1,283	Deh Akro-II Desert Wetland Complex	Shaheed Benazirabad District	Sindh
100	Drigh Lake	Qambar Shahdadkot District	Sindh
101	Haleji Lake	Thatta District	Sindh
1,064	Hub Dam	Karachi District, Hub District	Sindh, Balochistan
1,284	Indus Delta		Sindh
1,065	Indus Dolphin Reserve		Sindh
1,066	Jiwani Coastal Wetland		Balochistan
1,067	Jubho Lagoon	Sujawal District	Sindh
99	Kinjhar Lake	Thatta District	Sindh
1,068	Miani Hor	Lasbela District	Balochistan
1,069	Nurri Lagoon	Badin District	Sindh
1,070	Ormara Turtle Beaches	Makran District	Balochistan
1,285	Rann of Kutch Wildlife Sanctuary	Badin District	Sindh
98	Tanda Dam	Kohat District	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	Migratory birds from Caspian and Siberia stay here in winters
817	Taunsa Barrage Wildlife Sanctuary	Muzaffargarh District	Punjab
97	Thanedar Wala	Bannu District	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	Wetland bird migration route
818	Uchhali Complex	Khushab District	Punjab	Hosts the winter migratory flocks of White-headed duck. Other migratory species here include Greater flamingo, pied harrier, greylag goose and ferruginous duck.

• List of Ramsar sites worldwide
• Forestry in Pakistan

• CONVENTION ON WETLANDS OF INTERNATIONAL IMPORTANCE

• Country Profile at ramsar.org