UK and its Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies contain wetlands designated as internationally important under the Ramsar Convention. The dataset lists broad wetland types for all designated sites, categorized as Marine and coastal, Inland, and human-made wetlands. Information is sourced from official Ramsar Information Sheets and was last updated on 2026-04-14.
Use Cases
- Classify and map wetland conservation areas based on the standard Ramsar wetland type categories.
- Analyze the co-occurrence of marine, inland, and human-made wetland types within single sites.
- Support international conservation reporting and policy development based on Ramsar Convention data.
Strengths
- Uses a standardized global wetland type classification from the Ramsar Secretariat.
- Covers all designated Ramsar sites within the UK, its Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies.
- Data is sourced from authoritative Ramsar Information Sheets.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last updated 2026-04-14 09:45:39.604442; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
- Source
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
- Collection Method
- Compiled from official Ramsar Information Sheets.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-14 09:45:39.604442.
- Geography
- United Kingdom, its Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies