Ramsar sites are wetlands of international importance designated under the Ramsar Convention. This dataset from the Joint Nature Conservation Committee lists the qualifying criteria for all designated Ramsar sites within the UK and its Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. The dataset was last updated on 2026-04-14.
Use Cases
- Mapping the distribution of wetland types based on site name and country columns.
- Analyzing the prevalence of specific ecological criteria across sites based on the criterion and criterion description fields.
- Supporting conservation policy and reporting for the Ramsar Convention based on the structured site qualification data.
Strengths
- Includes data for the UK, its Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies, suggesting broad geographic coverage.
- Provides both criterion codes and descriptive text for qualification reasons.
- Dataset is maintained by the authoritative Joint Nature Conservation Committee.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
- Collection Method
- Likely compiled from official Ramsar site designation records.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-14 09:45:38.261127; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- United Kingdom, its Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies