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Wetlands included in the Ramsar Convention List

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This API provides geospatial data on Spanish wetlands included in the Ramsar List, the international network of wetlands of importance established under the 1971 Ramsar Convention. Data are supplied by the competent national and regional authorities and structured according to the data model of the Nature Data Bank (Banco de Datos de la Naturaleza), maintained by IEPNB. Each record describes a listed wetland site and includes administrative details published in the Official State Gazette, such as the Autonomous Community, province, and official surface area. Access requires an API key. The dataset supports mapping and analysis of protected wetland habitats across Spain.The Ramsar Convention, or Convention Relating to Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat, arises from the signing of the Convention in the city of Ramsar, Iran, on February 2, 1971 and establishes the creation at the international level of a network of wetlands known as the Ramsar List. The geographical data come from the competent authorities, the associated database is adapted to the data model established for this spatial data set by the Nature Data Bank. It contains information on the wetland, as well as the data published in the Official State Gazette: Autonomous Community, province and official area.