Romania names two new Ramsar sites for World Wetlands Day World
Wetlands Day 2006 The government of Romania is celebrating World
Wetlands Day 2006 by marking the designation as Wetlands of
International Importance of two new sites. Dumbravita Fishpond
Complex (Complexul Piscicol Dumbravita) (414 hectares, 45°46'N
025°29'E) in Transylvania is a complex of reservoir and
fishponds surrounded by crops, meadows, dense emergent
vegetation with reedbeds, marsh areas and wet grasslands. These
habitats support a very rich flora and make an important
breeding site for over 30 waterbird species and staging area for
more than 100 bird species; besides the most abundant species,
there are some that are rare for Romania, such as: Platalea
leucorodia, Plegadis falcinellus, Cygnus cygnus, Branta
ruficollis. The most important economic value is fish
production, which uses the entire pond system with its changing
hydrological regime and high productivity mudflats for
aquaculture. Other human uses include recreation, agricultur