Lake Albacutya; Port Phillip Bay and Bellarine Peninsula; Western District Lakes; and Western Port. Valuing Ramsar Sites To be listed as a wetland of International Importance, or a ‘Ramsar site’, wetlands must meet one or more internationally accepted criteria in relation to their zoology, botany, ecology, hydrology or limnology and importance to waterfowl. Therefore, only those waterways specifically listed in a Ramsar Site Strategic Management Plan as key features of a Ramsar site will be considered. AVIRA Metric - International Significance (Ramsar Sites) Based on the above, International Significance (Ramsar Sites) value was scored using the following metric: High Descriptor Data Value Descriptor Waterway Yes International Significance – listed as a key feature of a Ramsar site Listed No Not listed as a key feature of a Ramsar site Not Listed Data Sources: Ramsar Site Strategic Management Plans Australian Wetlands Database International Significance - East Asian-Australasian Flyway Sites Background Australia provides critical non-breeding habitat for millions of migratory waterbirds each year. Migratory waterbirds include species such as plovers, sandpipers, stints and curlews. The corridor through which these waterbirds migrate is known as the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. To ensure their conservation, the Australian Government has fostered international cooperation through the recently launched East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership. Under the Flyway Partnership, the site network for shorebirds has been combined into a single network, referred to as the East Asian–Australasian Flyway Site Network. There are 17 sites in Australia that are listed in the East Asian–Australasian Flyway Site Network with five sites occurring in Victoria, namely: Corner Inlet; Western Port; Port Phillip Bay (Western Shoreline) and Bellarine Peninsula; Shallow Inlet Marine and Coastal Park; and Discovery Bay Coastal Park.
Lake Albacutya; Port Phillip Bay and Bellarine Peninsula; Western District Lakes; and Western Port. Valuing Ramsar Sites To be listed as a wetland of International Importance, or a ‘Ramsar site’, wetlands must meet one or more internationally accepted criteria in relation to their zoology, botany, ecology, hydrology or limnology and importance to waterfowl. Therefore, only those waterways specifically listed in a Ramsar Site Strategic Management Plan as key features of a Ramsar site will be considered. AVIRA Metric - International Significance (Ramsar Sites) Based on the above, International Significance (Ramsar Sites) value was scored using the following metric: High Value Waterway Descriptor Data Descriptor Yes International Significance – listed as a key feature of a Ramsar site Listed No Not listed as a key feature of a Ramsar site Not Listed Data Sources: Ramsar Site Strategic Management Plans Australian Wetlands Database International Significance - East Asian-Australasian Flyway Sites Background Australia provides critical non-breeding habitat for millions of migratory waterbirds each year. Migratory waterbirds include species such as plovers, sandpipers, stints and curlews. The corridor through which these waterbirds migrate is known as the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. To ensure their conservation, the Australian Government has fostered international cooperation through the recently launched East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership. Under the Flyway Partnership, the site network for shorebirds has been combined into a single network, referred to as the East Asian–Australasian Flyway Site Network. There are 17 sites in Australia that are listed in the East Asian–Australasian Flyway Site Network with five sites occurring in Victoria, namely: Corner Inlet; Western Port; Port Phillip Bay (Western Shoreline) and Bellarine Peninsula; Shallow Inlet Marine and Coastal Park; and Discovery Bay Coastal Park.
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