...purpose of this Convention wetlands are areas of marsh, fen, peatland, or water, whether natural or artificial, permanent or temporary with water that...water the depth of which at low tide does not exceed six meters." (Carp 1972:18.) CRITERIA FOR THE SELECTION OF WETLANDS OF INTERNATIONAL IMPORTANCE SUITABLE...

...purpose of this Convention wetlands are areas of marsh, fen, peatland or water, whether natural or artificial, permanent or temporary, with water that...water the depth of which at low tide does not exceed six metres. 2. For purposes of this Convention waterfowl are birds ecologically dependent on wetlands....

...Convention was: "areas of marsh, fen, peat land or water, whether natural or artificial, permanent or tempo: with water that is static or flowing, fresh, brackish...including areas of marine water the depth of which a low tide does not exceed six metres." However, for scientific and administrative reasons a wide rang*...

...definition adopted by the Ramsar Convention was: "area* of marsh, fen, peatland or water, whether natural or artificial, permanent or temporary, with water that is static or flowing, fresh, brackish or •alt, including areas of marine water the depth of which at low tide doss not exceed six metres."...

...(1971) offers the following definition: areas of marsh, fen, peatland or water, whether natural or artificial, permanent or temporary, with water that...water the depth of which at low tide does not exceed six metres. Because of the diversity of ecosystems within the wetland group a number of detailed classification...

...Ramsar Convention, defining wetlands as: "areas of marsh, fen, peatland or water, whether natural or artificial, permanent or temporary, with water that...water the depth of which at low tide does not exceed six metres. " This is the definition accepted for the purposes of the present report. The range of...

...Wetlands are defined by the convention as: areas of marsh, fen, peatland or water, whether natural or artificial, permanent or temporary, with water that...fresh, brackish or salt, including areas of marine waters, the depth of which at low tide does not exceed six metres. La Convention relative aux zones...

...Ramsar Convention, defines wetlands as "areas of marsh, fen, peatland or water, whether natural or artificial, permanent or temporary, with water that...water the depth of which at low tide does not exceed six metres". This definition groups together a very diverse group of inland, coastal and marine ecosystems,...

...Importance (article 2.1). Wetlands are defined as areas of marsh, fen, peatland or water, whether natural or artificial, permanent or temporary, with water that...water the depth of which at low tide does not exceed six metres (article 1.1). Contracting Parties to the Convention undertake to formulate and implement...

...defines 'wetlands' in its Article 1 as "areas of marsh, fen, peatland or water, whether natural or artificial, permanent or temporary, with water that...water the depth of which at low tide does not exceed six metres" (Dugan, 1990). This is the definition used at the Kenya Wetlands Seminar because it groups...