Ramsarn.

Brit.

/ˈramsɑː/, U.S.

/ˈræmsɑr/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Ramsar.

Etymology: < Ramsar (Persian Rāmsar), the name of a town in northern Iran where the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat was signed in 1971. Compare German Ramsar-Konvention (1974 or earlier).

I. Compounds.

1. attributive. Of, designating, or protected under a treaty concerning the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands and their resources, developed and signed by participating nations at a convention held at Ramsar, Iran, in February 1971.The original emphasis of the treaty was on conserving the wetland habitats of wildfowl, but it now has a broader remit covering all aspects of wetland conservation.

ΚΠ

1975 Economist 2 Aug. 40/3 At the last commission count, five EEC countries..had signed but not ratified the Ramsar convention.

1985 Birds Summer 5/1 Canada, just one of whose Ramsar sites covers an area half the size of England.

1995 South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) (Nexis) 7 Mar. 6 The Ramsar designation..formally acknowledges Mai Po as vital to global ecology.

2006 Up Here (Yellowknife, N.W. Territories) Jan. 46/3 Vuntut's wetlands became a protected Ramsar site in 1982.

II. Simple uses.

2. The Ramsar treaty or convention.

ΚΠ

1985 S. Lyster Internat. Wildlife Law x. 194 The Coto Donana is Spain was badly affected in the 1960s and 1970s, prior to its designation under Ramsar.

1996 Wynnum (Brisbane) Herald (Nexis) 20 Nov. After Ramsar, there was a change in the way people began to think about the environment.

2004 G. Lock in F. Menotti Living on Lake in Prehistoric Europe xiii. 195 The widespread dissemination of good practice is central to Ramsar's mission.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ramsar
释义	Ramsarn. Brit. /ˈramsɑː/, U.S. /ˈræmsɑr/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Ramsar. Etymology: < Ramsar (Persian Rāmsar), the name of a town in northern Iran where the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat was signed in 1971. Compare German Ramsar-Konvention (1974 or earlier). I. Compounds. 1. attributive. Of, designating, or protected under a treaty concerning the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands and their resources, developed and signed by participating nations at a convention held at Ramsar, Iran, in February 1971.The original emphasis of the treaty was on conserving the wetland habitats of wildfowl, but it now has a broader remit covering all aspects of wetland conservation. ΚΠ 1975 Economist 2 Aug. 40/3 At the last commission count, five EEC countries..had signed but not ratified the Ramsar convention. 1985 Birds Summer 5/1 Canada, just one of whose Ramsar sites covers an area half the size of England. 1995 South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) (Nexis) 7 Mar. 6 The Ramsar designation..formally acknowledges Mai Po as vital to global ecology. 2006 Up Here (Yellowknife, N.W. Territories) Jan. 46/3 Vuntut's wetlands became a protected Ramsar site in 1982. II. Simple uses. 2. The Ramsar treaty or convention. ΚΠ 1985 S. Lyster Internat. Wildlife Law x. 194 The Coto Donana is Spain was badly affected in the 1960s and 1970s, prior to its designation under Ramsar. 1996 Wynnum (Brisbane) Herald (Nexis) 20 Nov. After Ramsar, there was a change in the way people began to think about the environment. 2004 G. Lock in F. Menotti Living on Lake in Prehistoric Europe xiii. 195 The widespread dissemination of good practice is central to Ramsar's mission. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1975
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