Ramsar areas are protected wetlands of special importance for birds. Denmark has appointed 27 Ramsar areas with a total area of appr. 7.400 km2.
Of the total area appr. 6.000 km2 are marine areas and appr. 1.400 km2 are terrestrial, because the Danish Ramsar areas often contains coastland and other areas bordering the wetlands.
Ramsar Convention