Introduction to the Network Sites Kushiro-shitsugen Hokkaido, Japan [ in Japanese ] [ Back ]

Kushiro-shitsugen is an extensive marshy floodplain with several small freshwater lakes along the river Kushiro-gawa, on the southern Coast of eastern Hokkaido, Japan (42°59'N, 144°24'E). In the total area of the marsh of 29,084 ha, the core area of 7,726 ha have been designated to the Ramsar Site.

The wetland supports 950 Thick-billed Bean Goose Anser fabalis serrirostris and 500 Middendorf's Bean Goose A.f. middendorfi.

The management authority of the Site, which has joined to the activities of the Anatidae Site Network is:

Kushiro City Government, Environmental Policy Division
Kuroganecho 7-5, Kushiro, 085-8505 Japan
TEL +81-154-31-4594 / FAX +81-154-23-4651
URL <English>: http://www.city.kushiro.hokkaido.jp/english/index.html
URL <Japanese>: http://www.city.kushiro.hokkaido.jp/

Further information of the Site can be found on the internet at:

• Kushiro City Government: <English> <Japanese>

• Kushiro International Wetland Centre: <English> <Japanese>

• Ramsar database sheet for Kushiro-shitsugen, A Directory of Wetlands of International Importance, Wetlands International.

• Annotated Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance in Japan, Ramsar Bureau.

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The "Action Plan for the Conservation of Migratory Anatidae in the East Asian Flyway" is a component of the "Asia-Pacific Migratory Waterbird Conservation Strategy", and the "Anatidae Site Network in the East Asian Flyway" is a programme of international co-operation to enhance the conservation of the wetlands of international importance for Anatidae (ducks, geese and swans) in the flyway under the "Action Plan". The "Anatidae Working Group" of Asia-Pacific Migratory Waterbird Conservation Committee oversees the implementation of these programmes with technical support from Anatidae Flyway Officer. For further information, please contact the Anatidae Flyway Officer. Posted 14 May 1999, updated 4 February 2003.