The Pulai River ( Malay : Sungai Pulai ) is a river in Johor , Malaysia . It runs from Mount Pulai in Kulai District until Tanjung Pelepas , draining into the Tebrau Straits . At its mouth lies the single largest seagrass bed in Malaysia, which extends all the way to Pulau Merambong . Sungai Pulai is also a mangrove forest reserve. The site is being studied to help manage the vast mangrove ecosystem, with assistance from University of Technology Malaysia and the National University of Malaysia , in line with the Integrated Management Plan for the sustainable use of mangroves in Johor.
3-490: Sungai Pulai is also a Ramsar site , one of the few locations in the world recognized as a wetland of international importance . This Johor location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in Malaysia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ramsar site A Ramsar site is a wetland site designated to be of international importance under
6-705: The Ramsar Convention , also known as "The Convention on Wetlands", an international environmental treaty signed on 2 February 1971 in Ramsar, Iran , under the auspices of UNESCO . It came into force on 21 December 1975, when it was ratified by a sufficient number of nations. It provides for national action and international cooperation regarding the conservation of wetlands, and wise sustainable use of their resources. Ramsar identifies wetlands of international importance, especially those providing waterfowl habitat . As of October 2024 , there are 2,521 Ramsar sites around
9-528: The world, protecting 257,317,367 hectares (635,845,060 acres), and 172 national governments are participating. The non-profit organisation Wetlands International provides access to the Ramsar database via the Ramsar Sites Information Service. A wetland can be considered internationally important if any of the following nine criteria apply: The Ramsar Classification System for Wetland Type
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