Beung Kiat Ngong Wetlands (Ramsar Site No. 1941)

Ramsar-designated wetland (2,360 ha) of swamps, lakes, marshes and peatland in Pathoumphone District, Champasak Province, ~56 km south of Pakse. As a protected wetland of international importance it contains community fish conservation areas and breeding habitat; fishing is regulated/restricted under wetland management and the national Fisheries Law's conservation-zone provisions. Underwater spearing inside designated conservation/breeding areas of the site is prohibited (Fisheries Law Art. 38.6).