[PDF] Top 20 Action requested: The Standing Committee is invited to review and approve the draft

... developed and expanded, and the number of definitions of SEA has multiplied ...area and often over a longer time span than the environmental impact assessment of ...applied to an ... See full document

... 4. The COP10 NRF indicators include, with the agreement of the Standing Committee, certain indicators specifically requested to be included by the Convention’s ... See full document

... relevant to the work of the Standing Committee are Resolution ...reporting to the Standing Committee and the Conference of the Parties; ... See full document

... unrealistic to hope to mobilize the NFPs to participate in all the STRP ...feasible to obtain focused input from the NFPs on specific tasks that are of particular regional ... See full document

... valuable, and consideration is being given to holding similar such meetings, resources permitting, in other ...regions. The recommendations of the European meeting will be considered by ... See full document

... II) Review options for, and as necessary prepare proposals for, re-structuring and/or revising the format of the Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands (RIS) and its accompanying ... See full document

... sent to eight relevant organizations based in Geneva in order to identify a suitable officer from each organization to be invited to a meeting, as requested by the ... See full document

... beginnings, the Ramsar Convention has had a strong science knowledge-base at the core of its implementation, and the Resolution recognizes the important delivery by the ... See full document

... need to recognise that maintaining or enhancing the services provided by wetlands are critical responses to climate ...wetlands and maintaining hydrological cycles is of utmost ... See full document

... 5. The proposed Operational Guidelines for 2013-2015 in Annex 1 are based on the text of those adopted by COP10 for the period ...For the ease of comparison, any new or changed text is ... See full document

... character to sustain the features of a Ramsar site’s international importance is no different, in principle or practice, to obligations that already exist for these ...sites. The only ... See full document

... Regarding the COP9 National Planning Tool and National Report, to date, regrettably few Parties have returned their national ...reports. The Convention Development Officer is working ... See full document

... equipment and earphones (1,500) for simultaneous interpretation in the three languages of the Convention must be available, and any other languages for interpretation as required by the ... See full document

... of the respondents said that they had used the Declaration to inform national policies and decision-making, only 33% said that they had done the same to inform the ... See full document

... developing and delivering the COP in partnership with the host country currently falls to the Secretary General, which means that for a significant period of each triennium, the ... See full document

... persons to fulfil the roles of national Government and Non-governmental Organization (NGO) Focal Points for wetland CEPA, and have advised the Ramsar Secretariat of the persons ... See full document

... participation, and awareness”, and also the terms “training” and ...“capacity-building”. The advice presented below is based, in part, on the Mainstreaming Biological ... See full document

... requiring the engagement by the STRP of an expert (or experts) to undertake the work ...by the STRP and its expert Working Groups – more precise costings and ways ... See full document

... Action requested: The Standing Committee is invited to consider and advise on issues raised in the report from the MedWet Initiative, agree ... See full document

... Parties to draw this Framework to the attention of all relevant stakeholders with responsibilities for maintaining the ecological character of Ramsar sites and other wetlands, including ... See full document