[PDF] Top 20 Background materials concerning further development of guidance related to Ramsar site designation

... States of America, Uruguay, Viet Nam and Yugoslavia; and URGES all of these Contracting Parties to consider, at the earliest opportunity, the possible inclusion of these sites onto the ... See full document

... intended to be a system for classifying species at high risk of global extinction, many people are interested in applying them to subsets of global data, especially at regional, national or ... See full document

... proved to be an increasingly powerful tool to monitor and assess the Earth surface and its atmosphere on a regular ...terms of spatial, temporal and spectral resolution, allow, day-by-day, a more ... See full document

... from further developing its Criteria in line with current requirements, particularly in developing countries, and also in line with the provisions of CBD and the outcomes of the World Summit on ... See full document

... part of its operationalization of the conceptual framework, the MA is developing an overall multi-scalar methodology and guidelines for undertaking ecosystem assessments at sub-global scales, and this is ... See full document

... preparation of the descriptive sections of the plan are complete, the process moves on to preparing management objectives concerning the maintenance of the ecological character and ... See full document

... is of high conservation value because of its unique and rich biodiversity and has been designated a Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar ...attempt to stop drainage from ... See full document

... lie Ramsar sites for which official descriptions have not been provided, and/or for which suitable maps have not yet been submitted, to provide or update, as a matter of urgency, Ramsar ... See full document

... terms of the Linguistic perspective, it is useful as a means to explain what the role of the different categories of the concept of language ...necessary to take into account ... See full document

... part of the revised modus operandi of the Scientific and Technical Review Panel adopted by this meeting by Resolution ...Conference of the Parties is requested to identify priorities for the ... See full document

... List of designated Ramsar sites provides a tool for recognizing and agreeing on wetlands of international importance, which in turn will convey a high protection status in the river basin management ... See full document

... The Ramsar guidance, on river basin management and environmental flows particularly, has its origins in the environment/wetlands interest sector, and it is aimed at providing supporting material for the ... See full document

... Most of this action was undertaken during 1984-1991 with systematic elimination of all direct and indirect agricultural ...programme to privatise all Crown-owned agricultual irrigation schemes has ... See full document

... addition to the “Change/likely change?” column, a further refinement that Contracting Parties and wetland managers may wish to add, where appropriate and possible, is a further column ... See full document

... potential Ramsar sites assessments, currently available for Africa, Asia and Europe, and Wetlands International’s Waterbird Populations Estimates, which provides the key source for Contracting Parties in their ... See full document

... CONTINUES TO ENCOURAGE Contracting Parties to adopt and apply, as part of their management planning for Ramsar sites and other wetlands, a suitable monitoring regime, such as that outlined in ... See full document

... alia to address the key results under Ramsar’s Strategic Area ...recognition of wetland services). With inclusion of ecosystem services as an integral component of ecological character and the ... See full document

... the guidance practice takes ...and guidance disciplines are complementary and that guidance should be an activity which facilitates the idea of the continued integral formation from ...case ... See full document

... the Ramsar Bureau in June 2002 to refine and further elaborate a second CEPA programme, and also those CEPA Focal Points, representatives from Ramsar’s IOPs and other conventions, and other CEPA ... See full document

... relevant Ramsar STRP working groups; also ensure that Ramsar site managers are made aware of the monitoring procedure; and seek to test the monitoring procedure, including the use ... See full document