[PDF] Top 20 Regional initiatives in the framework of the Convention

... use of wetlands and water resources. During 2007 the development of the “MedWet information and knowledge network for the sustainable development of wetland ... See full document

... changes in the status of sites, at least at intervals of not more than six years, so that they can be used for reviewing change in ecological character and progress in achieving ... See full document

... from the Convention’s core budget, should the Conference of the Parties so decide, will be provided for a pre-determined period of time – in principle not more than three ... See full document

... 18. Regional initiatives are acting for the benefit of the Convention, but not in the name of ...clear in communication and outreach, including ... See full document

... consideration the implementation of the Ramsar Convention, the establishment of the National Wetlands Committee and the existence of the Central ... See full document

... 9. The coordinating bodies of regional initiatives should aim to develop the capacity to take on the additional role of coordinating and supervising regional ... See full document

... from the Convention core budget line “Support to Regional Initiatives” for the 2006-2008 triennium for specific regional initiatives, which qualify by fully meeting ... See full document

... All national wetland inventories initiated after COP8 to include information on wetland importance; potential Ramsar sites; wetlands for restoration; location of under- represented wetland types; and values and ... See full document

... (57%) of the Parties (Venezuela, Uruguay, Suriname, Paraguay, Panama, Jamaica, Bahamas, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Ecuador, Cuba and Brazil) in the region have mobilized financial ... See full document

... 2004 in Abuja, Nigeria, “expressed satisfaction with the take-off of the Lake Chad Basin ...that the five pilot projects undertaken within the framework of ... See full document

... doubled. in 1992, the cohesion Fund was set up to offset the efforts of the most disadvantaged member states to meet the convergence criteria for the adoption of ... See full document

... UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE The Parties to this Convention, Acknowledging that change in the Earth‟s climate and its adverse effects are a common concern of hum[r] ... See full document

... presents the rationale of the regional development strategy in Andalusia supported by the ERDF ...shows the importance given to the different priorities based on ... See full document

... for the implementation of the objectives of the Ramsar Convention, and present itself with its own identity, in order to avoid any confusion between the roles ... See full document

... Two initiatives were endorsed as operating within the framework of the Convention through Resolution ...from the Convention budget during the period ... See full document

... a regional initiative from the Convention’s core budget, should the COP and Standing Committee so decide, will only be provided as start-up funding, time- limited for a pre-determined period – ... See full document

... 27. In order to draw up a list of regional initiatives to be endorsed as operating within the framework of the Convention, the Secretariat proposes ... See full document

... one regional initiative has been formally recognised as operating within the framework of the Ramsar ...is the Mediterranean Wetland Initiative (MedWet). Since 2001 the ... See full document

... 3. Regional Initiatives are intended to provide lasting structural and operational support to facilitating and improving the implementation of the Ramsar ...number, of the ... See full document

... by the Contact Group on High Andean Wetlands, composed of the Ramsar focal points of seven Andean countries – Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela – and Costa Rica, ... See full document