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

... Given the necessity of bringing the funding allocations for 2009 into line with the budget available, and because the remaining two requests are substantially higher in absolute ... 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 ... See full document

... - the 51th Session of the Lake Chad Basin Commission (Ministerial Council), held from 21st to 22nd June 2004 in Abuja, Nigeria, “expressed satisfaction with the take-off of ... See full document

... RECOGNIZES the critical importance of financial and political support from Contracting Parties of the region to the MedWet Initiative, and especially from the host country ... See full document

... 32. In order to draw up a list of regional initiatives to be endorsed as operating within the framework of the Convention, COP10 is invited to adopt ... See full document

... potential Ramsar sites; wetlands for restoration; location of under- represented wetland types; and values and functions, in particular in relation to poverty eradication ... See full document

... Conference of the Contracting Parties, qualifying initiatives which have zero financial implications for the Convention’s core budget, and ALSO AUTHORIZES the Standing Committee, within ... See full document

... managing Ramsar sites establish for each site an effective monitoring programme, ideally as part of the site management plan, which is designed to detect and provide early warning of changes ... 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 ... See full document

... For the triennium 2006-2008, the STRP is chaired by Dr Heather Mackay of South Africa and vice-chaired by Rebecca D’Cruz of Malaysia – the membership consists of six ... See full document

... through the Poverty Reduc- tion and Environmental Management Ini- tiative (PREMI) funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), supported the Ramsar Contracting ... See full document

... part of the groundwork relating to this Conference of the Parties, the Standing Committee of the Ramsar Convention has decided that a series of ... See full document

... respectively, in San José, Costa Rica, in May 1999, Valencia, Spain, in November 2002, Kampala, Uganda, in November 2005, and Changwon, Republic of Korea, October-November ...2008. ... See full document

... respectively, in San José, Costa Rica, in May 1999, Valencia, Spain, in November 2002, Kampala, Uganda, in November 2005, and Changwon, Republic of Korea, October-November ...2008. ... See full document

... 25. Regional initiatives need to generate their own resources and become financially self- sufficient after an initial start-up phase and in the long ...from the Convention’s core ... 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

... la Convention Ramsar, que pour les organisations internationales partenaires et un grand nombre d’organisme à l’échelle de la sous région de l’Afrique de ... See full document

... 18. Regional initiatives ...up the role of the Convention Secretariat, nor to fulfill Secretariat functions in their ...to the Secretariat. The major goal ... See full document

... on the full participation of all Ramsar Convention parties in the Western Hemisphere, as well as other key ...actors. The design of the plan of work ... See full document

... each of its triennial meetings, the Conference of the Parties allocates a specific amount of funding to the core budget line for Regional Initiatives for the ... See full document