[PDF] Top 20 Resolution IX.1 Annex B Revised Strategic Framework and guidelines for the future development of the List of Wetlands of International Importance

... part of aquatic ecosystems, but are a vital source of food and income for people throughout the ...However, the production of fisheries in many parts of the ... See full document

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

... Concerning the application of Criterion 4, it should be noted that temporary pools often occur as clusters or complexes of pools, sometimes involving hundreds of ...habitats for ... See full document

... types and biogeographic regions. For each Contracting Party it is important to reach an understanding at the national level of how the Ramsar definition of a wetland is to be ... See full document

... Social and cultural values: in section a) provide a general account of the site’s principal social and economic values and functions and “wise use” features presented in Ramsar ... See full document

... of international importance The preamble refers only to the history of work that produced criteria, and contains no ...principles. The appended criteria were ... See full document

... Update and submit revised Ramsar Information Sheets as frequently as necessary to record changes in the status of sites, at least at intervals of not more than six years, so that they ... See full document

... total of 42,254,951 hectares as at 4 November 2008: Albania, Argentina, Australia, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, ... See full document

... adopt and apply, as part of their management planning for Ramsar Sites and other wetlands, a suitable monitoring regime, such as that outlined in the annex to ... See full document

... COP9 and COP10) held, 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 ... See full document

... by the Convention, such as those concerning assessing the overall status and trends of wetlands and Ramsar sites, require information on all types of change in ecological ... See full document

... coastal wetlands have been degraded or destroyed through a variety of development activities, including: agriculture and forestry (drainage, embankment construction, fertiliser and ... See full document

... before, the Strategic Plan 2009-2015 calls for actions to be undertaken by the Secretariat and the International Organization Partners, but it is to the Parties ... See full document

... drafts of a proposed Resolution for consideration by COP10 and of the proposed outline of a separate technical guidance document are ...presented. The Committee may ... See full document

... sites of international importance within an agreed biogeographic ...regionalization. The Glossary (Appendix E) defines this term as “a scientifically rigorous determination of regions ... See full document

... particularly the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), often contribute towards at least some objectives of the Ramsar Convention, even though such activities are usually not focused on ... See full document

... by the national Ramsar Authorities to the Secretariat since COP9, under Article ...in the right-hand ...case the country therefore evoked “urgent national interest” under Article ...2.5 ... See full document

... 2003. The determination of ecological quality in shallow lakes - a tested expert system (ECOFRAME) for implementation of the European Water Framework ...Marine and ... See full document

... inception, the Ramsar Convention has recognized “the fundamental ecological functions of wetlands as regulators of water regimes” (preamble to Convention text), but it has only been ... See full document

... management of all of Australia's Ramsar sites is being ...commence and will inform the development of a fuller and ongoing, regular review ...management and enhance ... See full document