[PDF] Top 20 Resolution XI.14 Climate change and wetlands: implications for the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

... that wetlands provide several other services important for responding to climate change effects, such as the role of wetlands in regulating water cycles, thereby providing, ... See full document

... 88. Climate change may also affect the wetland carbon sink, although the direction of the effect is uncertain due to the number of climate-related contributing factors ... See full document

... of and attention in decision-making to the significance of wetlands for reasons of biodiversity conservation, water supply and quality, coastal protection, integrated coastal zone ... See full document

... possible, the need to avoid or mitigate the impacts of those projects, as well as the need to compensate for the loss of livelihoods that may result from their impacts on wetland ... See full document

... of the Conference of the Parties, including New Guidelines for management planning for Ramsar sites and other wetlands (Resolution ...VIII.14) and ... See full document

... monitoring and survey programme is a prerequisite for assessing whether or not a wetland has undergone a change in its ecological ...to Resolution 5.7) and should enable full ... See full document

... to Ramsar site data and information has been the establishment and maintenance of a standard record of changes to the ecological character of Ramsar Sites reported under Article ... See full document

... 413. The President reflected on the falling of the curtain on ...delegates for their active participation and invited everyone involved to recognize the ... See full document

... Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Decision IX/16 invited the Conference of the Parties to the Ramsar Convention, at its 10th meeting, to consider appropriate ... See full document

... in the Southern Hemisphere to 2°C in the northern polar region by 2030 for SRES scenarios B1, A1 and A2, with B1 showing the highest ...While the models simulate global mean ... See full document

... this Resolution builds upon Resolution X.24 on Climate change and wetlands, which requested the Ramsar Secretariat, the STRP, and the ... See full document

... RECALLING the decision (Decision 13/CP.8) of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at its eighth ... See full document

... v) wetlands therefore occur in all biomes and are potentially influenced by all sectors’ activities, and that the appropriate management of land and water, using the Ecosystem ... See full document

... CBD) and other key international institutions such as UNEP, UNDP, FAO, UNESCO, WHO, The World Bank, CGIAR, ICSU, IUCN, GEF, UN Foundation, and the FCCC are also included in the ... See full document

... technical and administrative, among others – permits an integrated approach to problems and priority ...makes the management of ecosystems, specifically wetlands, more efficient, effective ... See full document

... joining the Convention, Contracting Parties agree to fulfill four obligations: (i) designate at least one wetland for inclusion in the List of Wetlands of International Importance ... See full document

... summarizes the progress against the Ramsar STRP Work Plan 2013‐2015 as of March ...2015. The table includes the entire list of more than 70 tasks and sub-tasks in order under ... See full document

... national and/or international action. The opportunities for wise use, conservation and management (hereafter referred to as ‘wise use’) of the world’s peatland assets are constrained ... See full document

... Law and Director, Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy, at Stetson University College of ...of the U.S. National Ramsar Committee and is the North American ... See full document

... Parties and development sectors, including mining, other extractive industries, infrastructure development, water and sanitation, energy, agriculture, transport and others, to take all possible steps ... See full document