[PDF] Top 20 Third Joint Work Plan (2002-2006) of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971)

... coastal and mountain ecosystems. The guidelines are meant to be a practical tool to provide technical guidance to policy makers, decision makers and managers with responsibilities in the ... See full document

... 23. The Ramsar Convention works increasingly closely with the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) through a joint work plan and ... See full document

... RECALLING the invitation of the Joint Liaison Group (JLG) between the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the UN Convention to ... See full document

... 6. The Ramsar Convention Bureau and MAB Secretariat have therefore agreed to develop the following activities, with a programme of joint work initially to cover ... See full document

... 7. The actions set out in this first Joint Work Plan are designed to be implemented during 2003 to ...2005. The Actions will be kept under regular review by the Ramsar ... See full document

... guidance on selecting wetlands appropriate for restoration, and will be made available to SBSTTA and the subsidiary scientific bodies of CCD and UNFCCC and IPCC in ... See full document

... designation of a National Park, the present possibilities of the Park Management has been increased and enable to effectively counteract succession and restore the open ... See full document

... to the recent recognition of its great value to wildlife, the wetland was included in the list of sites important for bird life in Europe under the IBA Program (Important Bird ... See full document

... recognition of wetland services. Increase recognition of and attention in decision-making to the significance of wetlands for reasons of biodiversity conservation, water ... See full document

... patterns of human population distribution and the impacts of these on wetlands, including the potential scope for developing a better understanding of information ... 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 ... See full document

... explained the staff mobility policy within the UN, which requires that staff do not spend more than five years in same position depending on the availability of posts within the ... See full document

... 1,000 1,000 1310-00120 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.006 0.006 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1310-00108 Thailand 0.186 0.190 7,784 7,980 8,043 9,810 1310-00086 The FYR of Macedonia 0.005 0.005 1,000 ... See full document

... availability and water quality, their capacity to deliver ecosystem services is diminished; and that this has direct and indirect effects on human health, including through loss of food ... See full document

... appropriate, the guidance adopted through Resolution X.16 and included in COP10 ...impact Ramsar sites; to consider a precautionary approach when the SEA or EIA predicts any substantial or ... See full document

... IUCN, and Wetlands and Water Resource Management Working Group co-lead) gave a short overview of Task 44 on the review and development of a strategy for engaging in ... See full document

... President, the Turkish delegation would like to refer to the whole document ‘Ramsar COP10 ...including the annex titled ‘Consolidated Guidance for integrating wetland conservation and ... See full document

... many of the Ramsar Convention’s partner conventions and organizations and, indeed, has played an instrumental role in the proceedings of many COPs of the ... See full document

... changing, and these changes impact on the capacity of ecosystems to deliver the services needed to sustain and improve human ...planning and management based upon ... See full document

... impacts on water resources in general and on wetlands in particular, in their territories and/or elsewhere in the world, consistent with their other international rights ... See full document