Ramsar COP8. Valencia 18-26 Nov CBD/Ramsar inland waters rapid assessment workshop Slide 1 The Ramsar Convention and The Ramsar Convention and wetland assessment wetland assessment Nick Davidson Deputy Secretary General Ramsar Bureau CBD/Ramsar Rapid assessment of inland water biodiversity Montreal, 2-4 December 2002
The Ramsar Convention and wetland assessment. Nick Davidson Deputy Secretary General Ramsar Bureau CBD/Ramsar Rapid assessment of inland water biodiversity Montreal, 2-4 December 2002. Background. significant attention under the Convention to inventory, assessment and monitoring - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Ramsar’s definitions of inventory, Ramsar’s definitions of inventory, assessment & monitoringassessment & monitoring
• adopted by COP8 Resolution VIII.6 “A Framework for Wetland Inventory”
• inventory: collection and/or collation of core information for wetland management, incl. Information base for specific assessment and monitoring activities
• assessment: identification of status of, and threats to, wetlands as basis for collection of more specific information through monitoring
An integrated Ramsar Wetland Inventory, An integrated Ramsar Wetland Inventory, Assessment and Monitoring Framework (WIAM)Assessment and Monitoring Framework (WIAM)
• COP8 recognised number of gaps and disharmonies in existing Ramsar guidance (Resolution VIII.7)
• STRP will fill these, through developing integrated framework, based on outline in COP8 DOC. 16
• based on Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) conceptual framework
• recognises importance of scale, and developing multi-scalar approaches, and
• use and value of remote sensing for wetland assessment