scholarly journals Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance–Improving Conservation Outcomes

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. T. Kingsford ◽  
G. Bino ◽  
C. M. Finlayson ◽  
D. Falster ◽  
J.A. Fitzsimons ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Western Europe ◽  
Ramsar Site ◽  
Ramsar Convention ◽  
Wise Use ◽  
Ecological Character ◽  
The World ◽  
International Importance ◽  
Site Network ◽  
Key Indicators ◽  
Wise Use Of Wetlands

The Ramsar Convention (or the Convention on Wetlands), signed in 1971, was one of the first international conservation agreements, promoting global wise use of wetlands. It has three primary objectives: national designation and management of wetlands of international importance; general wise use of wetlands; and international cooperation. We examined lessons learnt for improving wetland conservation after Ramsar’s nearly five decades of operation. The number of wetlands in the Ramsar Site Network has grown over time (2,391 Ramsar Sites, 2.5 million km2, as at 2020-06-09) but unevenly around the world, with decreasing rate of growth in recent decades. Ramsar Sites are concentrated in countries with a high Gross Domestic Product and human pressure (e.g., western Europe) but, in contrast, Ramsar Sites with the largest wetland extent are in central-west Africa and South America. We identified three key challenges for improving effectiveness of the Ramsar Site Network: increasing number of sites and wetland area, improved representation (functional, geographical and biological); and effective management and reporting. Increasing the number of sites and area in the Ramsar network could benefit from targets, implemented at national scales. Knowledge of representativeness is inadequate, requiring analyses of functional ecotypes, geographical and biological representativeness. Finally, most countries have inadequate management planning and reporting on the ecological character of their Ramsar Sites, requiring more focused attention on a vision and objectives, with regular reporting of key indicators to guide management. There are increasing opportunities to rigorously track ecological character, utilizing new tools and available indicators (e.g., remote sensing). It is critical that the world protect its wetlands, with an effective Ramsar Convention or the Convention on Wetlands at the core.

Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Sites)

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tales Carvalho-Resende
Keyword(s):  
Surface Water ◽  
Ramsar Convention ◽  
International Convention ◽  
Wise Use ◽  
The World ◽  
International Importance ◽  
The City ◽  
Wise Use Of Wetlands

Ramsar Sites are wetlands considered to be of international importance. The international convention which forms the basis for their identification is commonly referred to as the "Ramsar Convention" after the city in Iran where the convention was signed in 1971. The Convention is an intergovernmental treaty that provides the framework for the conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources. There are currently over 2,200 Ramsar Sites around the world. They cover over 2.1 million square kilometres, an area larger than Mexico. For more information, visit: www.ramsar.org Biodiversity Surface water

scholarly journals Aspek Hukum Pelestarian Lahan Basah pada Situs Ramsar di Indonesia (Studi Terhadap Implementasi Konvensi Ramsar 1971 di Taman Nasional Tanjung Puting)

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 246
Author(s):  
Alam Surya Anggara
Keyword(s):  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
National Park ◽  
Ramsar Site ◽  
Ramsar Convention ◽  
Central Kalimantan ◽  
Wise Use ◽  
Ecosystem Protection ◽  
Peatland Degradation ◽  
Wise Use Of Wetlands

AbstractThe Ramsar Convention have been transformed and implemented into Indonesian law. In practice, still found non-synchronized regulations that have not been able to implement the sustainable and wise use of wetlands. The prevention of peatland degradation must be holistic by involving the community and make intens socialization in order to create a sense of belonging and ownership. It is the purpose of this article to analyze the implementation of the Ramsar Convention 1971 on the peatland ecosystem protection and management at Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, and related to how Government efforts and policy to prevent the degradation of peatland since it was established as Ramsar Site in Indonesia.IntisariKetentuan-ketentuan dalam Konvensi Ramsar telah dilaksanakan dan ditransformasikan ke dalam peraturan perundang-undangan di Indonesia. Dalam praktiknya, masih ditemukan peraturan-peraturan yang tidak sinkron, sehingga belum dapat melaksanakan komitmen pemanfaatan lahan basah secara bijaksana dan berkelanjutan. Upaya pencegahan degradasi gambut harus dilaksanakan secara holistik dengan mengikutsertakan masyarakat dan mengintensifkan sosialisasi agar tercipta sense of belonging, dan ownership. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis implementasi Konvensi Ramsar 1971 terkait perlindungan dan pengelolaan ekosistem gambut di Taman Nasional Tanjung Puting, Kalimantan Tengah. Sekaligus untuk melihat sejauh mana upaya Pemerintah dalam mencegah degradasi ekosistem gambut, sejak Tanjung Puting ditetapkan sebagai Situs Ramsar di Indonesia.

scholarly journals Trends in the ecological character of the world's wetlands

2020 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 127 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. C. Davidson ◽  
L. Dinesen ◽  
S. Fennessy ◽  
C. M. Finlayson ◽  
P. Grillas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Ramsar Site ◽  
Ramsar Convention ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
Average Area ◽  
Ecological Character ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Better Than

We assessed trends in the ecological character of wetlands generally and of Ramsar Sites reported in 2011, 2014 and 2017 by the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands in their national reports. There was more widespread deterioration than improvement in the ecological character of wetlands generally, with deterioration increasingly more widespread between 2011 and 2017. The ecological-character trends in Ramsar Sites were significantly better than those of wetlands generally, but an increasingly more widespread deterioration of ecological character was reported between 2011 and 2017. Trends in the ecological character of wetlands generally, and of Ramsar Sites were worst in Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean, and recently also in Oceania, and better in North America and Europe. Deterioration in the ecological character of Ramsar Site was more widespread in countries with a large average area of their Ramsar Sites. This information on trends of wetland ecological character can contribute to assessing the achievement of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goal Target 6.6 and Aichi Biodiversity Target 5. Our analysis indicated that the 1971 aim of the Ramsar Convention to stem the degradation of wetlands has not yet been achieved.

Long-term hydrological and hydrodynamic modeling of a complex Ramsar site using HEC-RAS 5.0.7 2D – The Taim Wetland

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bibiana Peruzzo Bule ◽  
Rutinéia Tassi ◽  
Daniel Gustavo Allasia Piccilli
Keyword(s):  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Hydrodynamic Modeling ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Ramsar Site ◽  
Integrated Water Management ◽  
Environmental Evaluation ◽  
The World ◽  
International Importance ◽  
Different Sources

<p>Wetlands are ecosystems recognized as one of the most valuable natural resources in the world. Although this importance, several wetlands around the world have lost areas due to anthropic threats. One example of a wetland with international importance is the Taim Wetland. This Ramsar Site number 2298, is a fresh-water wetland with 330 km<sup>2</sup> located in the Southern part of Brazil, close to the border with Uruguay. The primary threat to this wetland is related to water demand conflicts on its watershed. Extensive rice fields occur around Taim Wetland and large yearly volumes of water from its main tributary Mangueira Lake are withdrawn, leading to changes in the hydrodynamics within the wetland. Thus, by one side, there is the regional economic dependence of rice cultivation and, on the other hand, conditions related to water availability are vital for maintaining the ecosystem as a whole. Different human-made infrastructures also impact local hydrodynamics as road, gates, fauna tunnels, natural effects as backwater and climate factors. Due to its importance, the Taim Wetland has been the object of different studies aiming to evaluate strategies for an integrated water management policy, allowing it to reach both environmental and economic benefits. The local complexity leads to the need for applying hydrological-hydrodynamic models able to represent the behavior accurately. Paz, 2003 and Villanueva, 1997 already applied hydrological and 2D-hydrodynamic modeling in the area; however, in the light of information available at that time and computational constraints, these studies needed to adopt several simplifications. In this study, the 2D HEC-RAS 5.0.7 was used to represent the system based on new terrain information obtained from the combination of different sources such as satellite, drone images and local measurement allowing the acquisition of information such as flooding areas, velocities, and flow patterns. New insights of local features such as internal channels, lakes, dunes, road and vegetation such as emergent macrophytes permitted new understandings of hydrodynamics. Nevertheless, hydraulic structures as a set of gates and fauna tunnels were also included in the representation, allowing the analysis of different operational scenarios during the modeling. These results also provide critical information for the environmental evaluation of habitats and points towards better management policies.</p>

scholarly journals A review of the adequacy of reporting to the Ramsar Convention on change in the ecological character of wetlands

2020 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 117 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. C. Davidson ◽  
L. Dinesen ◽  
S. Fennessy ◽  
C. M. Finlayson ◽  
P. Grillas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sufficient Information ◽  
Information Sheet ◽  
National Scale ◽  
Ramsar Convention ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Ecological Character ◽  
The Status ◽  
International Importance ◽  
Over Time

We review the mechanisms established by the Ramsar Convention for reporting on the status and change in the ecological character of wetlands. We assess the extent of their implementation and compliance, but not issues of the adequacy of their design nor the consequences of their extent of implementation. We conclude that, with the exception of qualitative national-scale reporting in triennial Contracting Party National Reports, there is inadequate implementation and compliance with most of these mechanisms, notably concerning required reporting under Article 3.2 of the Convention and the updating of the Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands (RIS). This limits the ability of the Convention to assess the status, and trends in status, of designated Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Sites), and to inform future decision-making and priority-setting for the wise use of all wetlands. As has been recognised by the Ramsar Convention, unless compliance with these mechanisms is improved, sufficient information will not be gathered through the mechanisms of Ramsar Convention to assess fully the Sustainable Development Goal 6.6.1 indicator supported by the Convention on change in the extent of water-related ecosystems over time.

scholarly journals Ramsar Convention and the Wise Use of Wetlands: Rethinking Inclusion

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 36-44
Author(s):  
Deepa Joshi ◽  
Bryce Gallant ◽  
Arunima Hakhu ◽  
Sanjiv De Silva ◽  
Cynthia McDougall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ramsar Convention ◽  
Wise Use ◽  
Wise Use Of Wetlands

scholarly journals Number of Ramsar sites per countries

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chloé Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
Wise Use ◽  
The World ◽  
International Importance

Ramsar sites are wetlands recognized for their international importance, according to the eponymous Convention (signed in 1971, entered into force in 1975). The Convention's mission is "the conservation and wise use of all wetlands through local and national actions and international cooperation, as a contribution towards achieving sustainable development throughout the world". As of March 2017, there are over 2200 Ramsar sites around the world, covering over 2.1 million km². For more information about wetlands of international importance, visit the convention's website: http://www.ramsar.org/about/the-importance-of-wetlands Biodiversity Law

Wise use of Wetlands in Nepal

1970 ◽  
pp. 10-17
Author(s):  
BB Bhandari
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Species ◽  
Migratory Birds ◽  
Wetland Loss ◽  
Ramsar Convention ◽  
Wise Use ◽  
Rare And Endangered Species ◽  
Rare And Endangered ◽  
Over Exploitation ◽  
Dry Out ◽  
Wise Use Of Wetlands

The paper attempts to throw light on Nepal's stride towards the wise use of wetlands in the country. The paper begins with the statement that wetland is a nascent term, which means many things to many people. In general wetlands are taken as the area covered with water for a part of the day or year. Biologically wetlands become the most productive when they dry out periodically. The Ramsar Convention defines wetlands as the "area of marsh, fen, peatlands or water". The global importance of Nepal's wetlands are manifested by the presence of the rare and endangered species of flora and fauna, rest place for migratory birds, waterway for the migratory fishes and availability of wild native rice. Nepal in its journey to the wise use of wetlands has passed through the four stages; primary, awakening, take-off and mass consciousness stages. Nepal's wetlands have been the victim of human conversion, over-exploitation, pollution of water, invasion of invasive species, human encroachment and deposition of sediments. Nepal has already designated wetlands in the Ramsar list and adopted a National Wetland Policy. The paper suggests that the loss of wetlands can be ameliorated by developing a national wetland act and national inventory, forming an interdisciplinary body to look over the issue, controlling invasive species etc. Key words: Wise use, Ramsar site, wetlands, wetland loss, invasive species   doi: 10.3126/banko.v19i3.2206 Banko Janakari, Special Issue February 2009, 10-17

Australia versus the World: do we face special opportunities and challenges in restoring Australian streams?

2001 ◽  
Vol 43 (9) ◽  
pp. 165-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. D. Rutherford ◽  
C. Gippel
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Unit Length ◽  
Fishing Industry ◽  
Stream Power ◽  
Flow Variability ◽  
Nutrient Levels ◽  
Ecological Character ◽  
The World

Australians do face special opportunities and challenges in attempting to restore or rehabilitate their streams, when compared with Western Europe and North America. Some of these differences arise from the physical and ecological character of our streams, particularly in terms of flow variability, stream power, sediment, vegetation interactions, and nutrient levels. We also have modest resources available per-unit-length of stream, and no massive freshwater fishing industry. These, and many other differences, combine to produce an environment in which it can be slower and more difficult to rehabilitate streams, and we have less confidence in the results. International case studies are tremendously useful but in some cases we need to be circumspect in applying the results directly to Australian streams.

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