INGENIEUR
Among the international forums are:
a. UN World Conference on Disaster Risk
Reduction in Sendai Japan on March 2015.
b. The World We Want Post 2015 –
Sustainable Development Goals –
September, 2015
c. COP 21 Paris – Climate change agreement
2015
and national actions and international cooperation, as a contribution to achieving
sustainable development throughout the world.
It calls upon contracting parties to recognize the
interdependence of humans and the environment
as well as the ecological functions of wetlands,
such as wildlife habitats, nutrient cycling and flood
control.
INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION PARTNERS
The Ramsar Convention works closely with five
other organisations known as International
Organisation Partners (IOPs). These are Birdlife
International, the International Union for
Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the International
Water Management Institute (IWMI),Wetlands
International and World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
International. These support the work of the
Convention by providing expert technical advice,
helping implement field studies and providing
financial support. The IOPs also participate
regularly as observers in all meetings of the
Conference of Parties and as full members of
the Scientific and Technical Review Panel. For
example, at the 2008 Convention of Parties, IWMI
scientists contributed directly to a number of
resolutions including those relating to wetlands'
links with human health, biofuels, poverty
reduction, bio-geographic regionalization and
biodiversity in rice paddies.
SCIENTIFIC & TECHNICAL REVIEW PANEL OF
THE RAMSAR CONVENTION
At the Scientific & Technical Review Panel
(STRP) meeting on November 2-6, 2015, Dr Ania
Grobicki, Deputy Secretary-General of the Ramsar
Convention acting as the Ramsar Secretariat’s
focal point for the Convention’s subsidiary
advisory body, the STRP presented an important
paper entitled “The STRP and Ramsar Convention
on Wetlands: Looking Ahead”.
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Unique Policy Opportunity in 2015
Several important international forums presented
unique opportunities to raise awareness and
to commit world bodies to address the issues
relating to the environment, and in particular
to environmental sustainability related issues,
confronting the world.
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Graph - Run-off variation (1960-90 /2070-90)