Ramsar Convention Explained / Heal Earth

Ramsar Convention / Heal Earth

Wetlands include a wide range of natural and man-made habitat types, from rivers to coral reefs, as defined by the Ramsar Convention. Swamps, marshes, billabongs, lakes, salt marshes, mudflats, mangroves, coral reefs, fens, peat bogs, and other bodies of water - natural or artificial, permanent or temporary - are all examples of wetlands. Water within these areas can be static or flowing; fresh, brackish or saline; and can include inland rivers and coastal or marine water to a depth of six metres at low tide. There are even underground wetlands.
The Ramsar Convention promotes the designation of wetlands that are representative, rare, or unique, as well as wetlands that are vital for biological diversity conservation. These locations are added to the Convention's List of Wetlands of International Importance and become known as Ramsar sites once they have been designated.
Countries agree to construct and oversee a management structure aimed at conserving the wetland and guaranteeing its sensible use when they designate a wetland as a Ramsar site. Under the Convention, wise use is defined as preserving a wetland's ecological identity.
Wetlands can be included on the List of Wetlands of International Importance because of their ecological, botanical, zoological, limnological or hydrological importance.
The Ramsar Strategic Plan 2003-2008 and the “three pillars” of the Convention
https://www.ramsar.org/sites/default/...

The Conference of the Contracting Parties (COP), the convention's policy-making organ, meets every three years to adopt decisions (resolutions and recommendations) to govern the convention's work and strengthen the parties' ability to achieve its goals..
COP12 was held in Punta del Este, Uruguay, in 2015.
COP13 was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in October 2018.

Approximately 35% of the world's wetlands were lost between 1970-2015 and the loss rate is accelerating annually since 2000.

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