Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. (1971) The Ramsar Convention is an inter-governmental treaty that provides the framework for the conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources through local, regional and national actions and international cooperation, as a contribution towards achieving sustainable development. The Convention requires that each contracting party designates at least one suitable wetland within its territory for inclusion in the List of Wetlands of International Importance. The range states of the Svalbard population of the pink-footed goose, Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands and Norway (as well as Germany and Sweden), are all parties to the Ramsar Convention. For each range state, the number of Ramsar sites for which pink-footed geese are part of the designation criteria has been listed (Table 4). 2 CMS article I, paragraph 1(c): "Conservation status" will be taken as "favourable" when:
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. The Convention on Wetlands, signed in Ramsar, Iran, in 1971, is an inter-governmental treaty that provides the framework for the conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources through local, regional and national actions and international cooperation, as a contribution towards achieving sustainable development throughout the world. It recognises the fundamental ecological functions of wetlands as regulators of water regimes and as habitats supporting a characteristic flora and fauna. The Convention requires that each Contracting Party designate at least one suitable wetland within its territory for inclusion in a List of Wetlands of International Importance maintained by the Ramsar bureau. Wetlands should be selected for the List on account of their international significance in terms of ecology, botany, zoology, limnology or hydrology, particularly as habitat for waterfowl. The Convention establishes guidelines for the formulation and implementation of national wetland management and conservation policies, including establishing inventories of wetlands, determining priorities for each site, requiring impact studies for all projects that may affect wetlands, regulating the use of wild flora and fauna to avoid over-exploitation, and drafting legislation that encourages wetland conservation, taking into account international responsibilities for the conservation, management and wise use of migratory stocks of waterbirds. The UK's implementation of the Ramsar Convention's Strategic Plan (DEFRA 2002b) stated that the UK would "Finalise [a] MoU with Iceland, Greenland and Ireland concerning the common conservation management of Greenland White-fronted Geese by 2004, stressing particularly the role of Ramsar sites in the long-term conservation of this population."
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. The Convention on Wetlands, signed in Ramsar, Iran, in 1971, is an intergovernmental treaty that provides the framework for the conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources through local, regional and national actions and international cooperation, as a contribution towards achieving sustainable development throughout the world. It recognises the fundamental ecological functions of wetlands as regulators of water regimes and as habitats supporting a characteristic flora and fauna. The Convention requires that each Contracting Party designate at least one suitable wetland within its territory for inclusion in a List of Wetlands of International Importance maintained by the Ramsar bureau. Wetlands should be selected for the List on account of their international significance in terms of ecology, botany, zoology, limnology or hydrology, particularly as habitat for waterfowl. The Convention establishes guidelines for the formulation and implementation of national wetland management and conservation policies, including establishing inventories of wetlands, determining priorities for each site, requiring impact studies for all projects that may affect wetlands, regulating the use of wild flora and fauna to avoid over-exploitation, and drafting legislation that encourages wetland conservation, taking into account international responsibilities for the conservation, management and wise use of migratory stocks of waterfowl.
