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Ramsar Convention

The Ramsar Convention aims to promote conservation and wise use of wetlands. It was signed in Ramsar, Iran in 1971 and entered into force in 1975. The convention addresses threats to wetlands like loss of biodiversity and ecosystem interactions. It obligates parties to designate at least one wetland for protection and promote overall wetland conservation. Compliance is monitored through national policy reviews and a small grants fund supports international cooperation efforts.

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Ramsar Convention

The Ramsar Convention aims to promote conservation and wise use of wetlands. It was signed in Ramsar, Iran in 1971 and entered into force in 1975. The convention addresses threats to wetlands like loss of biodiversity and ecosystem interactions. It obligates parties to designate at least one wetland for protection and promote overall wetland conservation. Compliance is monitored through national policy reviews and a small grants fund supports international cooperation efforts.

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Convention on Wetlands
Other name RAMSAR Convention
Place Ramsar, Iran
Date of signature 02.02.1971
Date of entry into force 21.12.1975
Number of parties 159

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Aim & Objective
Promote the conservation and wise use all water lands through
Local
Regional and
national actions

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Environmental problem that MEA
addresses
Wetlands are the cradles of biological diversity,
The interactions of physical, biological and chemical components of a wetland.
Wetlands continue to be among the worlds most threatened ecosystems

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Wetlands species

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Brief description of MEA
Parties must designate at least one wetland to be included in
the “list of wetlands of international importance”
Parties are obliged to promote the conservation of wetlands

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Main Obligations
Designate at least one wetlands
Contracting parties shall endeavor to increase waterfowl populations on appropriate wetlands
Training of personal
Establish procedures which guarantee that the local
Party has to develop CEPA

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Compliance mechanism
The Ramsar bureau also conduct online monitoring to review implementation of the convention.
National Westland policies; reviewing laws and institution to promote conservation. And wise
use of Westland and for international cooperation.
A Ramsar small Grants fund was established in 1990.funds come from convention's core budget
but largely from donation by parties and others.

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