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37th Meeting of the Ramsar Standing Committee

20/03/2008

CONVENTION ON WETLANDS (Ramsar, Iran, 1971) 37th Meeting of the Standing Committee Gland, Switzerland, 2-6 June 2008

Documentation for the meeting

"DR" = document includes draft Resolution for COP10

Document	Agenda	Title and Web link	Word	PDF
SC37-agenda Rev. 1	item 2	Draft agenda and programme Revision 1
SC37-1	item 5.1	DR: Establishing a Transition Committee of the Management Working Group
SC37-2	item 5.2	Legal status of the Ramsar Convention Secretariat
SC37-2 add.1	item 5.2	Commentary on DOC SC37-2 by the government of Switzerland
SC37-3	item 5.2	DR: Facilitating the work of the Ramsar Secretariat staff at international level
SC37-3 Rev.1	item 5.2	DR: Facilitating the work of the Ramsar Secretariat staff at international level, Rev. 1
SC37-4	item 5.3	DR: The Frequency and timing of the meetings of the Conference of the Contracting Parties and of regional meetings (submitted by Austria)
SC37-5	item 5.4	Future Secretariat structure and staffing
SC37-6	Subgroup	2007 audited accounts
SC37-7	item 6.2	DR: Financial and budgetary matters (Annex I, Annex II, Annex III)
SC37-8	item 6.3	DR: Regional initiatives 2009-2011 in the framework of the Ramsar Convention (Menu of proposals in PDF format)
SC37-9	item 6.4	DR: The operation of the Ramsar Small Grants Fund during the triennium 2009-2011
SC37-10	item 7.1	DR: The Ramsar Strategic Plan 2009-2014
SC37-11	item 7.2	DR: The Convention’s Programme on communication, education, participation, and awareness (CEPA) 2009-2014
SC37-12	item 7.3	DR: Refinement of the modus operandi of the STRP
SC37-13	item 7.4	DR: Partnerships and synergies with Multilateral Environmental Agreements and other institutions
SC37-14	item 7.5	DR: The status of sites in the Ramsar List
SG37-15	item 7.6	DR: The "Changwon Declaration"
SC37-16	item 7.7	A draft Resolution on wetlands and extractive industries
SC37-16 add.1	item 7.7	DR: Wetlands and extractive industries
SC37-17	item 7.8	Review of past COP decisions - options for provision of information to COP10
SC37-18	item 8.1	DR: A Framework for Ramsar data and information needs
SC37-19	item 8.2	DR: Describing the ecological character of wetlands, and data needs and formats for core inventory: harmonized scientific and technical guidance
SC37-20	item 8.3	DR: Detecting, reporting and responding to change in ecological character: scientific and technical guidance
SC37-21	item 8.4	DR: Indicators of effectiveness of the implementation of the Convention: scientific and technical guidance
SC37-22	item 8.5	DR: Environmental Impact Assessment and Strategic Environmental Assessment": updated scientific and technical guidance
SC37-23	item 8.6	DR: The application of response options from the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) within the Ramsar Wise Use Toolkit
SC37-24	item 8.7	DR: Wetlands and river basin management: consolidated scientific and technical guidance
SC37-25	item 8.8	DR: Biogeographic regionalisation in the application of the Strategic Framework: scientific and technical guidance
SC37-26	item 8.9	DR: Wetlands and human health
SC37-27	item 8.10	DR: Climate change and wetlands
SC37-28	item 8.11	DR: Wetlands and "biofuels"
SC37-29	item 8.12	DR: Promoting international cooperation for the conservation of waterbird flyways
SC37-30	item 8.13	DR: Future implementation of scientific and technical aspects of the Convention
SC37-31	item 8.14	DR: A possible draft Resolution on wetlands and urbanization
SC37-32	item 8.15	DR: Wetlands and poverty reduction (submitted by Ghana, Benin, & Mali)
SC37-33	.	Activities of the Advisory Board on Capacity Building for the Ramsar Convention, 2005-2007
SC37-34	item 7.9	DR: Framework for comprehensive ecological and economic partnerships between the Ramsar Convention and the business sector
SC37-35	item 9	DR: Additional guidelines for the Convention's national implementing agencies (submitted by France)
SC37-36	item 9	DR: Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and the Ramsar Convention (submitted by Bahamas for the Caribbean states)
SC37-37	item 9	DR: [Danube Delta] (submitted by Romania)
SC37-38	item 9	DR: Draft Resolution on enhancing biodiversity in rice paddies (submitted by Japan and Republic of Korea)
SC37-39	items 7, 8, & 9	STRP advice on COP10 DRs submitted by Contracting Parties, and additional advice on scientific and technical content of other DRs
SC37-40	.	Proposals for amendments to the COP Rules of Procedure
.	.	Key messages and recommendations from the Africa regional meeting	.
.	.	Key messages and recommendations from the Asia regional meeting	.
.	.	Key messages and recommendations from the Oceania regional meeting	.
.	.	All SC37 documents Zipped -- in Word (1.9MB), in PDF (8.6MB)