Presentations and Reports from the 2011 Ramsar European Regional Meeting
14/12/2011
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7th European Ramsar Meeting
27–30 September 2011
Trnava - Slovak Republic
Meeting Presentations
Please see the tables below for PDF versions of the reports and presentations shared at the 7th European Regional Meeting, September 2011.
The Final Programme is here. [PDF]
Participants List, Final
The Survey of Participants is here. [PDF]
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| Tuesday September 27 General PDFs | Speaker | Title of Presentation |
 | Town of Trnava | 7th European Regional Meeting of The Ramsar Convention |
| Tuesday September 27 - Session 2 PDFs | Speaker | Title of Presentation |
 | Ján Kadlečík and Tereza Thompson | Wetland Management in Slovakia and the Carpathian Wetland Initiative |
 | Boris Minarik | International Water Assessment Centre IWAC Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute, Bratislava, Slovakia |
 | Dr. Annukka Lipponen Coordinator of the Assessment United Nations Economic Commission for Europe | Assessing transboundary rivers, lakes and groundwaters continent-wide |
 | Tobias Salathé Ramsar Secretariat Senior Regional Advisor for Europe | From Stockholm to Trnava –three years of progress |
 | Prof. Nick Davidson Deputy Secretary General Ramsar Convention Secretariat | 40 years on: Ramsar |
 | Kathrin Weise Jena-Optronik GmbH | GlobWetland II A regional pilot project of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands |
| Tuesday September 27 Session 3 PDFs | Speaker | Title of Presentation |
 | Dr Andrew Farmer Institute for European Environmental Policy | Valuing and taking into account the economics of wetland ecosystem services |
 | Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Gerhard Schwach, Austrian Ministry of Environment, Division Nature Conservation | Successful Use of EU Financial Instruments to support Wetland Ecosystem Services How Ramsar Parties have made best use of EU Policy and Instruments |
 | David Pithart, National STRP focal point, Daphne ČR, River Coalition | Wetland management and restoration as part of flood mitigation strategies |
 | Robert McInnes Ramsar STRP Task Lead Chair Ramsar Section – Society of Wetland Scientists | Wetland services in urban environments Background and update on progress |
 | Thymio Papayannis, Ramsar Culture and Wetlands Group Coordinator | Culture and Wetlands |
| Wednesday September 28 Session 5 PDFs | Speaker | Title of Presentation |
 | Tobias Salathé Ramsar Senior Regional Advisor for Europe | Introduction Ramsar Sites Laboratories for Sustainable Development |
 | Marc Patry UNESCO World Heritage Centre | World Heritage and Biosphere Reserves: What Value Added for Sustainable Development in Ramsar sites? |
 | DI Arno Mohl, WWF Austria | Protecting Europe´s Amazon Towards a 5-country TBR Mura-Drava-Danube |
 | András Schmidt Deputy Head of Department for Nature Conservation Ministry of Rural Development | Preparation of the Mura-Drava-Danube pentalateral biosphere reserve |
 | Emmanuel Thiry Wetland Conservation Officer Ramsar Focal Point for France | The French national action plan for Wetlands (2010-2012) |
 | Gerald Plattner Österreichische Bundesforste AG Naturraummanagement | Contributions by a timber company to wetland conservation and restoration |
| Wednesday September 28 Session 6 PDFs | Speaker | Title of Presentation |
 | Kati Wenzel, Ramsar Secretariat | Using Ramsar tools for site monitoring and management |
 | Vasiliy Kostiushyn Wetlands International | Developing the knowledge-base of the Ramsar Site network: ideas for development |
 | Bohdan Prots, WWF-DCPO and National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine | “Establishment of Ramsar Sites in the Carpathian region of Ukraine” |
 | David Stroud, Ramsar STRP | Streamlining procedures for describing Ramsar Sites |
 | David Stroud, Ramsar STRP | Hands-on workshop Ramsar on-line reporting tool |
| Wednesday September 28 Session 7 PDFs | Speaker | Title of Presentation |
 | Tobias Salathé Ramsar Senior Regional Advisor for Europe | Introduction: Managing transboundary Ramsar Sites |
 | Libuše Vlasáková Ministry of the Environment Czech Republic | Trilateral Ramsar Site Floodplains on Morava-Dyje-Danube Confluence-Trilateral cooperation |
 | Natalia Polikarpova (Pasvik Zapovednik), Tiia Kalske (County Governor of Finnmark), Jan-Petter Huberth Hansen (Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management) | Transborder cooperation on protected areas between Finland, Russia and Norway |
 | Christian Blum | Managing transboundary Ramsar sites "Upper Rhine" |
 | Andris Urtans, Juris Jatnieks Nature Conservation Agency, Latvia Agu Leivits, Environmental Board, Estonia | North Livonian Transboundary Ramsar Site (Estonia-Latvia) |
 | Aleksandar Ivanovski UNDP/GEF National Project Specialist | Trilateral Ecosystem Management Cooperation Driving Mechanism in The Lakes Prespa Basin |
| Wednesday September 28 Session 8 PDFs | Speaker | Title of Presentation |
 | Goran Gugić | Towards a Strategy for the Danube Basin and its Ramsar Sites |
 | Miroslava Plassmann and Gerhard Egger | Morava –Dyje Floodplains Morava -Dyje Floodplains Trilateralregion–Trilateralneeds, approaches |
 | Carl Manzano Nationalpark Donau-Auen | Danube Parks |
 | Orieta Hulea WWF Danube Carpathian Programme | Successes and challenges for the maintenance and restoration of Danube basin wetlands |
 | Raimund MAIR, ICPDR Technical Expert on River Basin Management | What does the integrated Danube River Basin Management Plan imply for the environment? |
| Friday 30 September - Session 9 PDFs | Speaker | Title of Presentation |
 | Tobias Salathé Ramsar Secretariat Senior Regional Advisor for Europe | Introduction: Working at regional level to be more effective |
 | MedWet | The MedWet Initiative: the lessons learned and the way forward |
 | Jan-Petter Huberth Hansen & Tiina Niikkonen | Ramsar Nordic-Baltic Wetlands Initiative The 2nd Nordic-Baltic Wetlands Conference |
 | Dr. Grigore Baboianu | Progress on Black and Azov Sea coastal area (BlackSeaWet) |
 | Ján Kadlečík State Nature Conservancy of the Slovak Republic | Carpathian Wetland Initiative |
 | Harald Egerer | Carpathian Wetlands Initiative – |
 | The Scientific Task Force on Avian Influenza & Wild birds | Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1: Situation Update |
| Friday 30 September - Session 10 PDF | Speaker | Title of Presentation |
 | Prof. Nick Davidson Deputy Secretary General, Ramsar Convention Secretariat | Scientific & technical priorities 2013-2015 |
| Friday 30 September - Session 11 PDF | Speaker | Title of Presentation |
 | Sandra Hails, CEPA Programme Officer Ramsar Secretariat | How is Ramsar working in your country? |
| Friday September 30 - Session 12 PDFs | Speaker | Title of Presentation |
 | Michael Meyer, Project Manager, UNWTO Consulting Unit on Tourism and Biodiversity | Wetland wilderness–great tourist destinations: The case of the Sustainable Tourism Protocol of the Carpathian Convention |
 | Sandra Hails, CEPA Programme Officer Ramsar Secretariat | World Wetlands Day 2012 COP11 |
 | Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Gerhard Schwach Austrian Ministry of Environment, Division Nature Conservation | Impressions–Conclusions–Vision for Future Work |
