The Ramsar 'Toolkit', third edition (2007)
The Ramsar Handbooks for the Wise Use of Wetlands, 3rd edition
This 3rd edition of the Ramsar handbooks replaces the series published in May 2004. It includes relevant guidance adopted by several meetings of the Conference of the Parties, in particular COP7 (1999), COP8 (2002), and COP9 (2005), as well as selected background documents presented at these COPs.
This series has been prepared by the Secretariat of the Convention following each of the 7th, 8th and 9th meetings of the Conference of the Contracting Parties (COP7, COP8, and COP9) held, respectively, in San José, Costa Rica, in May 1999, Valencia, Spain, in November 2002, and Kampala, Uganda, in November 2005. The guidelines on various matters adopted by the Parties at those and earlier COPs have been prepared as a series of handbooks to assist those with an interest in, or directly involved with, implementation of the Convention at the international, regional, national, subnational or local levels.
Each handbook brings together, subject by subject, the various relevant guidances adopted by Parties, supplemented by additional material from COP information papers, case studies and other relevant publications so as to illustrate key aspects of the guidelines. The handbooks are available in the three working languages of the Convention (English, French, and Spanish).
The Handbooks for the Wise Use of Wetlands,
3rd ed. (PDF format)
| The Ramsar Convention ‘toolkit’ for the wise use of wetlands (including Guidelines adopted by the 7th, 8th and 9th meetings of the Conference of the Parties) | ||
| Convention pillar 1: Wise Use | ||
| Wise use of wetlands | ||
 | Handbook 1 Wise use of wetlands A Conceptual Framework for the wise use of wetlands | 2.4MB |
| Wetland policies and legislation | ||
| Handbook 2 National Wetland Policies Developing and implementing National Wetland Policies | 1.7MB |
| Handbook 3 Laws and institutions Reviewing laws and institutions to promote the conservation and wise use of wetlands | 2.8MB |
| Wetlands and people | ||
| Handbook 4 Wetland CEPA The Convention's Programme on communication, education and public awareness (CEPA) 2003-2008 | 1.8MB |
| Handbook 5 Participatory skills Establishing and strengthening local communities' and indigenous people's participation in the management of wetlands | 3.0MB |
| Wetlands and water | ||
| Handbook 6 Water-related guidance An Integrated Framework for the Convention's water-related guidance | 1.5MB |
| Handbook 7 River basin management Integrating wetland conservation and wise use into river basin management | 3.7MB |
| Handbook 8 Water allocation and management Guidelines for the allocation and management of water for maintaining the ecological functions of wetlands | 2.4MB |
| Handbook 9 Managing groundwater Managing groundwater to maintain ecological character | 2.9MB |
| Wetlands and spatial planning | ||
| Handbook 10 Coastal management Wetland issues in Integrated Coastal Zone Management | 2.9MB |
| Wetland inventory, assessment, and monitoring | ||
| Handbook 11 Inventory, assessment, and monitoring An Integrated Framework for wetland inventory, assessment, and monitoring | 1.6MB |
| Handbook 12 Wetland inventory A Ramsar Framework for wetland inventory | 1.7MB |
| Handbook 13 Impact assessment Guidelines for incorporating biodiversity-related issues into environmental impact assessment legislation and/or processes and in strategic environmental assessment | 1.8MB |
| Convention pillar 2: Ramsar sites designation and management | ||
| Wetlands of International Importance | ||
| Handbook 14 Designating Ramsar Sites Strategic Framework and guidelines for the future development of the List of Wetlands of International Importance | 2.9MB |
| Handbook 15 Addressing change in ecological character | 2.0MB |
| Managing wetlands | ||
| Handbook 16 Managing wetlands Frameworks for managing Ramsar sites and other wetlands | 2.8MB |
| Convention pillar 3: International cooperation | ||
| International cooperation | ||
| Handbook 17 International cooperation Guidelines for international cooperation under the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands | 2.2MB |
| All 17 Handbooks in English (PDF, in ZIP file) | 38MB |
Note: The Handbook pages are laid out for A4 size paper printed at 100%; readers intending to print to "letter-size" (8.5x11") paper should set their Acrobat printer set-up to "scale to fit" or something similar.
Copyright © 2007, Ramsar Convention Secretariat
Citation: Ramsar Convention Secretariat, 2007. Ramsar handbooks for the wise use of wetlands, 3rd edition. Ramsar Convention Secretariat, Gland, Switzerland.
Reproduction of material from this publication for educational and other non-commercial purposes is authorized without prior permission from the Ramsar Secretariat, providing full acknowledgement is given.
Series Editors: Sandra Hails, Dwight Peck
Series Supervisor: Nick Davidson
Design and layout: Dwight PeckAdditional support for the French and Spanish versions: Danièle and Richard Devitre, Javier Casáis
| Handbooks on the Wise Use of Wetlands on CD-ROM. The Ramsar Handbooks include all of the guidelines adopted by the Conference of the Contracting Parties, as well as a good deal of additional illustrative material, and this 3rd edition has been updated through the 9th meeting of the COP in November 2005. The CD-ROM includes all 17 of the Handbooks in Adobe PDF format in English, French, and Spanish versions, with a Web-based interface. The CD-ROM can be ordered free of charge by contacting Ramsar's Montse Riera (riera@ramsar.org) and specifying postal address and number wanted. We sincerely hope that the Handbooks will be useful to you as you progress toward realizing the objectives of the Convention.
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