Ramsar Regional Center for the Western Hemisphere (CREHO) training in wetland management

RAINING IN WETLAND MANAGEMENT - FORMULATING MANAGEMENT PLANS

Regional Ramsar Center for Training and Research on Wetlands in the Western Hemisphere (CREHO)

From November 12 to 20 2004, in Merida, Mexico, after the III Panamerican Regional Ramsar Meeting, the Regional Ramsar Center CREHO hosted the course: "Training in Wetland Management - Formulating Management Plans", with the participation of 14 countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Panama and Peru). The aim of the course was to strengthen the technical capacity of technical officers in charge of wetland managements in their countries.

The course went through the different phases of the formulation of a management plan, based of the new guidelines for Managing Wetlands, approved by Contracting Parties in COP8 with Resolution VIII.14, as well as Resolutions VIII.6 and VIII.7. Participants worked in groups in order to apply the principles and topics of the course to a Mexican Ramsar Site, namely Dzilam State Reserve. In addition, the course opened room for exchange of experiences of wetland management from the national and regional perspectives.

The course was made possible thanks to the support of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, the Canadian Wildlife Service and the Ramsar Secretariat; as well as to the collaboration of Colombia and Brazil during the course itself, and of Mexico as host country.

Salida de campo y discusión con grupos comunitarios en el Sitio Ramsar Reserva Estatal Dzilam de Bravo.
Field trip and discussions with community groups in Ramsar Site Dzilam de Bravo State Reserve.

Photos: María Rivera and Rosa Montañez