Capacity Building for Social-Ecological Resilience
1. Ramsar Convention:
Capacity Building for Social-Ecological
Resilience
Paul Ouédraogo,
Senior Regional Advisor for Africa
Ramsar Convention Secretariat
4th International Disaster and Risk
Conference (IDRC) Davos 2012 (26-30
August 2012)
The Convention on Wetlands is an intergovernmental
treaty that provides the framework for national action
and international cooperation for the conservation
and wise use of wetlands and their resources.
2. Outline
1. Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
2. Ramsar Capacity Building: Few tools
3. Changes Wetlands in ecological character: available
Ramsar tools
4. Supporting implementation of Natural disaster
prevention and mitigation plan: Ramsar Mangrove
Programme
5. Call for Partnership
3. Mission & Bodies
Decision bodies
The Convention's mission is "the
conservation and wise use of all
wetlands through local, regional
and national actions and
international cooperation, as a
contribution towards achieving
sustainable development
throughout the world".
The three pillars of the
Convention
1 – Wise Use
2 – Ramsar Sites
3 International Advisory
Cooperation bodies
Ramsar Centers
Regional Initiatives
4. Contracting Parties
Ramsar Administrative
National Focal Point
Authority
Ramsar National
Committee Communication, Education
Sensibilisation
STRP Focal Point Gouvernement
Communication, Education
Ramsar Centers Awareness
NGO
Regional Initiatives
5. High Altitude Stream
High Altitude
Crater Lake Irrigation
Scheme
Man-made Lake
(Reservoir)
Middle Course
of River
Ox-bow Lake
Lowland River
Mangroves
Mudflats
Coral Reef Drop Off Limit for
Definition
Type of Wetlands Included in the Ramsar Definition
6. CAPACITY BUILDING
SP 2009-2015: Institutional capacity and
effectiveness
To progress towards fulfillment of the Convention’s
mission by ensuring that it has the required
mechanisms, resources, and capacity to do so.
CEPA
•promoting the conservation and wise use of
wetlands through communication, education,
participation, and awareness (CEPA) and
•work towards wider awareness of the Convention’s
goals, mechanisms, and key findings. (CPs, Secretariat,
training centres, IOPs, Advisory Board on Capacity
Building)
Working with IOPs and others
Maximize the benefits of working with the
Convention’s International Organization Partners.
7. Ecological Resilience
Changes in ecological character:
available Ramsar tools
DESIGNATION
MANAGEMENT
Actions
Inventories
Action Plan
National Wetland Policies
8. Wetlands ecological character
ECOLOGICAL COMPONENTS Res. X.15
Main species present
ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES
Water regime
Dissolved or suspended Notable species interactions
nutrients in water Carbon cycling
Area Notable aspects of migration
Management
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES Plan
Drinking water
Flood control
Biodiversity, Tourism
Storm protection
Groundwater replenishment
Climate Change A & M
10. Evolution of ecological character
MANAGEMENT
Actions
Maintained
Adverse changes
Improved
In what range?
Human-caused/natural?
11. Tool 1: Article 3.2
«Each Contracting Party has agreed that it will arrange to be
informed at the earliest possible time if the ecological character of
any wetland in its territory and included in the List has changed, is
changing or is likely to change as the result of technological
developments, pollution or other human interference, and to report
any such change, without delay, to the Ramsar Secretariat ».
12. Tool 2: Montreux Record:
placing/removing a site
• Questionnaire filled in by AA At the request of the
• Sent to the Secretariat Contracting Party!
Placing
• Questionnaire sent to STRP for advice At the request of the
• Actions taken to prevent
change/restore losses Contracting Party!
Actions
• Questionnaire filled in by AA
• Reviewed by Secretariat and STRP
Removing
13. Tool 3: Ramsar Advisory Mission
• Made by the Contracting Party (any)
• Agreement of Terms of Reference
Request • Fundraising
• Organized by the Secretariat
• Composed of relevent experts
Mission • Field visit
• Recommendations to the Contracting Party
• Public
Report
14. Other tools
The Convention has also developed
resolutions, principles and guidelines on
many issues:
The Ecosystem Approach, National
Report, WWD
Access and Benefit Sharing
Sustainable Use
Incorporating biodiversity into EIA &
SEA
Impact assessment regarding on
sacred sites
Biodiversity and sustainable tourism
Ways and means to remove or
mitigate perverse incentives
Progamme of Work on Protected
Areas
17. Supporting implementation of Natural
disaster prevention and mitigation plan:
Ramsar Mangrove Programme
Integrated Critical Mangroves Conservation
and Sustainable Use Program
Areas cover mangrove par mangrove
according to region
7000000
6000000
Superficie totale en Ha
5000000
4000000
3000000
2000000
1000000
0
Africa North and South Asia Oceania
Centrale America
America
Regions
18. Mangrove Information System (MIS)
Monitor the key indicators of the status and
the management of the socio-ecological
resilience of selected critical mangroves, and
Assemble and share information in both
within and outside Regions
Mode of Implementation
The programme is designed to complement and
strengthen ongoing and planned climate change
adaptation and risk management activities in these
countries using quick and tailored support.
The key elements of the strategy of the programme
include:
1. Country-driven actions
2. Engagement/participation
3. Fast delivery; 4. Flexibility; 5. Sustainability
6. Replicability and 7. Monitoring and Evaluation
19. MIS Architecture and data flows
Mangrove Information System
Architecture and data flows
Program
Coordination National Managers data collectors
MIS coordinator
ArcGIS – ArcVIEW
ArcGis Server
9.3
local
observations Data collection and
basemap
Nationalmonitoring
layers Ramsar Web site BD data are collected by
DEM & remote
sensing DB
National Managers on “field
observation sheets”.
GIS / Cartography
biodiversity
maps Data collectors” bring their
Expert sheets regularly to regional
Coordinators
Image Analyst
ArcGIS – ArcInfo
Spatial Analyst
ArcGIS – ArcVIEW
9.3 7
. Image Analysis
20. Call for Partnership
Individuals, non-governmental organizations, UN
organizations, governments, risk and disaster
management, universities, research institutions, forum
etc…. united by the common theme of supporting
countries to implement the environmental security
strategies and plans.
Climate resilience requires
multiple level actions across
multiple sectors and actors
addressing possible sources
of risks and
vulnerability, even those
external to the system