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Assessing the Value of Ramsar Designation: Survey Results from North America COP10 Side Event 1 November 2008. Agenda. Overview and Results of the U.S. Survey: Kim Diana Connolly Overview and Results of the Canadian Survey: Clayton Rubec

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  1. Assessing the Value of Ramsar Designation: Survey Results from North AmericaCOP10 Side Event1 November 2008

  2. Agenda • Overview and Results of the U.S. Survey: Kim Diana Connolly • Overview and Results of the Canadian Survey: Clayton Rubec • Benefits of International Designations in Mexico: Ernesto Enkerlin • Next Generation-African Research: Abou Bamba • Conversation regarding Broader Themes and Next Steps: Mila Llorens

  3. U.S. National Ramsar Committee • Mission: Support the goals and objectives of the Ramsar Convention within the U.S. and internationally • Members: NGOs and academics with an interest in Ramsar issues • Observers: Representatives of U.S. agencies (FWS, State, EPA, Forest Service, NOAA) • Informal cooperation comes from U.S. Ramsar site managers and other interested parties • www.ramsarcommittee.us

  4. Survey of U.S. Ramsar Sites Overview of Survey (performed in 2006) • Site Identification with Ramsar • Benefits of Ramsar Designation • Recommendations to Strengthen Ramsar in the United States

  5. http://www.ramsarcommittee.us/ELR%20Ramsar%20article.pdf

  6. Survey Instrument History • First generation survey contained in the Environmental Law Review Article • Second generation survey developed by Canada • Third generation survey developed and used for survey of African nations, available on-line (in both French and English) at http://law.sc.edu/wetlands/ramsar/

  7. Site Identification with Ramsar • Signs, Certificates, Plaques, Wall Panels • Brochures • Websites

  8. Site Identification with Ramsar • Highway Signage • Press Releases • Ramsar Logo on Publications and Letterhead

  9. Benefits of Ramsar Designation • Increased Pride in Site • Increased Local Awareness of Importance of Site

  10. Benefits of Ramsar Designation • Increased Funding Opportunities • NAWCA Grants • Land and Water Conservation Fund • NFWF and Other Grants

  11. Benefits of Ramsar Designation • Support for Protection of Site and Surrounding Areas • Acquisition of Surrounding Lands • Encourages Watershed Conservation Partnerships • Invocation of Status in Response to Proposed Development

  12. Benefits of Ramsar Designation • Increased Scientific Studies and Tourism Activity • Izembek (eel grass studies) • Caddo Lake (environmental flows studies) • Catahoula Lake (vegetation and lakebed elevation studies)

  13. Contact information for U.S. researchers: Royal C. Gardner Stetson University College of Law gardner@law.stetson.edu Kim Diana Connolly University of South Carolina School of Law connolly@sc.edu

  14. Questions?

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