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Enhancing Conservation: Developing Regional Monitoring Systems for Decision Making

This workshop, held in Jeju on September 8, 2012, aimed to share insights on the importance and efficiency of regional monitoring systems in shaping policies for conservation and sustainable development. It focused on the Mediterranean Wetlands Observatory (MWO), discussing strategies to maximize its impact and sustainability, while exploring the potential for similar systems in other regions. Important presentations included expert insights and discussions on bridging gaps between conservation and development, as well as science and policy, to support informed decision-making.

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Enhancing Conservation: Developing Regional Monitoring Systems for Decision Making

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  1. How to develop a regional monitoring system to influence conservation and development decision making? Jeju, 8th September 2012

  2. Objectives of the workshop Share experiences on the relevance and efficiency of regional monitoring systems as a support for the development and implementation of policies, Present the Mediterranean Wetlands Observatory (MWO) and discuss on how to optimize its impact and sustainability, Assess how the MWO building process, monitoring framework and policy targeted communication can be valued elsewhere, Explore the opportunity to develop policy-oriented monitoring systems in other regions of the world, Stimulate collaboration between regional monitoring schemes.

  3. Agenda Presentations • Context and objectives • Presentation of the MediterraneanWetlandsObservatory(Th. Galewski) • Short film on the MWO • Viewsfrompartners and users: • Nick Davidson, DeputySecretary General, Ramsar Convention • MaherMajoub, IUCN Centre for Med. Coopération • Mohamed Ribi, Haut Commissariat aux Eaux et Forêts, Morocco Discussion and conclusions

  4. Context Huge gaps between: • Conservation and development • Science and policy • Need to bridge this gap at global level (IPCC, IPBES), but alsoatregional and national level • Rio+20 « The future wewant » stresses the need for a regular review of the state of theEarth’s changing environment and its impact on human well-being for buildingnational and regional capacity to support informed decision-making.

  5. Why a regional wetlands observatory? • Wetlands : provide more services to human beings than any other ecosystem… and are destroyed at a rate higher than any other ecosystem • Mediterranean basin: a region under huge pressures • A lot of knowledge generated, many projects undertaken… but still no reliable at the scale of the Mediterranean basin • Need of tangibles elements on Med wetlands state and trends as well as on the pressures on them • Set the framework for action, • Feed public policies, • Assess the progress towards conservation targets

  6. Framework A scheme at the heart of the initiative • 27 countries + international organisations • Catalyse a partnership for the development of an observatory • Able to assess the trends in keyfeaturesthrough a limitednumber of indicators • Able to feed and orient MedWetstrategy and varioussectoralpolicies of the Mediterranean countries 2 keytargets: • Decisionmakers • Large public (through the medias)

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