22nd Meeting of the STRP

18 Mar - 22 Mar 2019

The 22nd meeting of the Scientific and Technical Review Panel will take place at Secretariat headquarters in Gland, Switzerland, from Monday 18 to Friday 22 March 2019.

Report of the meeting

 

Agenda

1 Opening statements
1.1 Chair of the STRP
1.2 Secretary General of the Ramsar Convention
2 Approval of provisional agenda and working programme
2.1 Provisional agenda Show documents Hide documents
2.2 Provisional working programme Show documents Hide documents
3 Brief introduction of participants
4 Briefing on the Ramsar Convention and the STRP Show documents Hide documents
4.1 Overview of the Convention and its implementation Show documents Hide documents
4.2 Overview of STRP processes and procedures Show documents Hide documents
4.3 Overview of other international processes and their relevance to the work of the STRP for 2019-21
4.4 Communications and policy relevance of STRP outputs (CEPA)
4.5 Lessons learned from the 2016-2018 triennium
5 Thematic Work Areas (TWAs) and mandate from COP13 Resolutions
5.1 TWAs and literature survey Show documents Hide documents
14 March 2019

STRP22 Doc.5.1 Scientific and Technical Review Panel (STRP) Literature Survey: 2019 update

5.2 Correlation analysis of requests in COP13 Resolutions with TWAs Show documents Hide documents
5.3 Advisory requests to STRP for the 57th meeting of the Standing Committee (SC57) Show documents Hide documents
26 July 2018

Ramsar Policy Brief 3: Ramsar Advisory Missions - A mechanism to respond to change in ecological character of Ramsar Sites

6 Process and expected outcomes for the week and establishment of TWA groups
7 Working groups
7.1 Methodologies and tools for monitoring and inventory (within TWA 1) Show documents Hide documents
21 October 2018

Ramsar Technical Report 10: The use of Earth Observation for wetland inventory, assessment and monitoring

7.2 Peatlands (within TWA 2) Show documents Hide documents
14 March 2019

STRP22 Doc.7.2 Draft Ramsar Technical Report on peatland restoration and rewetting methodologies in Northern bogs

7.3 Blue carbon (within TWA 5) Show documents Hide documents
7.4 Culture (within TWA 2), gender issues (within TWA 4), and tasks for SC57 Show documents Hide documents
7.5 Urban and peri-urban wetlands (within TWA 2) and economic valuation of wetlands (within TWA 3) Show documents Hide documents
8 Global Wetland Outlook Show documents Hide documents
9 Enhancing the utility and use of STRP outputs
10 Finalization of draft work plan
10.1 Consolidation of working group inputs, agreement of priorities and identification of costs
10.2 Adoption of draft work plan
11 Date and venue of the next meeting (STRP23)
12 Any other business
13 Closing remarks