The Technical Reports

The Convention on Wetlands'Technical Reports are prepared by the Convention’s Scientific and Technical Review Panel to share technical notes, reviews and reports on wetland ecology, conservation, wise use and management.

All Ramsar Technical Reports are reviewed by the members and observers appointed to the STRP.

  1. Ramsar Technical Report 1: Guidelines for the rapid ecological assessment of biodiversity in inland water, coastal and marine areas.
  2. Ramsar Technical Report 2: Low-cost GIS software and data for wetland inventory, assessment and monitoring.
  3. Ramsar Technical Report 3: Valuing wetlands: Guidance for valuing the benefits derived from wetland ecosystem services.
  4. Ramsar Technical Report 4: A Framework for a wetland inventory metadatabase.
  5. Ramsar Technical Report 5: A Framework for assessing the vulnerability of wetlands to climate change.
  6. Ramsar Technical Report 6: Healthy wetlands, healthy people.
  7. Ramsar Technical Report 7: Ramsar Wetland Disease Manual.
  8. Ramsar Technical Report 8: Waterbird Flyway Initiatives.
  9. Ramsar Technical Report 9: Determination and implementation of environmental water requirements for estuaries.
  10. Ramsar Technical Report 10: The use of Earth Observation for wetland inventory, assessment and monitoring.