Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention)

The objective of this report is to analyse the potential for enhancing synergies among the biodiversityrelated conventions and to develop a set of practical options for synergies in Bahrain. This report focuses on the following five biodiversity-related conventions: (1) Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD); (2) Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES); (3) Convention on Migratory Species (CMS); (4) Ramsar Convention on Wetlands; and (5) World Heritage Convention (WHC).

This user handbook has been prepared upon completion of the ESA funded GlobWetland II (GW-II) project. It is a tutorial for the wetland community on the concept and wide use of the information system and products developed in the frame of GW-II. The book provides an overview about the potential of Earth observation offered to all wetland parties for monitoring and assessing wetlands and reporting to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. 

In 2014, IUCN carried out a vulnerability assessment of the impacts of climate change on the Ramsar site at Beung Kiat Ngong in southern Lao PDR. The overall description of the wetland ecosystem and its components were drawn from the Ramsar profiles of the wetland and the recent biodiversity surveys.