The Ramsar Secretariat has reported on a workshop on wetlands management, the last activity of the 2010 Ramsar Small Grants Fund (SGF).
Workshop participants discussed: national wetlands policy implementation; major threats; institutional capacity challenges for wetlands management; wetlands legislation; and wise use of water bodies, grasslands and forests.
20 December 2012: The Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar Convention) has reported on a workshop on wetlands management, which was the last activity of the 2010 Ramsar Small Grants Fund (SGF) project “Developing a Wetland National Policy for the Republic of Moldova.”
The workshop, which was held from 5-7 December 2012, in Chisinau, Moldova, was organized by the Ministry of Environment in collaboration with the Ecological Society “BIOTICA,” and aimed to deliver training and information on wetlands management to national stakeholders.
The event brought together over 50 experts from different governmental agencies and NGOs, who discussed: national wetlands policy implementation; major threats, including water pollution, overgrazing, illegal fishing, hunting, construction and sand extraction; institutional capacity challenges for wetlands management; wetlands legislation; and wise use of water bodies, grasslands and forests. [Publication: Trip Report: Implementing National Wetlands Policy in the Republic of Moldova] [Ramsar Press Release]