The second “Globwetland” project meeting took place on 4 May 2010, in Brussels, Belgium. The Globwetland aims to apply mapping, monitoring and assessment of wetlands by airborne or satellite Earth observation techniques for purposes related to the implementation of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. The project is carried out by the European Space Agency in collaboration with the Ramsar Convention Secretariat and a network of partners and contracting parties in the South and East Mediterranean basin. At the meeting, participants clarified several ways in which the project will support parties with the analysis and reporting of Ramsar’s indicators of effectiveness, in particular those relating to trends in ecological character of Ramsar sites. Further progress will be reported to the Mediterranean Wetlands Committee meeting, scheduled to take place in Corsica, France, from 30 May-4 June 2010.
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Ramsar press release, 6 May 2010