Side event details

This side event is submitted by the Convention’s Science and Technical Review Panel (STRP) to maintain and enhance the profile and visibility of the Global Wetland Outlook and the STRP. It will provide a forum for Contracting Parties, IOPs, STRP observers and other participants present at COP14 to support and provide input to the next work cycle of the STRP.

Introductory presentations will be provided by the STRP Chair, Secretariat and STRP Regional Experts, summarising the Global Wetland Outlook 2021, recent products and STRP modus operandi, to facilitate an open discussion among participants.

The side event aims to achieve three specific outcomes, specifically to: 1) identify the ‘urgent global issues’ that next iterations of the GWO may focus on, 2), receive input on how to improve Global Wetland Outlook (GWO) publications and products and 3) maintain and enhance synergies with Contracting Parties, IOPs, and observers to support the work of the STRP.

Outline of side-event:

• Introduction and welcome, including overview of STRP products produced during the 2019-2022 triennium (Prof Guangchun Lei, STRP Chair)
• Opening remarks from Secretariat - the future conservation and scientific needs for the Ramsar Convention (Jerker Tamelander, Director Science and Policy, Secretariat)
• Summary of how National Focal Points, IOPs and observers can contribute to the work of the STRP (Dr Filip Aggestam, Scientific & Technical Officer, Secretariat)
• Global Wetland Outlook 2021 - highlights and future challenges for the conservation and wise use of wetlands (Dr Hugh Robertson, STRP Member)
• IOP perspective on future priorities for the Global Wetland Outlook (Dr James Robinson, WWT)
• Open discussion forum: the use, visibility and future priorities for the Convention’s Global Wetland Outlook and enhancing synergies to support the work of the STRP (Facilitator: Sarah Fowler, Chief Executive, WWT]