Side event details

This side event will be led by the Scientific & Technical Review Panel (STRP) of the Convention on Wetlands in collaboration with International Organization Partners and STRP observers.

The session will share and discuss the STRP outputs for the 2023-2025 triennium, including STRP publications on OECMs, Small Wetlands, Blue Carbon, Agriculture and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. It will ask participants how the delivery of science can be enhanced to support the Convention at national, regional and global scales. STRP members will present the key messages from wetland assessment reports and participate in an interactive discussion on emerging issues relating to the science-policy interface and the drivers pf wetland loss and degradation.

The intended goals of the side-event are to: 1) share STRP outputs with a broad audience, 2) strengthen the future work of the STRP, and 3) build synergies with Contracting Parties, environmental NGOs and STRP Observers.

The specific programme for the side-event is being developed, it will include:

- Presentations from STRP members on recent publications
- Reflections on the future science-policy needs of the Convention from invited speakers (IOP and Contracting Party representatives).
- An open discussion to collate recommendations on how to strengthen the future work of the STRP, and to improve synergies with Contracting Parties, other MEAs, environmental NGOs and STRP Observers.

Opening remarks

Jerker Tamelander, Director of Science and Policy, Convention on Wetlands

STRP outputs 2023-2025: Promoting wetland conservation and wise use

Wetlands & Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF)

Dr. Matthew Simpson, 35percent and Society of Wetland Scientists

Small Wetlands – Strategies for Conservation

Dr. Suelma Ribeiro-Silva, Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation/National Center for Biodiversity Research and Ecological Restoration / CBC and University of Brasília, Brazil

OECMs for Wetland Conservation

Dr. Ritesh Kumar, Wetlands International

Wetland Inventories for Carbon Assessment

Prof. Stephan Glatzel, University of Vienna

Agriculture and Wetlands

Dr. Amani Alfarra, Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Future priorities for the STRP

Dr. Hugh Robertson, STRP Chair and New Zealand Department of Conservation

Open discussion: Building synergies with Contracting Parties, environmental NGOs, MEAs and STRP observers

Moderator: Dr. Filip Aggestam, Scientific & Technical Officer, Convention on Wetlands