On December 2, a meeting of members of the Ramsar Regional Initiative of Central Asia (RRI-CA) took place in Almaty to summarize the results of 2022.
In August 2022, “Green Central Asia” supported the Regional Environmental Center of Central Asia (CAREC) by providing funds for the launch of the project “Innovative approach for sustainable and wise use of Ramsar / potentially Ramsar sites in Central Asia through partnership and collaboration” to support the development of the existing platform of the Ramsar Regional Initiative Network in Central Asia for promoting sustainable local partnerships for the conservation of Ramsar Sites/ Potentially Ramsar Sites through partnership and cooperation.
During the meeting, expert reviews of the problems of Ramsar/potentially Ramsar lands in Central Asia were heard and general problems for the development of partnership were selected. In addition, comments and suggestions were received from RRI-CA members on the concept of holding a competition to collect innovative ideas for promoting smart resource management and sustainable conservation of pilot Ramsar lands through local partnerships.
Sustainability and wise use of wetland resources is the main priority for this and subsequent projects related to wetland conservation, and this project team will work on this further.
At the end of the meeting, the participants determined a preliminary work plan for 2023 in accordance with the Resolution adopted at the “Conference of Parties” held in November this year.
More information can be found here:
https://carececo.org/en/main/news/chleny-seti-regionalnoy-ramsarskoy-initsiativy-v-tsentralnoy-azii-podveli-itogi-goda/
