Three Key Ramsar Concepts: Monitoring
- Article 3.2 of the Convention states that
“each Contracting Party shall arrange to be informed at the earliest possible time if the ecological character of any wetland in the territory and included in the List has changed, is changing or is likely to change”.
- These wetlands can be listed on the Montreux Record;
example: the Everglades
- we must maintain ecological and hydrological functions of Caddo Lake which ultimately provide its products, functions, and attributes
(ecological character is an indication of wetland “health”)
- therefore, we must monitor the Caddo Lake ecosystem