Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
C. Max Finlayson
A B C G , S. Fennessy D , P. Grillas E and R. Kumar F
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A School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, UNSW, NSW 2052, Australia.
B Gulbali Institute for Agriculture, Water & Environment, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2650, Australia.
C IHE Delft, Institute for Water Education, PO Box 3015, NL-2601 DA Delft, Netherlands.
D Kenyon College, Biology Department, 202 North College Road, Gambier, OH 43022, USA.
E Tour du Valat, Research Institute for Mediterranean wetlands, Le Sambuc, F-13200 Arles, France.
F Wetlands International South Asia, A, 25, 1-2 Floor, Defence Colony, New Delhi, 110 024, India.
G Corresponding author. Email: colin_maxwell.finlayson@unsw.edu.au; mfinlayson@csu.edu.au
Marine and Freshwater Research 73(10) i-v https://doi.org/10.1071/MF22161
Submitted: 11 August 2022 Accepted: 18 August 2022 Published: 14 September 2022
Abstract
This issue of Marine and Freshwater Research celebrates 50 years of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, which was signed in 1971. It contains papers that describe the development of the Convention and its implementation, including the listing of wetlands of international importance and maintenance of their ecological character. The latter is a fundamental issue for wetland management as illustrated in papers that address a range of management issues, including the impact of climate change, and approaches for building awareness about their values, and concludes with a forward view for potentially reframing human–wetland relationships.
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