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Bhutan joins the Ramsar Convention
Introduced into the session by Agriculture and Forests Minister, Lyonpo (Dr) Pema Gyamtsho; he said that the decision is only going to further benefit the country in its effort to conserve wetlands. He highlighted that wetlands constitute a resource of great economic, cultural, scientific, and recreational value, the loss of which would be irreparable. Being a member of the Convention will result in Bhutan benefitting in areas of wetlands preservation such as fish and wildlife habitat, natural water quality improvement, flood storage and mitigate against the affects of climate change.
During the session, the council also endorsed the three identified wetlands- Phobjikha, Bumdeling and Khotokha as Ramsar declared sites.
Some of the benefits entitled with the Ramsar designation include increased support for-
• public awareness about the importance of the sites,
• participation by local stakeholder in its management,
• protection of the site and its surrounding (buffer) areas,
• conservation funding,
• opportunities for promoting scientific research and ecotourism
WWF Bhutan had been working closely with the Watershed Management Division, Ministry of Agriculture & Forests (focal contact for Ramsar) to build a case for Bhutan's assession in the convention. With funding support from Living Himalayas Network Initiative, Saving Wetland Sky High (SWSH) and Ramsar Convention, WWF Bhutan supported the division with a series of stakeholder meetings and wetland research which further expedited the assession.