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Sustainable and integrated water/river basin management – Article 6 of the Carpathian Convention

Document type
Decision
Reference number
COP1/5
Date
Aug 20, 2018
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Status
Active
Subject
Environment gen.
Treaty
Framework Convention on the Protection and Sustainable Development of the Carpathians (May 22, 2003)
Meeting
First Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Carpathian Convention
Website
www.carpathianconvention.org
Abstract

Sustainable and integrated water/river basin management – Article 6 of the Carpathian Convention

The Conference of the Parties

1. appreciates the concrete contribution of the Carpathian Wetlands Initiative and the Ramsar Convention Secretariat to the Carpathian Convention process;

2. takes note of information submitted by the State Nature Conservancy of the Slovak Republic as contained in Annex I to UNEP/CC/COP1/6;

3. takes note of the submitted information on the UNDP/GEF project "Establishing Mechanisms for Integrated Land and Water Management in the Tisza River Basin" as contained in Annex II to UNEP/CC/COP1/6;

4. welcomes the fruitful cooperation with ICPDR on sustainable and integrated water/river basin management – Article 6 of the Carpathian Convention;

5. requests the interim Secretariat to continue to coordinate its activities with ICPDR and the Ramsar Convention Secretariat;

6. requests the interim Secretariat to develop and sign a Memorandum of Cooperation with ICPDR, and to submit it to the COP2 for endorsement;

7. requests the Working Group on spatial planning to deal with the issue of sustainable water management in the context of the Carpathian Spatial Development Vision;

8. requests the Working Group on conservation and sustainable use of biological and landscape diversity to address the issue of Carpathian wetlands and Ramsar sites.