بحلول عام 2020، يُخفَّض معدل فقدان جميع الموائل الطبيعية، بما في ذلك الغابات، إلى النصف على الأقل، وحيثما كان ممكناً إلى ما يقرب من الصفر، ويُخفًّض تدهور وتفتت الموائل الطبيعية بقدر كبير.

بحلول عام 2020، تُدار مناطق الزراعة وتربية الأحياء المائية والحراجة على نحو مستدام، لضمان حفظ التنوع البيولوجي.

بحلول عام 2020، يُخفَّض التلوث، بما في ذلك التلوث الناتج عن المغذيات الزائدة، إلى مستويات لا تضر بوظيفة النظم الإيكولوجية وبالتنوع البيولوجي.

بحلول عام 2015، تُخفَّض إلى أدنى حد الضغوط البشرية المتعددة على الشعب المرجانية، والنظم الإيكولوجية الضعيفة الأخرى التي تتأثر بتغير المناخ أو تُحمّض المحيطات، من أجل المحافظة على سلامتها ووظائفها.

بحلول عام 2020، يتم حفظ 17 في المائة على الأقل من مناطق اليابسة ومناطق المياه الداخلية و10 في المائة من المناطق الساحلية والبحرية، خصوصًا المناطق ذات الأهمية الخاصة للتنوع البيولوجي وخدمات النظام الإيكولوجي، من خلال نظم مدارة بفاعلية ومنصفة وتتسم بالترابط الجيد، وممثلة إيكولوجياً للمناطق المحمية وتدابير الحفظ الفعالة الأخرى القائمة على المنطقة، وإدماجها في المناظر الطبيعية الأرضية والمناظر الطبيعية البحرية الأوسع نطاقاً.

بحلول عام 2020، منع انقراض الأنواع المعروفة المُهدّدة بالانقراض وتحسين وإدامة حالة حفظها، لا سيما بالنسبة للأنواع الأكثر تدهورا.

بحلول عام 2020، الحفاظ على التنوع الجيني للنباتات المزروعة وحيوانات المزارع والحيوانات الأليفة والتنوع الجيني للأقارب البرية، بما في ذلك الأنواع الأخرى ذات القيمة الاجتماعية والاقتصادية فضلاً عن القيمة الثقافية، ووضع وتنفيذ استراتيجيات لتقليل التآكل الجيني وصون تنوعها الجيني.

بحلول عام 2020، استعادة وصون النظم الإيكولوجية التي توفر خدمات أساسية، بما في ذلك الخدمات المرتبطة بالمياه، وتسهم في الصحة وسبل العيش والرفاه، مع مراعاة احتياجات النساء والمجتمعات الأصلية والمحلية والفقراء والضعفاء.

بحلول عام 2020، إتمام تعزيز قدرة النظم الإيكولوجية على التحمل ومساهمة التنوع البيولوجي في مخزون الكربون، من خلال الحفظ والاستعادة، بما في ذلك استعادة 15 في المئة على الأقل من النظم الإيكولوجية المتدهورة، مما يسهم بالتالي في التخفيف من تغير المناخ والتكيف معه ومكافحة التصحر.

Wetland benefits are featured in national/local policy strategies and plans relating to key sectors such as water, energy, mining, agriculture, tourism, urban development, infrastructure, industry, forestry, aquaculture, fisheries at the national and local level.

Baseline

• 19% of Parties have made assessment of ecosystem services of Ramsar Sites. (National Reports to COP12).
• 70% of Parties have included wetland issues within national strategies and planning processes such as water resource management and water efficiency plans. (National Reports to COP12).
• 47% of Contracting Parties have included wetland issues within National Policies or measures on agriculture. (National Reports to COP12).

Indicator

• % of Parties that have made assessment of ecosystem services of Ramsar Sites. (Data source: National Reports).
• % of Parties that have included wetland issues within national strategies and planning processes such as water resource management and water efficiency plans. (Data source: National Reports).
• % of Parties that have included wetland issues within National Policies or measures on agriculture. (Data source: National Reports).

The ecological character of Ramsar sites is maintained or restored, through effective planning and integrated management.

Baseline

• At COP12, 973 Ramsar Sites have implemented management plans. (National Reports to COP12).
• Number of Ramsar Sites that have effective, implemented management plans. (Data source: new National Report question).
• 27% of Parties have made assessments of effective management of Ramsar sites. (National Reports to COP12).
• 43% (950 of Ramsar Sites have updated Ramsar Information Sheets. (Report of the Secretary General pursuant to Article 8.2 COP12 Doc.7).

Indicator

• Number of Ramsar Sites that have effective, implemented management plans. (Data source: National Report).
• Number of Ramsar Sites that have effective, implemented management planning. (Data source: new National Report question).
• % of Parties that have made assessments of effective management of Ramsar Sites. (Data source: National Reports).
• % of Ramsar Sites that have updated Ramsar Information Sheets. (Data source: Ramsar Sites database).

Possible further indicators that may be developed

• {Coverage of wetland dependent bird populations by designated Ramsar Sites. Indicator from Resolution IX.1 to be developed}.
• {Coverage of wetland dependent non-avian populations by designated Ramsar Sites. Indicator from Resolution IX.1 to be developed}.
• {% loss of IUCN Red Listed species from Ramsar Sites}

There is a significant increase in area, numbers and ecological connectivity in the Ramsar Site network, in particular under-represented types of wetlands including in under-represented ecoregions and Transboundary Sites.

Baseline

• By COP12, 2,186 Ramsar Sites have been designated. (Ramsar Sites database).
• By COP12 2,085,000 ha of Ramsar Sites have been designated. (Ramsar Sites database).
• By COP12 [16] transboundary Ramsar Sites have been designated. (Ramsar Secretariat).
• By COP12, Ramsar Sites have been designated for the following under-represented Ramsar Sites:
  • Karst and other subterranean hydrological systems – [110 Sites]
  • Coral reefs – [96 Sites]
  • Wet grasslands – [517 Sites]
  • Peatlands – [564 Sites]
  • Sea-grass beds – [249 Sites]
  • Mangroves – [280 Sites]
  • Temporary Pools – [729 Sites]
  • Bivalve (shellfish) reefs – [99 Sites]
  • (Ramsar Sites database, June 2015).

Indicator

• Number of Ramsar sites that have been designated. (Data source: Ramsar Sites database).
• Total hectares of Ramsar sites that have been designated. (Data source: Ramsar Sites database).
• Number of transboundary Ramsar Sites that have been designated. (Data source: Ramsar Sites database).
• Number of Ramsar Sites designated for the following underrepresented wetland types:
  • Karst and other subterranean hydrological systems – [XXX Sites]
  • Coral reefs – [XXX Sites]
  • Wet grasslands – [XXX Sites]
  • Peatlands – [XXX Sites]
  • Sea-grass beds – [XXX Sites]
  • Mangroves – [XXX Sites] T
  • emporary Pools – [XXX Sites]
  • Bivalve (shellfish) reefs – [XXX Sites]
  • (Data source: Ramsar Sites database).

The wise use of wetlands is strengthened through integrated resource management at the appropriate scale, inter alia, within a river basin or along a coastal zone.

Baseline

• 55% of Parties have adopted wetland policies or equivalent instruments that promote the wise use of their wetlands. (National Reports to COP12).
• 71% of Parties consider wetlands as natural water infrastructure integral to water resource management at the scale of river basin. (National Reports to COP12).

Indicator

• % of Parties that have adopted wetland policies or equivalent instruments that promote the wise use of their wetlands. (Data source: National Reports).
• % of Parties that consider wetlands as natural water infrastructure integral to water resource management at the scale of river basin. (Data source: National Reports).

Possible further indicators that may be developed

• {Involvement of stakeholders in various aspects of wetland and/or basin-scale management}

Ramsar Regional Initiatives with the active involvement and support of the Parties in each region are reinforced and developed into effective tools to assist in the full implementation of the Convention.

Baseline

• By COP12, [15] Regional Initiatives are in operation under the framework of the Ramsar Convention. (Ramsar Secretariat).
• 68% of Parties have been involved in the development and implementation of a Regional Initiative under the framework of the Convention. (National Reports to COP12).

Indicator

• Number of Regional Initiatives successfully implemented. (Data source: National Reports).
• % of Parties that have been involved in the development and implementation of a Regional Initiative under the framework of the Convention. (Data source: National Reports).

International cooperation is strengthened at all levels.

Baseline

Regional Initiatives

• By COP12, [15] Regional Initiatives are in operation under the framework of the Ramsar Convention. (Ramsar Secretariat).
• 68% of Parties have been involved in the development and implementation of a Regional Initiative under the framework of the Convention. (National Reports to COP12).

Other aspects of co-operation

• 35% of Parties have established networks including twinning arrangements nationally or internationally for knowledge sharing and training for wetlands that share common features. (National Reports to COP12).
• 33% of Parties have effective cooperative management in place for shared wetland systems (for example in shared river basins and coastal zones). (National Reports to COP12).
• [XX]% of Parties have co-ordination mechanisms for the implementation of MEAs existing at a national level. (Data source: new question for National Reports).
• At COP12, 168 Parties have acceded to the Ramsar Convention. (Report of the Secretary General to COP12 on the implementation of the Convention, COP12Doc8).
• At COP12, [16] transboundary Ramsar Sites. (Data source: Ramsar Secretariat).

Indicator

Regional Initiatives

• Number of Regional Initiatives successfully implemented. (Data source: National Reports).
• % of Parties that have been involved in the development and implementation of a Regional Initiative under the framework of the Convention. (Data source: National Reports).

Other aspects of co-operation

• % of Parties that have established networks including twinning arrangements nationally or internationally for knowledge sharing and training for wetlands that share common features. (Data source: National Reports).
• % of Parties that have effective cooperative management in place for shared wetland systems (for example in shared river basins and coastal zones). (Data source: National Reports).
• % of Parties where co-ordination mechanisms for the implementation of MEAs exist at a national level. (Data source: new question for National Reports).
• Number of Parties which have acceded to the Ramsar Convention. (Data Source: National Reports).
• Total number of transboundary Ramsar Sites. (Data source: Ramsar Sites Database).