Sharjah’s Environment and Protected Areas Authority (EPAA) is participating in a side line event of the 13th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (COP13) on October 24th. The theme of the meeting is ‘Strategy for monitoring coastal waterbird populations and their habitats on the Arabian Peninsula’.
EPAA will also hold important event on the side lines of the meeting which will showcase the results of its workshop to develop a regional strategy to monitor coastal wetlands and water birds and their habitat in the Arabian Peninsula in its effort to develop a strategy to monitor water birds and wetlands. The goals of this strategy is to contribute to the conservation of coastal water bird populations and their habitats on the Arabian Peninsula by filling knowledge gaps related to identification and understanding the status of critical coastal wetlands in the region as well as flyway population size and trend estimates.
The Implementation of this strategy will inform the development and adaptive management of national protected area networks and sustainable coastal zone management across the region, It will also inform on potential Ramsar sites.
H.E. Hana Saif Al Suwaidi, EPAA Chairperson, said, “EPAA’s efforts are in line with the instructions issued by His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, the resolutions issued by Sharjah Executive Council and the UAE’s environmental strategy. We are working to determine, document and monitor the changes in the ecological status of Wetlands of International Importance. We are also helping to analyse the current status of regional coastal wetlands in order to develop the regional strategy and enhance the strategic alliances among national, regional and international organisations.”
Mrs. Al Suwaidi also explained that EPAA is working tirelessly to secure the funding needed to implement the strategy, and to communicate with regional stakeholders about the development of the situation analysis. The strategy’s main objectives include monitoring waterfowl in the Arabian Peninsula in order to understand changes; counting the waterfowl at the main sites and at the national and regional levels; preparing accurate estimates of the number of waterfowl at the national and regional levels; and determining which sites are most significant to migratory waterfowl and monitoring changes in their status.
Mrs. Al Suwaidi added that additional goals include developing national strategies in each country to monitor the status of proliferating and non-proliferating waterfowl, and participating in the analysis at the level of the region and of the ocean in accordance with the agreed upon schedule and standards.
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