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National Report of Austria for COP7
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National Report prepared for the 7th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971)
Implementation of the Ramsar Convention in general, and of the Ramsar Strategic Plan 1997-2002 in particular, during the period since the National Report was prepared in 1995 for Ramsar COP6
The information in the table below may now be out of date. Electronic and postal contact addresses have been removed in this reprint edition.
|Contracting Party
|Designated Ramsar Administrative Authority
|1) Federal Ministry of Environment, Youth and Family Affairs
|Name and title of the head of the institution
|Dr. Martin Bartenstein, Minister
|Name and title (if different) of the designated contact officer for Ramsar Convention matters
|Mr. Gerhard SIGMUND (Federal Ministry of Environment, Youth and Family Affairs)
The 9 Laender ( 9 Aemter der Landesregierungen )
|Amt der Burgenlaendischen Landesregierung, Abteilung 5, Hauptreferat III, Natur- und Umweltschutz
|WHR Mag. Dr. W. Hicke, Hartlsteig 2, A-7001 Eisenstadt, tel +43/2682-600-2812, fax +43/2682-600-2817; Dr. H. Metz, +43/2682-600-2882
|Amt der Kaerntner Landesregierung,Abteilung 20 - Landesplanung, Sachgebiet Naturschutz
|Frau Tusnelda ROTTENBURG, Wulfengasse 13-15, A-9021 Klagenfurt, tel +43/463/536-32041, fax +43/463/536-32007, firstname.lastname@example.com
|Amt der Niederösterreichischen Landesregierung, Abteilung Naturschutz
|WHR Dipl.-Ing. Erich WURZIAN, Landhausplatz 1, A-3109 Sankt Pölten, tel +43/2742/200/4243, fax +43/2742/200/5220, firstname.lastname@example.com; Dr. Erwin NEUMEISTER, tel +43/2742/200/5235
|Amt der Oberösterreichischen Landesregierung, Naturschutzabteilung
|Hofrat Dr. Roland RUCKENSTEINER, Promenade 33, A-4010 Linz, tel +43/732/7720/1870, fax +43/732/7720/1899, email@example.com
|Amt der Salzburger Landesregierung, Referat 13/02
|OFR Dipl.-Ing. Hermann HINTERSTOISSER, Friedensstrasse 11, A-5020 Salzburg, tel +43-662-8042-5523, fax +43-662-8042-5505, email@example.com; Mag. Josef FISCHER-COLBRIE, tel +43-662-8042-5503, fax +43-662-8042-5505, firstname.lastname@example.com
|Amt der Steiermärkischen Landesregierung, Rechtsabteilung 6
|Hofrat Dr. Helmuth WIPPEL, Karmeliterplatz 2, A-8010 Graz, tel +43/316/877/2652, fax +43/316/877/4314, firstname.lastname@example.com; Dr. Reinhold TURK, tel +43/316/877/3707, fax +43/316/877/4314, email@example.com; Dr. Ernst ZANINI, tel +43/316/877/3181, fax +43/316/877/2652
|Amt der Tiroler Landesregierung, Umweltschutzabteilung
|Hofrat Dr.jur. Gerhard LIEBL, Landhaus, Maria Theresien-Straße 43, A-6020 Innsbruck, tel +43/512/508-3450, fax +43/512/508-3455
|Amt der Vorarlberger Landesregierung, Abteilung IV
|Hofrat Dr.jur. Reinhard BEER, Römerstraße 15, A-6901 Bregenz, tel +43/5574/511-2460
|Amt der Wiener Landesregierung, Magistratsabteilung 22 - Umweltschutz
|Senatsrat Dipl.-Ing. Helmut LOEFFLER, Ebendorferstrasse 4, A-1082 Wien, tel +43-1/4000-88215, fax +43-1/4000-99-88215, firstname.lastname@example.com; Dr. Jürgen RIENESL, tel +43-1/4000-88239
Ramsar Strategic Plan - General Objective 1
To progress towards universal membership of the Convention.
1.1 Describe any actions your government has taken (such as hosting regional or subregional meetings/consultations, working cooperatively with neighbouring countries on transfrontier wetland sites) to encourage others to join the Convention.
All of Austria´s neighbouring countries are already contracting parties of the Ramsar Convention.
Ramsar Strategic Plan - General Objective 2
To achieve the wise use of wetlands by implementing and further developing the Ramsar Wise Use Guidelines.
2.1 Has a National Wetland Policy/Strategy/Action Plan been developed, or is one being developed or planned for the near future? If so:
a. What are/will be its main features?
Definition of wetlands and their ecological and socio-economic role, threats to wetlands, international commitments, National Wetland Strategy containing: aims,strategies,examples, instruments for financing, responsibilities.
b. Was it, or is it, intended that the Policy/Strategy/Action Plan be adopted by the whole of Government, the Minister responsible for Ramsar matters or through some other process. Please describe.
Not yet decided.
c. How does it relate/will it relate to other national environmental/ conservation planning initiatives (e.g., National Environmental Action Plans, National Biodiversity Action Plans, National Conservation Strategies)?
It will be integrated in Austria´s National Environmental Action Plan and Austria´s National Biodiversity Strategy Plan.
2.2 If a policy is in place, how much progress has been made in its implementation, and what are the major difficulties being encountered in doing so?
Not yet relevant.
2.3 If a Policy/Strategy/Action Plan is in place, is the responsibility for implementing it with :
a. a single Government Ministry,
b. a committee drawn from several Ministries, or
c. a cross-sectoral committee?
not yet relevant
2.4 For countries with Federal systems of Government, are there Wetland Policies/Strategies/Plans in place, being developed or planned for the provincial/state or regional levels of Government? Yes/No If yes, please give details.
Yes. A National Wetlands Strategy is currently in preparation. It will take into consideration the autonomous status of the 9 Laender regarding nature conservation and is to serve as a working document at national as well as regional and local level. A brochure is planned.
2.5 Has a review of legislation and practices which impact on wetlands been carried out, and if so, has this resulted in any changes which assist with implementation of the Ramsar Convention? Please describe these.
No, so far there was no need for it.
2.6 Describe the efforts made in your country to have wetlands considered in integrated land/water and coastal zone planning and management processes at the following levels:
a. national
Amending law in 1995 for the Environment Impact Assessment Law", during which wetlands haved received more consideration in connection with road planning (see also 2.10).
b. provincial
c. local
2.7 Have there been any publications produced, or practices documented, which could assist other countries to promote and improve the application of the Ramsar Wise Use of Wetlands Guidelines? Yes/No If Yes, please provide details and copies.
2.8 Noting COP6 Recommendation 6.14 relating to toxic chemicals and pollution, please advise of the actions taken since then "to remedy and to prevent pollution impacts affecting Ramsar sites and other wetlands" (Operative paragraph 9).
Wastewater treatment plants: Between 1993 and 1997 Austria supported construction of 2.736 plants with a total investment amount of 58 billion ATS (about 4 billion US $). Towards this amount public funding of 1,5 billion US $ has been provided . These new plants lead to a significant improvement of the water quality of many rivers. Since 1991 heavy restrictions on the emission of toxic chemicals and other polluting substances from industry have come into force. About 50 ordinances to the Austrian Water Act (relating to different industry branches) have been elaborated, almost all of them already being in force .
2.9 Describe what steps have been taken to incorporate wetland economic valuation techniques into natural resource planning and assessment actions.
2.10 Is Environmental Impact Assessment for actions potentially impacting on wetlands required under legislation in your country? Yes/No
Yes, if the planned action is road building and if the wetland is an area, which is protected by national, state or European law.
2.11 Is wetland restoration and rehabilitation considered a priority in your country? Yes/No. If Yes, describe the actions that have been taken to identify wetlands in need of these actions and to mobilise resources for restoration or rehabilitation.
Yes, for example the Living River Campaign", which was launched in March 1998 and gives riverine wetlands a special importance also in integrated water management planning. The Basis was provided by two investigations by the University of Agriculture about the status of Austria´s rivers. The programme not only deals with the protection of existing wetlands along rivers (only 21 % of Austria´s larger rivers have remained in their natural state), it also appeals to regional initiatives in order to create new areas for perodical flooding and restore degenerated floodplains. Based on some political commitments , actions taken were the preparation and initiation of river restoration pilot projects in each of the 9 Austrian Laender, a number of informative and other events, especially in cooperation with local NGOs and local people, e.g. a planters´ week to create new river bank vegetation, events for pupils and children, sports and tourist events, the edition of a river catalogue (book of rivers"), a special newspaper for the campaign, involving TV stations etc. The campaign is supported by the Federal Ministry of Environment, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the Austrian WWF and a well known brewery in Salzburg.
2.12 Describe what actions have been taken to "encourage active and informed participation of local communities, including indigenous people, and in particular women, in the conservation and wise use of wetlands." (refer to Actions 2.7.1-4 in the Strategic Plan).
Wien und Niederösterreich: During the period of creating legislative measures for the National Park Donau-Auen" (Ramsar sites Untere Lobau" and Donau-March-Auen") the public was given chance to comment on future regulations considered by the legislative bodies.
Steiermark: The management of Ramsar sites has been handed over to specifically created agencies operating at a local level. The conservation of damp meadows is carried out as part of a specific programme of cooperation with land owners by means of subsidizing favourable management practices.
Salzburg: In several communities in the land of Salzburg (e.g. Bürmoos, Saalfelden) local people are working on a private basis on the protection and the improvement of wetlands. The land of Salzburg gives financial support to these endeavours.
Oberösterreich: Local communities are involved and tied-up in the management of the Ramsar site Stauseen am Unteren Inn".
Niederösterreich: The management of the Ramsar site March-Thaya-Auen" is carried out by the Distelverein" association. It consists of representatives from nature protection agencies (2 associations), hunters and farmers. This provides a more easy access to the local people and has resulted in a comparatively high level of mutual trust.
Kärnten: Private associations founded by local people care for the two Ramsar sites Sablatnigmoor" and Hörfeld", both supported by the nature protection department of the government of Kärnten and the nature protection NGO Arge Naturschutz". The Hörfeld" site has a special advisory board for management planning with a strong involvement of the local population. Furthermore the extensive management of wet meadows is supported by the funding programme ÖPUL" (Austrian programme for environment-concious farming) and funding by the nature protection department. By now several hundred hectares of wet meadows are protected through contracts with the landowners. There is also a seperate wet meadows programme for the Keutschacher Seentaal" valley south east of Klagenfurt.
Also the protection of floodplains along Kärnten´s largest river, the Drau" , is supported through contracts and compensation payments for the loss of income. Furthermore some bog management projects and oxbow revitalizing projects with involvment of schools and interested people carried out.
Burgenland: In preparation of a new Ramsar site along the river Lafnitz" (border region Burgenland-Steiermark) the local population plays an integrated role in managing agricultural areas contained within the site. To this effect a LIFE project initiated and started in 1998 is now run by the local inhabitants of the area.
2.13 Describe what actions have been taken to "encourage involvement of the private sector in the conservation and wise use of wetlands" (refer to Actions 2.8.1-4 in the Strategic Plan). Has this included a review of fiscal measures (taxation arrangements, etc.) to identify and remove disincentives and introduce incentives for wetlands conservation and wise use? Yes/No If yes, please provide details.
Yes. The Laender use the project-orientated funding instrument Landschaftsfonds" as incentive for the involvement of the private sector in wetlands conservation and wise use.
Ramsar Strategic Plan - General Objective 3
To raise awareness of wetland values and functions throughout the world and at all levels
3.1 Is there a government-run national programme for Education and Public Awareness in your country which focuses on, or includes, wetlands? Yes/No? If yes, what are the priority actions under this programme and who are the target groups? (Refer also to question 9.4)
Yes, the Living Rivers Campaign" focuses on riverine wetlands. Target groups are Austrian schools, nature conservation NGOs and all authorities involved in river management. See also 2.11!
3.2 Describe the steps taken to have wetlands issues and Ramsars Wise Use principles included as part of the curricula of educational institutions. Has this been at all levels of education (primary, secondary, tertiary and adult)? Please give details.
The Federal Ministry of Environment and the Laender upon request dissaminate information material (posters, brochures) on wetland protection .
Ramsar Strategic Plan - General Objective 4
To reinforce the capacity of institutions in each Contracting Party to achieve conservation and wise use of wetlands.
4.1 Describe the mechanisms in place, or being introduced, to increase cooperation between the various institutions responsible for actions which can have an impact on the conservation and wise use of wetlands. If one of the mechanisms is a National Ramsar/Wetlands Committee, please describe its composition, functions and modus operandi.
The Austrian National Ramsar Committee serves as a mechanism for coordinating the efforts in implementing the Ramsar Convention and to ensure the cooperation between the Federal Ministry of Environment, the 9 Laender, local governments, NGOs and other agencies. The details of the National Committee´s structure have already been communicated to the Ramsar bureau earlier this year and may be taken from there.
4.2 Of the following, indicate which have been undertaken:
a. a review to identify the training needs of institutions and individuals concerned with the conservation and wise use of wetlands Yes/No? If yes, please indicate the major findings of the review.
b. a review to identify training opportunities for these people both within your country and in other countries. Yes/No?
c. the development of training modules or a training programme specifically for wetland managers. If yes, please give details.
Concerning National Parks in Austria, the Federal Ministry of Environment has launched an investigation entitled Status quo of visitor guides´ education in National Parks", which contains conclusions for nationwide uniform criteria for the basic and further education and training of visitor guides.
d. people from your country have gained wetland-related training either within or outside the country. Yes/No? If yes, please give details.
Wetland-related training relating to national parks was gained within the country.
Ramsar Strategic Plan - General Objective 5
To ensure the conservation of all sites included in the List of Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar List).
5.1 Of the Ramsar sites in your country, how many have formal management plans:
a. being prepared?
b. fully prepared?
c. being implemented?
Wien: For the Viennese Ramsar site Untere Lobau" the National Park Authorithy works out annual working programmes with the main focus on managing forestry, hunting and fishing, research programmes, long term monitoring and visitor guidance. Presently, management plans for hunting and fishing are in preparation.
Oberösterreich: Stauseen am Unteren Inn": management plan in preparation.
Steiermark: Steiermark´s two Ramsar sites both have a formal management plan. A recent land survey carried out for Hörfeld-Moor" shows that the size of the area given on the information sheet on Ramsar wetlands has to be corrected from 173 ha to 133 ha.
Niederösterreich: Ramsar site Donau-March-Auen": For one part of the Ramsar site, the Donau-Auen", which has been National Park since 1996, a management plan has been completed and will be implemented by the beginning of 1999. For the second part March-Thaya-Auen" a Ramsar concept exists and has been integrated in the LIFE projects Ramsar Management March-Thaya-Auen" (1995-1998) and Water World March Thaya-Auen" (1998-2002).
Burgenland: Ramsar site Neusiedler See-Seewinkel": Management plan includes aspects of monitoring in the core area of the site.
Please indicate in the attached table of Ramsar sites which sites these are and what category they fall into.
5.2 Of the management plans referred to above, which ones have included a monitoring scheme or programme to allow changes in ecological character to be detected? Please indicate this in the attached table of Ramsar sites also.
5.3 Has there been a change in the ecological character (either positive or negative) at any of your Ramsar sites or is this likely to occur in the near future? Yes/No. If Yes, please give details.
Kärnten: The ecological character of both Ramsar sites in Kärnten has basically remained unchanged. The ecological condition has improved through several measures.
Niederösterreich and Wien: Untere Lobau" and Donau-March-Auen": in near future improvement can be expected. The establishing of a backwater connecting-project is thought to be the priority measure for a long term maintainance of the sites´s ecological character.
Oberösterreich: No change (Stauseen Unterer Inn").
Salzburg: No remarkable change (Rotmoos")
Steiermark: (Pürgchachener Moor", Hörfeld") no change.
5.4 In the case of Montreux Record Ramsar sites where the Management Guidance Procedure has been applied, what is the status of the implementation of the MGP report recommendations? What is the expected time-frame for removing the site from the Montreux Record?
Niederösterreich: Donau-March-Auen": As long as the main threat of a Danube-Oder-Elbe shipping channel" exists the site cannot be removed from the Montreux record. A time-frame cannot be given for removing it.
5.5 For those countries referred to in COP6 Recommendations 6.17.1-4, "Ramsar sites in the Territories of Specific Contracting Parties", please provide advice on the actions that have been taken in response to the issues raised at that time.
Ramsar Strategic Plan - General Objective 6
To designate for the Ramsar List those wetlands which meet the Conventions criteria, especially wetland types still under-represented in the List and transfrontier wetlands.
6.1 Has a national inventory of wetlands been prepared for your country? Yes/No.
If no, are there plans for this to be done? Yes/No.
Where a national inventory exists please provide details of when it was finalised, where it is kept and what information it contains.
The Austrian wetlands inventory had been elaborated by the Austrian Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt), Mrs. Irene Oberleitner and Mr. Gerald Dick with the support of the 9 Laender´s nature conservation departments and was finalised in March 1996. It is kept in the Austrian Federal Environment Agency,Wien. In total, 357 wetlands have been included and discribed in the inventory. These regions have a total surface area of approx. 266.000 ha, representing about 3 % of the total Austrian surface area. Information about these areas is available in form of data sheets, containing data about size, level of threat and protection status. Wetlands have been classified into 20 different types. The most frequent ones are peatlands" and permanent brooks".
6.2 Does there exist a list or directory of "important" wetlands for your country or region? Yes/No. If yes, please provide details of when it was finalised, where it is kept, what criteria for "important" were used, and the types of information it contains.
Yes. In addition to the existing Ramsar sites a preliminary list of further wetlands of international importance meeting the new structure of the Ramsar Convention (suitable wetlands") was provided in 1995 by the Federal Environment Agency in cooperation with the nature conservation departments of the 9 Laender. This directory was entitled Österreichischer Ramsar Plan" , published in March 1995 (UBA-Monographie 58) and -amongst others- contains the following sites: Hörfeld", Rotmoos im Fuscher Tal ", Lafnitztal", Ettenau", Schwemm" and Lechauen". The first two of these sites have already been designated as Ramsar sites. The publication also contains the criteria for the nomination of wetlands of international importance.
6.3 If it is known, please provide an estimate of the area of wetlands in your country at present and any information on rates of loss or conversion to other activities. If this information is available, please indicate what definition of "wetland" was used.
The area of wetlands in Austria covers about 100.000 hectares or 1000 sqkm of land. 26 % of which are peatlands, 74 % river floodplains (including oxbow lakes, wet meadows, swamp forests, meanders). Additionally, about 500 sqkm of the land is covered by natural lakes and ponds. Austria´s river network (including brooks) has an estimated length of 100.000 km.
6.4 Have any actions been taken in response to the COP6 Resolutions and Recommendations that Contracting Parties should give priority to listing Wetlands of International Importance which:
a. meet the criteria for fish habitat (Resolution VI.2),
b. meet the 1% criterion for waterbird populations using data provided by the International Waterfowl Census (Resolution VI.4),
c. are subterranean karst or cave wetland systems (Resolution VI.5),
d. are peatland ecosystems (Recommendation 6.1)
e. are coral reefs and associated systems (Recommendation 6.7)
f. are under-represented wetland types (which apart from d. and e. above include mangroves and sea grass beds) (Strategic Plan Action 6.2.3)
a., b., c., e., f. : No.
d.: Steiermark: nominated Hörfeld-Moor" on 30/10/96 to be included in the list of Wetlands of International Importance. The Hörfeld-Moor contains a small area of peatbog. Kärnten: Hörfeld" and Sablatnig-Moor" are important habitats for waterbirds. Hörfeld" is a peatland.
6.5 If your government indicated at COP6 that it would be proceeding to list further specific sites, please advise of the status of this action.
6.6 Please advise which of the sites included in the Ramsar List from your country are transfrontier wetlands (Refer also to 7.1).
Rheindelta", Donau-March-Auen", Neusiedler See-Seewinkel" and Stauseen am Unteren Inn".
6.7 Describe any plans, or actions being taken for further transfrontier sites to be listed (Refer also to 7.1).
Niederösterreich: In the region Gmünd-Litschau (north western part of Niederösterreich, along the border to Czech Republic) a big Ramsar site is in preparation nearby the rivers Lainsitz and Reissbach including bogs and ponds. A large Ramsar site already exists nearby in the Czech Republic.
Ramsar Strategic Plan - General Objective 7
To mobilise international cooperation and financial assistance for wetland conservation and wise use in collaboration with other conventions and agencies, both governmental and non-governmental.
7.1 Briefly describe any bilateral or multilateral activities that have been taken, are under way, or are planned for the management of transfrontier wetlands or their watersheds/catchments (Refer also to 6.6 and 6.7).
Salzburg: There is an actual project concerning the river Salzach downstream the city of Salzburg, especially the alluvial forests on both sides of the river (right hand side: Austria [Salzburg and Oberösterreich], left hand side Germany, Freistaat" Bavaria).
Oberösterreich: Stauseen am Unteren Inn": A steering committee with representatives of the Land Oberösterreich and Bavaria with an ancillary advisory council was set up in 1996. The main task of the committee and its working group is to provide legal entities (bilateral attuning) , settling user conflicts and ensuring the long-term quality of the area by implementing a management plan.
Niederösterreich: Donau-March-Auen": Concerning the March-Thaya-area good cooperation between Austrian, Czech and Slovac nature conservation organizations has been existing for some years. Actions include information exchange, joint seminars and meetings etc.
Burgenland: Neusiedler See-Seewinkel": close contact with the Hungarian authorities regarding the management of the transboundary National Park.
7.2 Do you have Ramsar sites that are "twinned" with others, either nationally or internationally? Yes/No. If yes, please give details.
Austrian Ramsar sites Untere Lobau" and Donau-March-Auen" are connected through the Austrian Danube National Park". Austria and Hungary have started a twinning partnership between Austrian Danube National Park" and the Hungarian Danube-Drau-National Park", which itself contains two Ramsar sites, namely Gemenc" and Beda-Karapancsa". A contract for cooperation has been signed between the two National Park authorities in 1998.
7.3 Where your country is also a signatory of any of the following Conventions, describe what mechanism(s) exist to assist regular dialogue and cooperative actions between the personnel responsible for their implementation and the Ramsar Administrative Authority:
a. Convention on Biological Diversity
The Federal Ministry of Environment created a National Biodiversity Committee, in which at least one delegate of the 9 Laender and representatives of other Ministries are involved. The Federal Ministry of Environment, Youth and Family Affairs has the chair in the National Biodiversity Committee.
b. Framework Convention on Climate Change
The Federal Ministry of Environment founded a Interministerial Committee for the coordination of measures for the protection of the global climate, in which delegates of several Ministries and of the 9 Laender work together.
c. Convention to Combat Desertification
The Federal Ministry of Environment, Youth and Family Affairs has regular meetings with the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs concerning this convention.
d. Convention on Migratory Species
was not signed by Austria.
e. World Heritage Convention
The nature protection departments of the 9 Laender (and in some Laender the department for spatial planning) are responsible for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention and for the Ramsar Convention. Therefore regular dialogue and cooperative actions lie within the same administrative unit.
7.4 Is your country cooperating as part of any bilateral or multilateral activities directed at the conservation of migratory wetland species? Yes/No. If yes, please provide details.
Yes. The government of Steiermark and the Federal Ministry of Environment provide funding in cooperation with the Ramsar Bureau for Kenya to carry out studies on the wintering grounds of the White Stork with a possible view to the twinning of suitable sites.
7.5 Are there multilateral and/or bilateral donors supporting projects which contribute to implementation of the Ramsar Convention in your country? Yes/No. If yes, please provide details.
Wien and Niederösterreich: A LIFE project entitled Restoration and management of the alluvial flood plain of the River Danube" was started by the Danube Flood Plain National Park ltd.
Steiermark: Both sites Hörfeld" and Pürgschachenmoor" are receiving funds through the LIFE mechanism. An INTERREG-Project including the area of the transfrontier river Mur and its adjacent riverine forests is receiving funds by the European Union.
Salzburg: Some projects dealing with wetlands are supported by the EU (INTERREG II) , for example the Programme for the protection of ground-breeding birds in damp meadows" (a project of the Laender of Salzburg and Oberösterreich and the Freistaat" of Bavaria).
Niederösterreich: The LIFE-Projects Ramsar Management March-Thaya-Auen", Wetland Management Oberes Waldviertel (Gmünd-Litschau)" and Water World March-Thaya-Floodplains" have been/ are funded by EU at a level of 50 % of the project costs.
Kärnten: Hörfeld" receives EU-LIFE funding, Sablatnig Moor" receives EU-Regional development (5b)-funding.
Vorarlberg: Rheindelta" receives INTERREG-funding and EU-LIFE-funding.
7.6 Does your government make an annual budgetary allocation to support the conservation and wise use of wetlands within your country? Yes/No. If yes, is this a specific allocation to a wetlands programme or as part of a larger environment or natural resource management budget?
Yes. The Federal Ministry of Environment has an annual budgetary project-orientated allocation to support projects for the conservation and wise use of wetlands, which are implemented by the 9 Laender. It supports especially LIFE-projects or the elaboration of wetland strategies and plans on a national basis.
Burgenland: General annual nature conservation budget.
Kärnten: Kärntner Naturschutzprogramm" N.A.B.L. for nature conservation projects of all kinds. No seperate budget for wetlands.
Salzburg: Annual budgetary allocation for nature conservation, through which the measures necessary for wetland conservation are financed.
Steiermark: Government of Steiermark provides a regular annual Ramsar budget" specifically for the conservation and wise use of wetlands as well as a separate budget for the conservation management meadows, including damp meadows.
Wien: No particular Ramsar budget. A Budget for implementation of the management plans is provided by the management authority of the National Park.
7.7 If your country has a development assistance programme, does it include funds earmarked for wetland conservation and wise use in other countries? Yes/No. If yes, please give details.
7.8 Is there a formal process in place for consultation between the Ramsar Administrative Authority and the development assistance programme in your country, where one exists? Yes/No. If yes, what is that process.
Ramsar Strategic Plan - General Objective 8
To provide the Convention with the required institutional mechanisms and resources.
8.1 Has your government made voluntary financial contributions, other than the invoiced contributions or to the Small Grants Fund, to further the work of the Convention globally? Yes/No. If yes, please provide details.
Yes. The Federal Ministry of Environment has supported and will again support the Small Grants Fund, because it is a project orientated instrument. Furthermore the Ministry supported, for example, the participation of Eastern European delegates to the European Ramsar Regional Meeting in Riga, Latvia, in 1998 and the participation of additional delegates at COP 7 in Costa Rica. See also 7.4.
8.2 If your country is in arrears with the payment of its annual contributions to the Ramsar Convention, please indicate the reasons for this situation and the prospects for paying these arrears in the near future.
Optional section - Participation of non-government organizations in the implementation of the Convention
These are optional questions relating to cooperation with and involvement of non-government organizations in the implementation of the Convention.
At COP6 some 42 NGOs made the "Brisbane NGO pledge of support for the Ramsar Convention". The Standing Committee agreed that for COP7 there should be an effort made to gauge the level and type of cooperation which is occurring between government Administrative Authorities and the national and international NGOs with an interest in wetlands issues.
In this optional section of the National Report, you are asked to describe the nature of the cooperation and relationship with any other international, regional, national and provincial NGOs operating within your country.
9.1 Approximately how many NGOs have wetlands as part of their regular "business" in your country? Please break this down between international, regional and national/provincial organizations.
International Organizations: WWF, BirdLife, Stiftung Europäisches Naturerbe
National Organizations: ÖNB (Österr. Naturschutzbund), ÖNJ (Österr. Naturschutzjugend), ÖGNU (Österr. Gesellschaft für Natur- und Umweltschutz), Forum österr. Wissenschafter für den Umweltschutz, Öko-Büro, Naturfreunde
Provincial Organizations: (Steiermark): Biologische Arge, Stmk. Berg- und Naturwacht
9.2 Is there a regular forum or mechanism through which these NGOs express their views on wetland conservation and Ramsar implementation:
a. to each other? Yes/No
Yes. The Austrian National Ramsar Committee.
b. to the government? Yes/No
Yes: as an umbrella organization ÖGNU has the function of coordinating most of the NGOs (except of WWF, which is connected with Ökobüro).
9.3 Does your government include one or more NGO representatives on its official delegation to Ramsar COPs? Yes/No
9.4 Do any of the NGOs run programmes aimed at Education and Public Awareness about wetlands in your country? Yes/No. If yes, please give details (Refer also to question 3.1). Yes.
Steiermark: Stiftung Europäisches Naturerbe, WWF, ÖNJ
Wien: WWF and BirdLife
Salzburg: Naturschutzbund
Kärnten: Naturschutzbund, ARGE Naturschutz
9.5 Where they exist, do Ramsar site management advisory committees include NGO representatives? If yes, please give details
Burgenland: NGO representatives in the Scientific Advisory Committee of the National Park Neusiedler See-Seewinkel".
Steiermark: both Ramsar sites in the Land Steiermark have management advisory committees involving local NGOs.
Wien and Niederösterreich: NGO representatives are members of the advisory council of the National Park.
9.6 Describe the themes of the Convention (refer to General Objectives 1-8 of the Strategic Plan) where you perceive the national/provincial NGOs to be most active.
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Steiermark: Ramsar Strategic Plan provides a very useful tool for specifying projects and actions aimed at the implementation of the Convention
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a. The Ramsar Standing Committee
The Ramsar Standing Committee has proved to be very efficient in providing the necessary guidance for the development of new policies.
b. The Ramsar Scientific and Technical Review Panel
The Ramsar Scientific and Technical Review Panel is providing an excellent expert service and should continue to define technical terms in order to reach more accurate global understanding of the purpose of the Ramsar policies.
c. The Ramsar Bureau
The Ramsar Bureau is always a very helpful partner in clarifying and dispensing of information.
d. The Ramsar NGO partners
The Ramsar NGO partners are an invaluable part in the functionning of the Ramsar Convention with their expertise much needed and appreciated.
10.3 Any other general observations and/or recommendations for the future.
The Ramsar Convention should not lose sight of its primary aim - the conservation of wetlands.


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...And it's an ideal creative challenge for students like Shireen Zaineb, an eighth-grader from Milwaukee Montessori School, who was in D.C. last week to check out the second annual White House Science Fair...
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Chaminade-Madonna football coach Tim Tyrrell announced his resignation Wednesday, citing personal reasons.
Tyrrell, who is from Ohio, made the decision Wednesday morning after hearing news about his wife's family back home the day before.
"I had to make the decision not based upon football but my family and to be with my wife," he said. "It's the hardest decision I've made of my coaching career, but I preach it to the kids — the family thing — so I have to do what I preach."
Before taking over the program, Tyrrell spent seven years coaching at the high school level and another three in college. He had replaced current Cypress Bay coach Mark Guandolo, who won a pair of state championships at Chaminade.
His replacement will be the school's athletic director and current defensive coordinator, Marcelo Rodriguez. Rodriguez has been the school's Dean of Students for the past 12 years. He also was the defensive coordinator under Guandolo and held the same position before that at Miami Killian.
In Tyrrell's five seasons at Chaminade, the Lions went 39-18. After a 2-8 first year, Chaminade bounced back with a 13-1 record, losing in a Class 2B state semifinal.
According to Tyrrell, one of his crowning achievements was sending 27 of his players on college football scholarships, with another seven or so set to sign in February.
"The entire Chaminade-Madonna family is grateful to Coach Tyrrell for his significant contribution to the athletic program during his five years as head football coach," Chaminade-Madonna president Rev. Larry Doersching said in a statement.
"The varsity football program has been successful, not only for the number of victories we have known, but for the formation of our young men as successful athletes beyond high school and as successful contributors to both church and society. 'Coach T.' will be greatly missed."
Tyrrell doesn't have a job lined up in Ohio or knows how long he will remain there when he moves. His resignation is effective Dec. 19.
"Hopefully I can come back [at some point]," Tyrrell said. "I just really enjoy South Florida. The opportunity came up [in 2008] looking for a coach to rebuild. I rebuilt a program in Ohio, so I had the reputation. I like the challenge and I wanted to take one down here."
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All but written off after three nondescript seasons at Boyd Anderson, Sagemont senior 6-7 forward Andre Horne hopes a change of scenery will help him reclaim his spot among the marquee big men.
"I am real excited, this is a clean start," Horne said. "A new season with a different team. I don't feel like I've reached my full potential. I just want to get a state ring and go to college. It bothers me I haven't gotten the attention of other players. I've put in the work. Now I want some credit too."
The next stop in Horne's resurrection tour is Miami Columbus High on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. when Sagemont (4-0, ranked No. 1 in 3A by Sourcehoops), faces Palm Beach Dwyer in the A-Rod Basketball Classic.
Despite being one of the highest-ranked post prospects in the 2009 freshman class, Horne never materialized into the star player at Boyd Anderson many envisioned.
Horne, the 34th-ranked senior by Sourcehoops.com, is averaging 10 points, seven rebounds and two blocks — modest numbers by Class 3A standards but the feeling here is Horne's shot-blocking numbers will take off once he gets fully acclimated to the Lions' system.
While The Lions' star swingman duo of 6-6 Egor Koulechov and 6-5 Jordan Cooper paces an explosive open court attack, Sagemont coach Adam Ross said Horne will play a crucial role for a team favored to win the Class 3A state title.
"Andre brings a tremendous amount of energy," Ross said. "He plays real hard and is an excellent defender. That really goes a long way with us. We have a lot of guys that can put the ball in the bucket. We need guys committed to making defensive stops and rebounding. Andre's contributions night in and night out will be on the glass."
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A-Rod Classic at Columbus: Ransom Everglades vs. South Miami, 4; Sagemont vs. WPB Dwyer, 5:30; Columbus vs. Miami Beach, 7; Booker T. Washington vs. Gainesville Buchholz, 8:30
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Olympic Heights at Douglas, 6
Westminster Academy at Northwest Christian, 6
Chaminade-Madonna at Archbishop McCarthy, 7:30
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Archbishop McCarthy at Doral Academy, 4
Westminster Academy at Colonial Christian, 3:30
Posnack Day at Hebrew Academy, 6
Coconut Creek at Blanche Ely, 7
Chaminade-Madonna at Cardinal Gibbons, 4
West Broward at Cooper City, 7
Coral Glades at Coral Springs, 7
Pompano Beach at Deerfield Beach, 7
Flanagan at Everglades, 7
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Cypress Bay at Miramar, 7
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Nova at St. Thomas Aquinas, 6
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With an underwired design this racer back bra by Elomi offers style, support and a sexy shape that gives you confidence.
In this season's colour, the purple hue is perfect for brightening up your autumn underwear drawer. The racer back design is great for everyday wear or for a special occasion. This underwired bra is finished with scalloped detail on gorgeous satin with a sheer contrast to the top of the cups. The adjustable hook allows the back to be converted into a racer back.
Wear this underwired bra with a scoop neck vest or a V-neck dress to show off your gorgeous shape.
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- Rita underwired bra by Elomi
- Scalloped detail on soft satin
- Offers style, shape and support
- Can be converted into a racer back
- Available in sizes E-H, 38-42
Elomi Energise Sports Bra
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The Elomi Energise is a sports bra first from this innovative lingerie brand, and they've earned top marks for support, comfort and confident design.
This double layered sports bra features a silky soft microfibre that wicks moisture away from the skin with a moisture management finish. This means you'll always be cool and dry when it counts. The underwire finishes below the neck edge of the bra for perfect bust separation. This higher neckline also ensures greater control and minimises bounce without the need for compression in the cups. In either black or white, this sports bra forms the base of your workout wardrobe.
Wear this sports bra under a moisture management racer back top and running tights with your favourite pair of trainers for a coordinated training style.
Please note: This sports bra must be hand washed only.
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- Energise sports bra by Elomi
- Double layered silky microfibre
- Wicks moisture away from the skin
- Good bust separation
- Higher neckline for greater control
- Stretch straps with soft microfibre
Elomi Caitlyn Side Support Bra
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Elomi Caitlyn Side Support Bra - Ink
From their Caitlyn collection, this bra by Elomi is designed to add a little boudoir decadence to your lingerie drawer.
Beautiful lingerie for the fuller figure, this side support bra comes with just that to offer a better quality support for comfort that'll last all day. Perfect for special occasions, the high-shine appeal of the fabric is luxe-to-the-touch making you look and feel like a million dollars! The floral embroidery detail is super flirty, while the rich ink hue is midnight-inspired for a romantic finish.
Wear this bra with the matching Caitlyn briefs by Elomi for a decadent, coordinated lingerie look this season.
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- Caitlyn bra by Elomi
- Side support detail
- High shine fabric
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Lombardy, Italy's richest region, often seems to have more in common with its northern European neighbours than with the rest of Italy. Given its history, this is hardly surprising: it was ruled for almost two centuries by the French and Austrians and takes its name from the northern Lombards, who ousted the Romans. As a border region, Lombardy has always been vulnerable to invasion, just as it has always profited by being a commercial crossroads. Emperors from Charlemagne to Napoleon came to Lombardy to be crowned king – and big business continues to take Lombardy's capital, Milan, more seriously than Rome.
The region's people, ranging from Milanese workaholics to cosseted provincial urbanites, hardly fit the popular image of Italians – and, in truth, they have little time for most of their compatriots. This led to the rise of the Lega Nord over the last fifteen years, a political party nominally demanding independence from Rome, although working in the government there in coalition with Berlusconi, and successfully exploiting the popular sentiment that northern taxes sustain the inefficient, workshy south.
Sadly all this economic success has taken its toll on the landscape: industry chokes the peripheries of towns, sprawls across the Po plain and even spreads its polluting tentacles into the Alpine valleys. Traffic, too, is bad, with many roads – autostradas and lakeside lanes alike – gridlocked at peak times. Nonetheless, Lombardy's towns and cities retain medieval cores boasting world-class art and architecture, and the stunning scenery of the so-called Italian Lakes – notably lakes Maggiore, Como and Garda – never fails to seduce.
Milan's lowland neighbours – Cremona and Mantua – flourished during the Middle Ages and Renaissance and retain much character. To the north, Lombardy is quite different, the lakes and valleys sheltering fewer historic towns, the cities of Bergamo and Brescia excepted. Reaching into the high Alps, lakes Maggiore, Como, Garda and their lesser-celebrated siblings have long been popular tourist territory with both Italians and foreigners.
Although the western shore of Lake Maggiore and the northern and eastern shores of Lake Garda fall outside Lombardy (in Piemonte, Trentino and Veneto respectively), the Lakes region and its resorts are all covered in this chapter.Read More
The Lakes and their features
The Lakes and their features
Although they share many things – dreamy vistas, quality local cooking and sheer romance, to name but a few – the Italian Lakes each have a very different character and it's worth thinking about the type of holiday you're looking for before you book.
Activity holidays
The mountainous regions behind all the Lakes provide great hiking and mountain-biking opportunities but the combined winds to its north and the presence of Monte Baldo make Lake Garda the destination for on- and off-water thrill seekers.
Incurable romantics
Watch the sun set behind Isola San Guilio on Lake Orta or from the Lake Como waterfront at Varenna or, alternatively, hole up in Gargnano on Lake Garda for a winter like D.H. Lawrence and his mistress did in 1912.
Visiting lakeside villas
Lake Como offers the best selection of romantic waterfront residences with dreamy gardens to visit, although belle époque villas and sumptuous palazzi are dotted around the shore lines of all the lakes.
Wine tasting
With Franciacorta and the various DOC regions to the south and southeast of Lake Garda – including Bardolino, Valpolicella and Lugana – you're never far from somewhere to try a local vintage or two.
Botanic gardens
The microclimate of this corner of Lake Maggiore make the Isole Borromee and gardens in Verbania some of the most glorious gardens on the lakes, although competition is steep.
Travelling by public transport
A quick train ride from Milan, Varenna is at the heart of the most spectacular part of Lake Como from where an excellent boat service will ferry you around to explore further.
Holidaying with kids
With older children you can't beat the activities available on and around Lake Garda – from windsurfing or castle climbing to the theme and water parks in the southeast of the lake. Younger children might enjoy the shorter distances around the centre of Lake Como more, the family-friendly resort of Cannobio on Lake Maggiore, or the dragon stories linked with Lake Orta.
Regional food and drink
Regional food and drink
Lombardy is distinctive in its variations in culinary habits. For example, the sophisticated recipes of the Milanese contrast sharply with the more rustic dishes of the Alpine foothills and lakes. The latter are sometimes known as piatti poveri (poor food): devised over centuries, these employ imagination and often time-consuming techniques to make up for the lack of expensive ingredients. Risotto alla Milanese, on the other hand, golden yellow with saffron, is Milan's most renowned culinary invention – and, it is said, only truly Milanese if cooked with the juices of roast veal flavoured with sage and rosemary. Ossobuco (shin of veal) is another Milanese favourite, as is panettone, the soft, eggy cake with sultanas eaten at Christmas time.
The short-grain rice used for risotto is grown in the paddy fields of the Ticino and Po valleys; other staples include green pasta and polenta. The latter – made from maize meal which is boiled and patiently stirred for around forty minutes, all the time watched with an eagle eye so it doesn't go lumpy – is found all over northern Italy. It can be eaten straightaway, or else left to cool and then sliced and grilled and served as an accompaniment to meat.
From Cremona comes mostarda di frutta (pickled fruit with mustard), the traditional condiment to serve with bollito misto (boiled meats). Stuffed pastas come in various guises – for example, around the Po Valley tortelli alla zucca (ravioli filled with pumpkin) or around Bergamo and Brescia casoncei (ravioli stuffed with sausage meat). Veal is eaten hot or cold in dishes like vitello tonnato (thin slices of cold veal covered with tuna mayonnaise) and wild funghi (mushrooms) are everywhere in autumn.
Lombardy is also one of the largest cheese-making regions in the country. As well as Gorgonzola there are numerous other local cheeses: among the best known are parmesan-like Grana Padano, smooth, creamy Mascarpone (used in sweet dishes) and the tangy, soft Taleggio.
Although Lombardy is not renowned internationally for its wines, supermarket shelves bulge with decent reds from the Oltrepò Pavese, and "Inferno" from the northern areas of Valtellina; while around Brescia, the Franciacorta area has earned plaudits for its excellent sparkling whites.


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Fantastic Paint Jobs by Fantastic Dads
My Dad painted my bedroom once. One wall was all bumpy with the ghost of old wallpaper, and as he was painting over what should have been sanded, a huge bubble formed. For fun: he popped it. The outline of that bubble remained above my bed for the next 5 years. We all love my Dad, but we also all know how terrible he is at painting. Thankfully, there are some amazingly skilled painter-dads out there. Here is some of their best work!
1. Basically the opposite of my old bedroom wall: this fantastic chevron wall that Super Dad Eric painted for his baby girl Ellia Marin.
2. Otto's Dad not only painted this canvas for above his crib, but made the mobile too!
3. If you didn't think Dads could re-do feminine dressers, you're wrong! Check out this beautiful dresser from Madelyn's Vintage Meets Modern Nursery. (Granted, an Aunt helped, but still!)
4. The print hanging above Elsa's change table in her Adorable Blue Nursery is a print made of a painting by creative Dad Jeff McMillan. It is Elsa's Mom's favorite thing in the room.
5. Wowzers I can't get over these Dr Seuss murals painted by Enzo's Dad for his nursery: amazing!
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I would like to nominate Lyra's flower mural as the best GRANDPA paint job! Her grandpa is the best!!
That mural is amazing! Lyra has a gorgeous room!
The Dr. Seuss mural by Enzo's Dad in #5 is also pretty special.
That mural is amazing! Lyra has a gorgeous room!
The Dr. Seuss mural by Enzo's Dad in #5 is also pretty special.
I bought paint to paint a mural! Still have it! Sometimes I tell my son about the beautiful tropical mural I was going to paint for him, and the monkey on his closet door, and then I promise that before he leaves for college I will donate the paint to someone who actually follows through on things.
Aw, thanks for including Jeff in this round-up AT! As his wife, I'm super proud of everything Jeff paints, but this one really stole my heart. He has prints of the painting available in his store if anyone wants one too!
That crib in Ellia's room is AMAZING. (So is the chevron.)
I'd actually call Ellia's wall herringbone, not chevron. In addition to accuracy, you gain timelessness over trendiness!


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In September 2000, at the start of the millennium, world leaders gathered at United Nations headquarters in New York to adopt the United Nations Millennium Declaration and its eight key objectives to be reached by 2015:
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) outlines recent progress in meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in its MDG 2013 report (PDF, 6.60 MB, 68 pages).
Since 2000, Canada has committed to the MDGs through a number of major initiatives.
With its additional $1.1-billion commitment to maternal, newborn, and child health through the G-8 Muskoka Initiative, Canada's total commitment to reducing child mortality (MDG 4) and improving maternal health (MDG 5) will be $2.85 billion from 2010 to 2015.
Canada has prioritized basic education for its direct and proven effect on poverty reduction and sustainable development. By 2011, Canada had contributed $150 million to basic education in Africa, which helped to meet these goals. Canada continues to address the needs of exceptionally vulnerable groups, including children in fragile and conflict-affected states such as Afghanistan, Haiti, and Sudan.
Canada doubled its international assistance, reaching $5 billion by March 31, 2011. Canada has already met its commitment to double aid to Africa, and is moving to untie fully all of its aid by 2012–2013. All of Canada's food aid was untied by 2008, as was 91 percent of its total aid, substantially increasing the effectiveness of each dollar, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Improving the quality of aid is essential to achieving sustainable development results. As such, reinforcing its continued commitment to support developing countries in their efforts to achieve the MDGs, Canada announced five priority themes for the international assistance envelope:
Canada also integrates three crosscutting themes into its international development programs and priorities:
These crosscutting themes also support achievement of the MDGs.
As the 1,000-day countdown to the 2015 MDG deadline began on April 5, 2013, there is more talk about next steps to determine the development agenda after 2015. Canada is an active participant in this global discussion.
Identifying the objectives for the post-2015 development agenda is an ongoing process that involves global consultations that include UN member states, civil society, the private sector, academia, and research institutions from all regions. As a starting point to this process, the United Nations established a 27-member high-level panel to provide recommendations about the global development framework beyond 2015.
On May 30, 2013, the panel submitted its report (PDF, 3.43 MB, 84 pages) to the United Nations, providing information about the post-2015 process in addition to a starting point for the international community, including Canada, to discuss the post 2015-development objectives.
Canada is supporting the UN-led global consultation process by providing a grant of $1 million to the UNDP in support of these efforts. This consultation process has already reached thousands of people in more than eighty countries, Furthermore, Canada co-sponsored, in partnership with Senegal and Germany, the Global Thematic Consultation on Education, which was held in Dakar, Senegal, in March 2013 to discuss ongoing global education goals.
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