Mediterranean Wetlands Outlook - Synthesis for decision makers

The "Synthesis for decision makers" includes 17 facsheets added to a 68 page-report.

In order to make the download easier, the report had been divided in four parts:

First part: pages 1 to 22

PART I. CONTEXT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN BASIN

Second part: pages 23 to 35

PART II. WETLANDS AT THE HEART OF MEDITERRANEAN BASIN ISSUES

Third part: page 36 to 54

PART III. CAUSES OF CHANGES IN MEDITERRANEAN WETLANDS
PART IV. IMPACT OF CHANGES IN WETLANDS

Fourth part: page 55 to 72

PART V. RESPONSES
PART VI. PERSPECTIVES FOR ACTION BY DECISION MAKERS

Facsheets 1 to 17:

Status and trends

1. Diversity and abundance of species
1.a. Diversity and abundance of species : waterbirds
2. Wetland birds and climate change
3. Wetland birds and land-use change
4. River flow
5. Water quality
6. Wetland surface area

Direct causes of change

7. Renewable water resources
8. Water demand per sector
9. Human demography
10. Land conversion to agriculture and urbanization

Impacts and benefits

11. Role of wetlands in water supply
12. Role of wetlands in water purification
13. Role of wetlands in flood & drought
14. Educational & touristic role of wetlands

Responses

15.1 Surface of Ramsar wetlands
15.2 Surface of nationally protected wetlands
16. Strategic efforts in wetlands protection
17. Wetlands and Millennium development goals