International Bodies

Hi There, How about including the impact of international bodies' views when decisions are made regarding an invest/not invest decision on climate change? For exmaple Ramstar versus Montreux listing for wetlands. A good example of this 'debate' is given by Bill Phillips in a review of the Ramsar web site shwoing that there are at present 57 Montreux-listed sites, with another 25 that have been removed following rehabilitation activities. From the sites listed on Montreux at present it may be notable that there are sites in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain, the UK and USA. Phillip's says that "one assumes that these countries, like Australia, should have at their disposal the technical and financial resources to address Ramsar site management problems". Go to http://www.ramsar.org/forum/forum_australia_montreux.htm