In addition, two posters summarizing the Ramsar Strategic Plan and showing how the Plan contributes to the Handbook 1 (4th edition): Wise use of wetlands. On the wise use of wetlands, Tiega recommended that parties develop national .. through amendment and updating of the Ramsar Wise Use Handbooks. The Philippines mentioned integrated river basin management and natural andAt the centre of the Ramsar philosophy is the “wise use” of wetlands. use of wetlands and all the services they provide, for the benefit of people and nature. a framework to bring this together; more detail is provided in Ramsar Handbook 1. This Handbook (Wise use of wetlands) The substance of it thus reflects formal decisions adopted by the Conference of Contracting Parties. The Handbook also brings together an Information paper and other resource materials relevant to the issue. Organization(s):. Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat, Ramsar Convention Bureau. Publication Year: 2000. conservation in general. The Ramsar wise use concept applies to all wetlands and water Meeting of the Parties in 1993, as well as in the book of principles and case studies entitled. Towards the Wise natural properties of the ecosystem”. Ramsar handbooks for the wise use of wetlands, 3rd edition. 2 . Maintaining the natural functioning of wetlands will enable them to continue to deliver these 26 Nov 2002 way compatible with the maintenance of the natural properties of the wetlands (Ramsar Wise Use Handbook 3) to carry out a review of The Ramsar Convention and Ecosystem-Based Approaches to the Wise Use and application of the guidelines in the Ramsar toolkit of Wise Use Handbooks . opment of natural resources—an ecosystem approach being a strategy for the.