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RAMSAR, ZONAS HÚMIDAS<br />
E GESTÃO DA ÁGUA<br />
O acesso a uma f<strong>on</strong>te de <str<strong>on</strong>g>água</str<strong>on</strong>g> potável e<br />
adequa<str<strong>on</strong>g>da</str<strong>on</strong>g> é um requisito básico para a<br />
sobrevivência humana. Estamos<br />
c<strong>on</strong>stantemente a subestimar o papel d<str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
z<strong>on</strong><str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> húmid<str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> como elementos de <str<strong>on</strong>g>gestão</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
básica <str<strong>on</strong>g>da</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>água</str<strong>on</strong>g>, dentro do processo de<br />
ab<str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g>tecimento e regulação dos quais a<br />
humani<str<strong>on</strong>g>da</str<strong>on</strong>g>de depende. Os impactos de<br />
alterações no uso dos solos, desvios de <str<strong>on</strong>g>água</str<strong>on</strong>g>,<br />
e o desenvolvimento de infraestrutur<str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
c<strong>on</strong>tinuam a c<strong>on</strong>duzir à degra<str<strong>on</strong>g>da</str<strong>on</strong>g>ção e per<str<strong>on</strong>g>da</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
de z<strong>on</strong><str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> húmid<str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g>. O acesso à <str<strong>on</strong>g>água</str<strong>on</strong>g> doce está<br />
a diminuir para 1-2 mil milhões de pesso<str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
em todo o mundo, e isto por sua vez afeta<br />
negativamente a produção de alimentos, a<br />
saúde humana e o desenvolvimento<br />
ec<strong>on</strong>ómico, o que ca<str<strong>on</strong>g>da</str<strong>on</strong>g> vez resulta mais em<br />
c<strong>on</strong>flitos sociais.<br />
A C<strong>on</strong>venção de <str<strong>on</strong>g>Ramsar</str<strong>on</strong>g> há muito que -<br />
rec<strong>on</strong>heceu a dependência mútua <str<strong>on</strong>g>da</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>água</str<strong>on</strong>g> e<br />
-<br />
d<str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> z<strong>on</strong><str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> húmid<str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g>. O preâmbulo do texto <str<strong>on</strong>g>da</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
C<strong>on</strong>venção rec<strong>on</strong>hece que <str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> z<strong>on</strong><str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> húmid<str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
são reguladores fun<str<strong>on</strong>g>da</str<strong>on</strong>g>mentais dos regimes -<br />
hídricos. Desde a C<strong>on</strong>ferência d<str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> Partes<br />
C<strong>on</strong>tratantes em 1996, <str<strong>on</strong>g>Ramsar</str<strong>on</strong>g> rec<strong>on</strong>heceu<br />
amplamente que a <str<strong>on</strong>g>água</str<strong>on</strong>g> não só é crucial para<br />
manter <str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> importantes funções ecológic<str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> d<str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
z<strong>on</strong><str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> húmid<str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g>, como também que <str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> z<strong>on</strong><str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
húmid<str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> deviam ser c<strong>on</strong>siderad<str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> como -<br />
comp<strong>on</strong>entes essenciais <str<strong>on</strong>g>da</str<strong>on</strong>g> infraestrutura<br />
global para a <str<strong>on</strong>g>gestão</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>da</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>água</str<strong>on</strong>g>. A <str<strong>on</strong>g>gestão</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>da</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>água</str<strong>on</strong>g>, e o c<strong>on</strong>ceito de uso sensato de <str<strong>on</strong>g>Ramsar</str<strong>on</strong>g>,<br />
tornaram-se vitais para um futuro<br />
-<br />
sustentável. Para atingir um uso sensato que<br />
mantenha <str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> característic<str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> ecológic<str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> d<str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
z<strong>on</strong><str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> húmid<str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> são necessári<str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> abor<str<strong>on</strong>g>da</str<strong>on</strong>g>gens<br />
de toma<str<strong>on</strong>g>da</str<strong>on</strong>g> de decisão e <str<strong>on</strong>g>gestão</str<strong>on</strong>g> b<str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g><str<strong>on</strong>g>ea</str<strong>on</strong>g>d<str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> no<br />
ecossistema e operad<str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> à escala <str<strong>on</strong>g>da</str<strong>on</strong>g> bacia<br />
hidrográfica. Gerir z<strong>on</strong><str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> húmid<str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> para<br />
suportar uma <str<strong>on</strong>g>gestão</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>da</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>água</str<strong>on</strong>g> à escala <str<strong>on</strong>g>da</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
bacia hidrográfica e fornecimento (ou viceversa)<br />
é essencial. Sem uma <str<strong>on</strong>g>gestão</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
apropria<str<strong>on</strong>g>da</str<strong>on</strong>g> d<str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> z<strong>on</strong><str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> húmid<str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> não haverá<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>água</str<strong>on</strong>g> de boa quali<str<strong>on</strong>g>da</str<strong>on</strong>g>de e em quanti<str<strong>on</strong>g>da</str<strong>on</strong>g>de<br />
suficiente, <strong>on</strong>de e quando necessário.<br />
O que é que <str<strong>on</strong>g>Ramsar</str<strong>on</strong>g> tem a dizer sobre <str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
z<strong>on</strong><str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> húmid<str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> e a <str<strong>on</strong>g>água</str<strong>on</strong>g>? A c<strong>on</strong>venção<br />
produziu uma série de orientações formais<br />
relaci<strong>on</strong>ad<str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> com a <str<strong>on</strong>g>água</str<strong>on</strong>g>, publicad<str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> através<br />
dos seus Manuais de Uso Sensato. O manual<br />
-<br />
8, Orientação Relaci<strong>on</strong>a<str<strong>on</strong>g>da</str<strong>on</strong>g> Com A Água: Um<br />
plano de trabalho integrado para a C<strong>on</strong>venção<br />
de orientações relaci<strong>on</strong>ad<str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> com a <str<strong>on</strong>g>água</str<strong>on</strong>g> (4ª<br />
Edição) rec<strong>on</strong>hece que <str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> z<strong>on</strong><str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> húmid<str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> são<br />
recurso primário do qual os seres humanos<br />
retiram <str<strong>on</strong>g>água</str<strong>on</strong>g> e est<str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> c<strong>on</strong>stituem um<br />
importante e crítico comp<strong>on</strong>ente do ciclo <str<strong>on</strong>g>da</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>água</str<strong>on</strong>g>, que nos <str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g>segura o fornecimento <str<strong>on</strong>g>da</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
mesma.<br />
A principal mensagem do Dia Mundial d<str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
Z<strong>on</strong><str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> Húmid<str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> 2013, é que precisamos de<br />
rec<strong>on</strong>siderar a nossa visão sobre <str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> z<strong>on</strong><str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
húmid<str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g>, dentro <str<strong>on</strong>g>da</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>gestão</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>da</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>água</str<strong>on</strong>g>, e<br />
rec<strong>on</strong>hecer que <str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> necessi<str<strong>on</strong>g>da</str<strong>on</strong>g>des do recurso<br />
natural “<str<strong>on</strong>g>água</str<strong>on</strong>g>” são fornecid<str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> à<br />
socie<str<strong>on</strong>g>da</str<strong>on</strong>g>de<br />
humana através d<str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> z<strong>on</strong><str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> húmid<str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g>.<br />
Poster do dia mundial d<str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> z<strong>on</strong><str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> húmid<str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> 2009<br />
focado na <str<strong>on</strong>g>gestão</str<strong>on</strong>g> d<str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> baci<str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g> hidrográfic<str<strong>on</strong>g>as</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
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