Conservation and sustainable use of wetlands and RAMSAR sites

In 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar, an international treaty was created that promotes the conservation and rational use of wetlands, due to the importance they hold in providing multiple benefits for human development and environmental sustainability, as well as their own environmental, biological and climatic vulnerability. Among the countries annexed to this treaty, there is Bolivia with eleven wetlands under protection; one of them, the bofedales, which are natural grassland-type wetlands located in high areas and with a type of natural vegetation with high forage potential. Now, within the projects that promote the conservation of these biological spaces, there is this technical cooperation project, where the following is promoted through the intervention of the approach of the international treaty: "Improving the capacity for conservation and sustainable use of bofedales and RAMSAR sites" as part of an initiative financed by the European Union with the Euroclima + program (which is focused on environmental sustainability and climate change in Latin America); implemented by the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) and executed by IICA.