A Continental Dataset Analysis on Strategy Implementation from the COP10 Ramsar National Reports

The Ramsar Convention, adopted in 1971, has expanded global cooperation for the conservation and wise use of wetlands, with recent assessments emphasizing its relevance to climate adaptation, biodiversity conservation, and water security. National Reports submitted by Contracting Parties provide the primary official dataset for evaluating implementation progress across regions. This study analyzes descriptive statistics from the 24 strategies reported to the 10th Conference of the Parties, covering wetland inventory, policy and legal frameworks, Ramsar Site designation and management, international cooperation, financing, monitoring, and capacity building. The results reveal clear regional disparities: Europe and Oceania showed high achievement in several strategies, such as Wetland inventory and assessment (Europe, 80.0±2.0%) and Regional initiatives (Oceania, 90.0±10.0%), while Africa and Latin America recorded lower values in policy and ecological management areas, particularly Ramsar Site ecological character (Africa, 34.2±3.9%; Latin America, 34.0±5.3%). Financial and implementation- support domains -including development assistance for wetland conservation and management, financial contributions to the Convention, and use of National Reports for monitoring implementation- were uniformly low across all regions. These findings highlight structural differences in institutional and financial capacity and provide a foundational dataset for future analytical research and for informing policy development to strengthen balanced implementation of the Ramsar Convention.