Group model for evaluating the importance of Ramsar sites in Vojvodina Province of Serbia
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Group model for evaluating the importance of Ramsar sites in Vojvodina Province of Serbia Bojan Srđević1 · Zorica Srđević1 · Milica Ilić1 · Senka Ždero1 Received: 29 May 2020 / Accepted: 12 November 2020 © Springer Nature B.V. 2020
Abstract The objective of this study was to develop a holistic group decision-making model for evaluating the global importance of several protected nature reserves in Vojvodina Province of Serbia, recognised as Ramsar sites. The group model for evaluation, based on a multi-criteria method analytic hierarchy process, determines preferences among Ramsars in the province regarding perspectives of future planning and management, risk protection, and different aspects of their preservation and exploitation. Although the model is tested through group scenario analyses on a limited scale, this model is considered generally relevant to similar scenarios and problems related to the management of nature protected areas in other, not only developing, countries. Proof of concept and methods used guarantee obtaining reliable solutions. In the present study, all participating experts agreed that the results are correct and, being supported by scientific methodology, valuable from their perspective. Keywords Protected nature reserves · Ramsar sites · Evaluation · Group · Serbia
1 Introduction Protection and management of nature reserves, national parks, wetlands, and other natural areas require consideration of numerous aspects, such as those related to their size and location and existing ecosystems/habitats and ecosystem services they already offer or could offer in the future. Imposed national regulation determines which requirements should be fulfilled in the planning and management of such areas, especially wetlands recognised by the Ramsar Convention [RC] (henceforth Ramsars). This treaty, signed in 1971 in Ramsar, Iran, is the only global treaty that focuses specifically on wetlands which defines as: …areas of marsh, fen, peatland or water, whether natural or artificial, permanent or temporary, with water that is static or flowing, fresh, brackish or salt, including areas
* Bojan Srđević [email protected] 1
Department of Water Management, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad, Trg D. Obradovica 8, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
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of marine water the depth of which at low tide does not exceed six metres. (Ramsar Convention 1971, Article 1.1). Although wetlands provide many services and increase quality of life for local people and wildlife (Mitch and Gosselink 2015), the world has lost 50% of its wetlands due to human activities (Davidson 2014). Beside human activities, ongoing climate change results in increased evaporation, water level fluctuation, alteration of chemical and physical environment of wetlands (Feramini et al. 2021), putting even more pressure to functionality and sustainability of wet areas. Knowing which wetlands are of greater importance regarding different criteria (ecological, social, and financial) could enable creati
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