An approach for management modeling of a tropical wetland

Abstract

This article has proposed an approach for management modeling of a tropical wetland. The model is based on the combination of the components and criteria established in the 4th Strategic Plan (SP4) 2016–2024 of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands with Bloom's Taxonomy. The management modeling of a tropical wetland consists of the formulation of a multiple criteria matrix of wetland management strategic plan (WMSP) for 18 Latin countries based an integral wetland management model index (WMMI‐integral) associated with Bloom's Taxonomy. The WMMI‐integral is categorized into five levels that include knowledge, comprehension, application, evaluation, and creation, which are influenced by the implementation in the Latin‐countries of targets linked to the goals of SP4. The results are fitting a multiple linear regression model to describe the relationship between WMMI‐Integral and five parameters. The proposed wetland management model constitutes a tool to contribute a decision for assessing sustainability by coupling an approach that considers wetland management components and attributes for wetland inventory, diagnosis, assessment, creation.