The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

Ramsar Web site index page banner photographs from the past [file 2]

Earlier pix:

The photo at the top of this page shows the restored Pupplinger Au floodplain forest in Germany
(Photo: Tobias Salathé). November-December 2003.

The photo at the top of this page shows the Nová reka River floodplain in RS Trebonské rybníky (fishponds) in the Biosphere Reserve Trebonsko, Czech Republic
(Photo: Jan Ševcík). October-November 2003.

The photo at the top of this page shows the Bassin du Drugeon Ramsar site in France, 1 June 2003
(Photo: Tobias Salathé). September 2003.

The photo at the top of this page shows Kemeri in Latvia, 2003
(Photo: Tobias Salathé). August 2003.

The photo at the top of this page shows the Laguna de Mulas Muertas, Laguna Brava Ramsar site in Argentina
(Photo: Horacio de la Fuente). July 2003.

The photo at the top of this page shows the inner Gediz Delta, near Izmir, Turkey, on the occasion of the 5th MedWet/Com meeting, June 2003
(Photo: Tobias Salathé)

The photo at the top of this page shows the traditional pescatori or fishermen's homes on the island of Burano in the Lagoon of Venice, Italy, May 2003
(Photo: Tobias Salathé).

The photo at the top of this page shows the Prut River floodplain, Republic of Moldova, April 2003
(Photo: Tobias Salathé) May 2003.

The photo at the top of this page shows the floodplain of the river Parana in Argentina
(Photo: Jorge Cappato). March 2003

The photo at the top of this page shows World Wetlands Day 2003 on the river Mura, the Pomurje region of Slovenia
(Photo: Stanka Dsnik). February 2003

The photo at the top of this page shows fishing huts at Bevanella canal in the Italian Ramsar Site “Ortazzo e Ortazzino” on the Adriatic coast south of the Po Delta, north of Milano Marittima coastal resort.
(Photo: Tobias Salathé, Ramsar). January 2003.

The photo at the top of this page shows piles of nets and bamboo canes used for traditional fishing in the shallow waters of the bay, Chilika Lake, India
(Photo: Najam Khurshid, Ramsar). November 2002.

The photo at the top of this page shows tropical wetlands in Western Samoa
(Photo: Nick Davidson, Ramsar). September 2002.

The photo at the top of this page shows Broghil Lake on the divide between Chitral and Ghizer districts in northern Pakistan, with the Hindu Raj Cordillera behind
(Photo: Hassan Zaki, WWF/Pakistan).

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For further information about the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, please contact the Ramsar Convention Bureau, Rue Mauverney 28, CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland (tel +41 22 999 0170, fax +41 22 999 0169, e-mail ). Posted 21 December 2001, updated 16 June 2004, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.