The 8th Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention -- Index of documentation
10/01/2002
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| "Wetlands: water, life, and culture" 8th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971) Valencia, Spain, 18-26 November 2002 |
List of Documents for Ramsar COP8
All documents for Ramsar COP8 were transmitted officially to Contracting Parties with a mailing in mid-August 2002 (three months before the COP) and a second and final mailing on 16 October 2002 (one month before the COP).
All draft resolutions and working documents for the plenary session are available in the three official languages (English, French and Spanish) but most information documents are available in English only. The Resolutions as adopted by COP8 are available at key_res_viii_index.htm.
Document Number | Document Title | . | . | . |
COP8 DOC 1 | Provisional Annotated Agenda and Programme (revision 3) | |||
COP8 DOC 2 | Rules of Procedure for meetings of the Conference of the Contracting Parties | |||
COP8 DOC 3 | Report of the Chairperson of the Standing Committee | |||
COP8 DOC 4 | Report of the Chair of the Scientific and Technical Review Panel (STRP) | |||
COP8 DOC 5 | Report of the Secretary General on the implementation of the Convention at the global level | |||
COP8 DOC 6 | Report of the Secretary General pursuant to Article 8.2 (b), (c), and (d) concerning the List of Wetlands of International Importance | |||
COP8 DOC 7 | Report of the Secretary General on the results of the World Summit on Sustainable Development of relevance to the Convention on Wetlands | |||
COP8 DOC 8 | Information paper: Millennium Ecosystem Assessment report to the COP on "Status and Draft Outline" | |||
COP8 DOC 9 | Information paper: Allocation and management of water for maintaining wetland ecosystem functions: processes, strategies and tools | |||
COP8 DOC 10 | Information paper: The Report of the World Commission on Dams (WCD) and its relevance to the Ramsar Convention | |||
COP8 DOC 11 | Information paper: Climate change and wetlands: impacts, adaptations and mitigation [figures separate] | |||
COP8 DOC 12 | . | |||
COP8 DOC 13 | Date and venue of the next ordinary meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties (COP9) | |||
COP8 DOC 14 | Information paper: Support service for the Scientific and Technical Review Panel (STRP) | |||
COP8 DOC 15 | Information paper: Cultural aspects of wetlands | |||
COP8 DOC 16 | Information paper: A framework for integrated wetland inventory, assessment and monitoring | |||
COP8 DOC 17 | Information paper: Feasibility of establishing an Endowment Fund to resource the Ramsar Small Grants Fund for Wetlands Conservation and Wise Use | |||
COP8 DOC 18 | Information paper: Progress report on the implementation of the second Joint Work Plan (2000-2001) of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971) | |||
COP8 DOC 19 | Information paper: Third Joint Work Plan (2002-2006) of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971) | |||
COP8 DOC 20 | Assessing and reporting the status and trends of wetlands, and the implementation of Article 3.2 of the Convention concerning change in the ecological character of Ramsar sites | |||
COP8 DOC 21 | Operation and budget of the MedWet Coordination Unit | |||
COP8 DOC 22 | Information paper: Programme of joint work between the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971) and the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) | |||
COP8 DOC 23 | Information paper: Joint Work Plan (2002-2003) Under the Memorandum of Cooperation between the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme and the Bureau of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands | |||
COP8 DOC 24 | Information paper: Draft Joint Work Plan 2003-2005 between the Convention on Wetlands, the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS), and the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) | |||
COP8 DOC 25 | Regional overview of the implementation of the Convention and its Strategic Plan 1997-2002: Africa | |||
COP8 DOC 26 | Regional overview of the implementation of the Convention and its Strategic Plan 1997-2002: Asia | |||
COP8 DOC 27 | Regional overview of the implementation of the Convention and its Strategic Plan 1997-2002: Europe | |||
COP8 DOC 28 | Regional overview of the implementation of the Convention and its Strategic Plan 1997-2002: Neotropics | |||
COP8 DOC 29 | Regional overview of the implementation of the Convention and its Strategic Plan 1997-2002: North America | |||
COP8 DOC 30 | Regional overview of the implementation of the Convention and its Strategic Plan 1997-2002: Oceania | |||
COP8 DOC 31 | Issues and options concerning the further elaboration of the Ramsar criteria and guidelines for the future development of the List of Wetlands of International Importance | |||
COP8 DOC 32 | Information paper from Switzerland/Ramsar/WWF: Sustainable Management of Water Resources: The Need for a Holistic Ecosystem Approach | |||
COP8 DOC 33 | Enhancing the information on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar sites): the role of the Ramsar Sites Database | |||
COP8 DOC 34 | Information paper: The Ramsar Wetland Data Gateway | |||
COP8 DOC 35 | Information paper: The use of Earth Observation technology to support the implementation of the Ramsar Convention | |||
COP8 DOC 36 | List of registered observers | |||
COP8 DOC 37 | The Ramsar Convention: Measuring its Effectiveness for Conserving Wetlands of International Importance (World Bank report) | |||
COP8 DOC 38 | Letter from the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Uganda | . | . | |
COP8 DOC 39 | Letter from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania | . | . | |
COP8 DOC 40 | Interim Executive Summary to Ramsar COP8 DOC. 11: Climate Change and Wetlands | . | . | |
