The 9th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties
| "Wetlands and water: supporting life, sustaining livelihoods" 9th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971) Speke Resort, Munyonyo, Kampala, Uganda, 8-15 November 2005 |
List of Ramsar COP9 side events
This is a slightly revised list of side events scheduled for the COP. Organizers are invited to doublecheck the time and venue of their events and contact Sebastià Semene Guitart (ssg@ramsar.org) if any questions arise.
| Ramsar COP9 - Side-events Room Allocation | |||
| Provisional - 20/10/05 |
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| Date | Room | Side-event | Organiser |
| 11/8/2005 | Regal | An African partnership for wetlands management. | WWF/Ramsar/CAW |
| 11/9/2005 | Plenary | Wetlands knowledge, data, monitoring and assessment. | WI |
| 11/9/2005 | Sheena | Building bridges between observing systems and international conventions in coastal areas. | GTOS/FAO |
| 11/9/2005 | Regal | The precautionary approach in conservation and wise use: why, when and how ? | Fauna Flora International |
| 11/9/2005 | Majestic | The Mekong Region Ramsar Initiative - Transboundary implementation of the Ramsar Convention. | IUCN |
| 11/9/2005 | Meera | Zones humides, territoires et collectivités: l'expérience des parcs naturels regionaux de France. | Fédération des Parcs Nat. Reg. de France |
| 11/10/2005 | Majestic | CEPA in Action: Models for CEPA action planning. | WI CEPA Spec. Group |
| 11/10/2005 | Sheena | Introducing New Ramsar Sites in Japan. | Ministry of Environment - Japan |
| 11/10/2005 | Regal | Issue-based modules to improve the coherent implementation of biodiversity-related conventions. | UNEP |
| 11/10/2005 | Plenary | Wetlands and poverty reduction. | WI |
| 11/10/2005 | Royal | The Marshlands of Iraq: Restoration and Cooperation | Government of Canada / Iraq |
| 11/11/2005 | Meera | Regional initiative: high Andean wetlands. | Ministerio del Ambiente - Ecuador |
| 11/11/2005 | Majestic | Experiencias exitosas de gestión ambiental participativa en humedales de las Américas (Resolución VIII.36). | FUNGAP |
| 11/11/2005 | Sheena | Globwetlands: EO technology for managing wetlands. | ESA |
| 11/11/2005 | Plenary | CEPA in action: Wetland Management Training Needs. | RIZA / WetCap |
| 11/11/2005 | Sapphire | Worked examples of environmental flows and their determination and management. | Water Research Commission - South Africa |
| 11/11/2005 | Regal | The Wetlands and Poverty Reduction Project of Wetlands International- including launch of the documentary on The Niger, a Lifeline. | Wetlands International / Ramsar |
| 11/12/2005 | Regal | Ramsar site management : challenges and opportunities. | WWF |
| 11/12/2005 | Plenary | Global Action on Peatlands. | WI / CC-GGAP |
| 11/12/2005 | Meera | Asian Wetland Symposium: A practice of regional initiatives for effective implementation of the Ramsar Convention. | Ramsar Centre Japan |
| 11/12/2005 | Majestic | CEPA in action: Wetland Link International - WLI | WLI |
| 11/12/2005 | Sheena | Contribution of the IUCN CEM to the implementation of the Ramsar Convention. | IUCN - CEM |
| 11/12/2005 | Sapphire | Dispositifs de formation pour les gestionnaires de zones humides d'Afrique francophone. | ATEN - France |
| 11/14/2005 | Regal | Le dispositif Pôle-Relais français: atoût pour la mise en oeuvre du plan national d'action pour les zones humides et l'application d'un programme CESP cohérent. | Ministère de l'Ecologie - France |
| 11/14/2005 | Royal | ChadWet/Comm1 & NigerWet/Comm1: developpement, collaboration et synergies dans deux grands bassins africains. | DCFAP |
| 11/14/2005 | Majestic | Wetland Conservation and site support groups. | Nature Uganda |
| 11/14/2005 | Albert | Iniciativas transfronterizas en los humedales de America latina? I- Establecendo una iniciativa transfronteriza participativa en el Pantanal y humedales de la Cuenca del Plata en America del Sur. II - Los humedales transfronterizos y sitios Ramsar como sitios prioritarios para la cooperación ambiental de Centroamérica. Transboundary initiatives in Latin American wetlands: I- Building a participatory transboundary initiative in South American Pantanal and alluvial wetlands of the Plata | Ministries of Environment - Brazil & Nicaragua and CCAD |
| 11/14/2005 | Sheena | Recognizing the biodiversity and wise use of Agricultural Wetlands as Rice Paddies in Asian Monsoon Climate Region. | Korean Federation for Environmental Movement/Japanese Association for Wild Geese Protection/Japan Wetlands Action Network |
| 11/14/2005 | Sapphire | West Africa delegates intervention session. | IUCN - BRAO |
