10th Meeting of the Scientific and Technical Review Panel (STRP)
Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971) |
10th Meeting of the Scientific and Technical Review Panel
Photographic evidence [file 2]
Lest anyone doubt that the meeting really took place
Standing Committee keeps an eye on things. . . . .
Stephen Hunter (Australia), chair of Standing Committee
The obligatory Reception, which makes everyone pause and take stock of themselves
Dave Pritchard, BirdLife International, and Jan Sheltinga, Convention to Combat Desertification, at the reception in the lobby of IUCN headquarters
A coven of Australians: Max Finlayson (STRP member), Ian Noble (Millennium Assessment), and Rick van Dam (ERISS, invited expert)
Bill Streever (USA, observer from the Society of Wetland Scientists), Randy Milton (STRP alternate from Canada), Jack Rieley (observer from the International Peat Society), the Ramsar Exhibit looming behind
Geoff Cowan (STRP member, South Africa), Frank Alberts (RIZA, The Netherlands), Glenn Guntenspergen (USA, Society of Wetland Scientists)
STRP members Jan Pokorný (Czech Republic) and Toomas Saat (Estonia), with logistical support from the Ramsar Bureau (Valerie Higgins, left)
Jan Sheltinga (CCD), Dave Pritchard (BirdLife International), Najam Khurshid (Ramsar Bureau)
George Zalidis, STRP member from Greece, using Reception time to catch up on the agenda papers
John O'Sullivan (BirdLife International, sneezing), Paulette Kennedy (Ramsar Bureau), Parastu Mirabzadeh (CBD secretariat)
