Photos from the 7th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties -- Index Page

"People and Wetlands: The Vital Link"
7^th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties
Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971)
San José, Costa Rica, 10-18 May 1999

Photos from COP7

Scenes from the Plenary Sessions: crowd shots! the podium! much more!

The Wetland Conservation Award ceremonies

The Exhibits: representative shots of the exhibition booths

Behind the Scenes: documentation, translation, interpretation, reporting -- all the nuts and bolts of running a COP

Party On! The secretariat tries desperately to relax after the closing ceremonies

Candid shots: odds and ends from the bottom of the bin