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The Ramsar Information Pack

You will find below the PDF documents of the basic Ramsar Information Pack. The hardcopy Pack is available free of charge from the Secretariat.

Information Paper no. 1	What are wetlands?
Information Paper no. 2	What is the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands?
Information Paper no. 3	The Ramsar Strategic Plan 2003-2008 and the "three pillars" of the Convention
Information Paper no. 4	The List of Wetlands of International Importance ("Ramsar List")
Information Paper no. 5	The Criteria for Identifying Wetlands of International Importance
Information Paper no. 6	The Montreux Record and the Ramsar Advisory Missions
Information Paper no. 7	The Ramsar concept of "wise use"
Information Paper no. 8	Ramsar small grants assistance programmes
Information Paper no. 9	Administrative Authorities and National Focal Points
Information Paper no. 10	Synergy, networking, and international cooperation
Information Paper no. 11	Ramsar Guidance and the Handbooks for the Wise Use of Wetlands
Information Paper no. 12	International cooperation
Information Paper no. 13	How States may join the Ramsar Convention
Information Paper no. 14	How to learn more about the Ramsar Convention
Information Paper no. 15	The List of Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
The full set of Information Papers in English (ZIP 3.9MB)
The attractive print edition of the Ramsar Info Pack is available at no charge from the Secretariat: ramsar@ramsar.org

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Number of » Contracting Parties: 167 Sites designated for the
» List of Wetlands of
International Importance: 2,122 Total surface area of designated sites (hectares): 205,366,160

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