30th Meeting of the Ramsar Standing Committee -- Photos -- Dinner

Photos of the Gala Dinner

Tobias Salathé raises a glass in the Hôtel des Alpes in Nyon

Peter, Henk, Spyros, and Jean-Yves captivated by the floor show

Left: Trevor Swerdfager (Canada), the floor show; Right: Wolfgang Pelikan (Austria) and Makoto Komoda (Japan) trading baseball cards

Valerie Higgins, Herb Raffaele (USA), Paulette Kennedy

Comfort Molosiwa (Botswana) between Nassima Aghanim and Peter Bridgewater (Ramsar)

Olivier Biber, representing the dinner's host, Switzerland, welcomes all diners, including Margarita Astrálaga and Jorge Cappato (foreground)

Time for another floor show

Dave Pritchard, Nick Davidson, and Walt Reid

Comfort Molosiwa (Botswana), Yaw Ofori-Frimpong (Ghana), and Tunde Ojei (Wetlands International)

José Ramón Picatoste (Spain), Masoud Bagherzadeh Karimi (Iran), Virgil Munteanu (Romania)

John Bowleg (Bahamas), Estelle Gironnet and Ibrahim Shaame (Ramsar)

Jan Kadlecik and Adriána Klindová (Slovak Republic) surrounding Libuse Vlasakova (Czech Republic)

Japanese and Ramsar delegations awaiting the second floor show

Joyce Namde (USA), Colin McLeod (UK), Valerie Higgins (Ramsar (formerly UK))

Jean-Yves Pirot (IUCN), Abou Bamba (Ramsar), Olivier Biber (Switzerland)

Fighting over the check

Olivier Biber (Switzerland), Trevor Swerdfager (Canada), Gordana Beltram (Slovenia)

Peter Bridgewater, Secretary General, and Joyce Namde and Herb Raffaele of the USA signing a new agreement for the Wetlands for the Future Fund

Paul Mafabi (Uganda) ordering dessert with Peter Bridgewater's approval

The second floor show