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The 8th meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention

16/01/2001

"Wetlands: water, life, and culture"
8th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties
to the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971)
Valencia, Spain, 18-26 November 2002

Results of the 8th Conference of the Parties

Official Conference Report

Resolutions adopted by Ramsar COP8

Other official documents considered by COP8

Earth Negotiations Bulletin: daily reports, analytic summary

Daily photo briefings of Ramsar COP8

List of participants (PDF format):
I) Delegates of Contracting Parties and Observer States, government observers, national NGOs, and business sector;
II) Intergovernmental organizations, partner organizations, international NGOs, invited experts, Earth Negotiations Bulletin;
III) Secretariat

National Reports submitted by the Parties for COP8 (in PDF format) - Statistical overview

Schedule of pre-COP events and side events during Ramsar COP8

Regional and subregional meetings in preparation for COP8 (reports)

The Rules of Procedure for Ramsar COPs

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Valencia's Museum of Science at night

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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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