The
Ramsar Convention on WetlandsThe
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
Ramsar COP8 - Brief report and photos: day three
| "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 |
Day Three of the Ramsar COP
Side event on the Ouled Said Oasis and Algerian Wetlands
A panel presentation and discussion of the rich Ouled Said Oasis Ramsar site and its ancient system of water management, with management efforts developed by the Direction Generale des Forets of Algeria, with assistance from the WWF Living Waters Programme.
Followed by everyone eating dates (below).
Sandra Hails (Ramsar), left; Jamie Pittock (WWF), right; Spyros Kouvelis (MedWet), the tall one
Ammar Boumezbeur (Algeria), Nejib Benessaiah (MedWet), Jean-Paul Taris (Tour du Valat)
Herb Raffaele (USA)
Sybille Vermont (Swiss delegation) and Amalia Romeo (WWF International), center
Denis Landenbergue (WWF), Anada Tiéga (Ramsar), and a colleague from Morocco
For
further information about the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, please contact
the Ramsar Convention Bureau, Rue Mauverney 28, CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland
(tel +41 22 999 0170, fax +41 22 999 0169, e-mail 
).
Posted 21 November 2002, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.
