Ramsar 8th meeting of the Conference of the Parties

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

"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

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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 (English, Français, Español)

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 16 January 2001, updated 2 April 2003, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.