Index of the Ramsar Web site

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Global Index to the Ramsar Web Site

3 March 2009

This is a global keyword index of the contents of the Ramsar Web site. The dates refer to first posting on this site and follow the day/month/year format. Most of the Convention's official documents are available in the three 'working languages', but in some instances documents which are available here in French and Spanish versions are listed only under their English titles.

Links to "E, F, S" refer to versions of the document in English, Français, and Español.

book3d.gif (10453 bytes) Ramsar à la carte - a quick index to the major subject areas

book3d.gif (10453 bytes) Key Documents - a quick index to the major document groups

Accession procedures/requirements: Resolution 4.5 (text); Resolution VI.16 (text)
Acreman, Mike, Economic Valuation of Wetlands, 1997 (text)
Acronyms: list of acronyms used by the Convention (27/04/97)
Administrative Authorities: list of (28/03/97, updated regularly)
Advisory Board on Capacity Building for the Ramsar Convention: home page
Africa: further CPs, Recommendation 3.6 (text); Pan-African Regional Meeting report (E, F) (07/09/98); over for COP7 (10/05/99); Africa Environment Outlook 2, UNEP (11/07/06); capacity building modules (17/07/07)
Africa, West: see West Africa
Africa, Southern: see Southern Africa
African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA): enters into force (04/11/99); joint work plan with Ramsar (05/05/04); award to David Stroud (28/10/05); Award winners 2008 (21/07/08); MOP-4 results (07/10/08)
African / Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Flyway: GEF project (15/04/00)
African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN): includes wetlands in action plan (08/07/04)
ALAS - All about salt: publications (30/06/03)
Albania: Karvasta Lagoon (09/07/96); hosts Prespa Park meeting (20/10/00); designates Butrint (12/06/03); ceremony at Butrint (17/07/03); cooperation with Montenegro (27/10/05); names Lake Shkodra (30/01/06)
Algeria: advisory mission to Lac Oubeïra and Lac Tonga (1990); ten arid land Ramsar sites (13/02/01); photo essay (13/02/01) and trip report (16/02/01); adds Oasis de Ouled Saïd to Montreux Record (15/06/01); 13 additional Ramsar sites (29/07/03); Ramsar/WWF visit to Lac de Réghaïa (19/01/04); 16 new Ramsar sites (26/01/06)
Amendments: see Ramsar Convention: amendment procedure; Regina Amendments
Andean wetlands: workshop on strategy for (28/07/05); 5th Andean Strategy workshop (17/07/08). See also High altitude wetlands.
Andorra: announces intention to join Ramsar (27/03/02); intends to join the Convention (16/09/04)
Antigua and Barbuda: becomes 146th Party (24/06/05)
Arab States and the Ramsar Convention: position paper (24/04/97); outreach meeting in Bahrain (22/01/01)
Archaeology and wetlands: special issue of Current Archaeology (08/03/01); European Archaeological Council assembly (27/03/01); news (02/04/01); and peat, UK (10/01/02); bundle burials (14/02/02)
Arctic region: and MEAs (26/09/06)
Argentina: names its 6th site (06/02/97); briefing sketch (06/05/97); plans workshop with Ramsar support (04/11/97); Secretary General visits (27/01/98); names 7th Ramsar site (10/01/00); names high altitude Ramsar site (08/11/00); ratifies Regina Amendments (24/08/01); hosts Ramsar subregional meeting (31/10/01); names big site on Paraná river (20/12/01); designates 10th Ramsar site (28/01/02); programme on pampas wetlands (10/06/02); names Mar Chiquita (12/06/02); names Laguna Brava (21/02/03); Paraná management seminar (06/10/03); new site in Buenos Aires (01/04/05); oil activities suspended at Llancanelo (27/05/05); designates El Tromen (12/07/06); environment policy for Chaco province (25/09/06); extends Guanacache site (04/06/07); WFF project for coastal Patagonia wetlands (08/11/07); names 16th Ramsar site (28/03/08) ; designates flamingo site (06/08/08)
Arid zones: wetlands in (S, F) (25/09/97)
Armenia: Ramsar visit to (29/09/98); SGF news (16/11/99); Ramsar mission to (13/09/00) and trip report (13/10/00); Ramsar postage stamps (05/10/00); management plans for Lake Sevan (18/08/01); reports on SGF project (30/01/02) and on still another (03/09/02); hosts Ramsar meeting (09/03) and report (09/01/04); Ramsar brochure (03/08/05); seminar on treaties implementation (12/10/06); training for Caucasus managers (11/02/08)
Article 2.5 of the Convention: Resolution VII.23 (text); draft ELC advice (E,F,S) (28/09/00)
Article 3 of the Convention: Recommendation 5.2 (text)
Article 3.2 of the Convention: background paper by Pritchard (04/10/00)
Article 4.2 of the Convention: Resolution VII.23 (text); draft ELC advice (E,F,S) (28/9/00)
Article 5 of the Convention: Resolution 4.4 (text)
Articles 6 and 7 of the Convention: Regina Amendments (text)
Article 10 bis of the Convention: Paris Protocol (text); interpretation in Resolution 4.1 (text)
"Arusha Call for African Wetlands", 2005: text
Asia: further CPs, Recommendation 3.10 (text); North East Asia Workshop (20/3/97) and Beidaihe Declaration (18/5/97); overview for COP7 (10/5/99); 4th Asia Conservation Forum (11/10/07)
Asia-Pacific region: Shorebird Action Plan (5/2/99); training programme for (16/11/99); Mundkur cites progress (update on training programme for (3/7/01)
Asia Pacific Migratory Waterbird Conservation Strategy: update for 2000 (7/10/00); update for 2001 (25/02/02); new Web site (17/07/03)
Asia, Western: Ramsar brochure & background paper on (12/11/99)
Asian Waterbird Conservation Fund: call for applications (13/07/06)
Asian Waterfowl Census: published (30/4/98) & special offer (22/9/98); AWC 2000 (25/11/99); call for data (11/10/01); Asian Waterbird Census 1997-2001 (06/04/04); census set for January 2008 (07/12/07)
Asian Wetland Inventory: description of (14/03/01)
Australia: reorganization of ANCA (26/11/96); thanks to hosts, Resolution VI.20 (text); Recommendation 6.17.4 (text); honors for COP organizers (29/1/97); press release on Wetlands Policy (8/2/97); Point Lillias press release (20/3/97) and another (25/6/97); policy for Western Australia (18/9/97); "Ramsar Watch" founded (21/10/97); wine growers aid wetlands (15/3/98); text of national wetland policy (5/6/98); reprieve for Wingecarribee Swamp (5/6/98); invitation to researchers (7/9/98); partnership for Gwydir (2/2/99); names 4 new sites (16/6/99); training programme for Asia-Pacific (16/11/99); extends Macquarie site (16/5/00); enshrines Ramsar status in legislation (1/11/00); designates 3 sites in Western Australia (24/1/01); "Revive! our Wetlands" programme (14/03/01); hosts Asia-Pacific training (03/07/01); names 57th Ramsar site (01/10/01); Currawinya site sign (04/01/02); Tri-National Wetlands Initiative (05/06/02); reviews incentive measures (20/09/02); tests how to describe ecological character (30/10/02); six new Ramsar sites (14/02/03); South Australia wetland strategy (02/04/03); 3rd Wetland Forum (20/05/03); names 64th Ramsar site (04/11/03); Revive Our Wetlands renewed (12/03/04); task force meeting (02/12/04); launches wetland management training programme (24/07/06); Fivebough & Tuckerbil news (16/08/07); Ramsar site wins Thiess prize (20/09/07); Murray River flow atlas (26/10/07); water purchased for Narran Lake and press release (27/03/08); Coorong update (29/09/08); 65th Ramsar site (22/10/08)
Austria: National Ramsar Committee meeting (29/09/96); 9th Ramsar site named (19/11/96); another National Ramsar Committee meeting (23/06/97); twinning programme with Kenya (24/06/98); 10th Ramsar site named (12/01/00); Ramsar Centre planned for Waldviertel (01/02/00); Ramsar advisory mission to Donau-March-Auen, 1991 (text); Morava-Dyje Floodplains trilateral agreement (06/09/01); names 11th Ramsar Site (09/04/02); peatland project brochure (08/12/03); WasSerleben brochure (12/12/03); 5 new Ramsar sites (02/02/04); brochure on Ramsar Sites (26/02/04); Ramsar Centre launched in Schrems (02/06/04); names mires in Styria (26/11/04); transboundary Ramsar sites seminar (27/11/04); names two mire Ramsar sites (14/07/05); National Ramsar Committee (05/10/05); Ramsar Visitor Centre in Schrems (02/05/06); Klagenfurt MSc course in protected areas (19/04/07); National Ramsar Committee meeting (25/06/07); Klagenfurt MSc course (29/06/07), again (30/09/07); celebrations for Morava-Dyje TRS (07/12/07); welcomes Russian experts (06/12/07); Klagenfurt MSc course 2009 (30/07/08); Transboundary Ramsar Site with Germany, & celebration (17/09/080
Avian flu: Ramsar Resolution on (22/11/05); Ramsar presentation at CBD COP8 (19/03/06); task force brochure about (19/10/06); CMS-AEWA Web site launched (22/11/06); lessons learnt workshop (25/07/07)
Azerbaijan: becomes 125th Contracting Party (04/08/01)
Bahamas: becomes 99th Contracting Party (14/02/97)
Bahrain: becomes 105th Contracting Party (25/11/97); meetings held (22/01/01)
Baltic States and the Ramsar Convention: info paper (04/05/97); workshop on transboundary wetlands (12/05/04)
Bangladesh: Wetland Research and Education Centre (28/05/97); names Tanguar Haor to List (27/07/00); enlarges Sundarbans site (26/11/03)
Banrock Winery, Australia: helps Australian wetlands (15/03/98); helps Dutch wetlands (09/05/00)
Barbados: joins Ramsar Convention (05/01/06)
Barbier, E., Economic Valuation of Wetlands, 1997 (text)
Barcelona Convention: and Ramsar (09/09/99); Memo of Cooperation signed with Ramsar (19/02/01); new MOC with Ramsar (08/02/06)
BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation): airs TV show on Ramsar (10/04/99)
Beidaihe Declaration, 7 March 1997: text (18/05/97)
Belarus: becomes the 117th Contracting Party (30/11/99); two new Ramsar sites (10/09/01); conference on Polesie (28/05/02); names 4 new sites (22/01/03); transboundary SGF project (12/08/03); workshop on transboundary wetlands (12/05/04); MAB/Ramsar workshop on Polesie wetlands (05/07/04); names transboundary wetlands as Ramsar site (01/05/06); Transboundary Ramsar Site with Ukraine (02/06/08)
Belgium: Ramsar Advisory Mission, 1988 (text); funds black stork project (06/09/02); transboundary Ramsar site with Luxembourg (03/12/04)
Belize: becomes 108th Contracting Party (08/05/98); designates Sarstoon Temash (27/10/05)
Benin: becomes 119th Contracting Party (09/02/00); two new Ramsar sites (19/04/07); national wetlands strategy (23/07/07)
Biodiversity and wetlands: CBD/Ramsar poster in PDF (24/08/07)
Biodiversity in inland water ecosystems: project proposal (28/04/97); prelim report (16/07/97), final report & recommendations (S, F) (15/08/97); Montreal meetings reported (09/09/97); WRI report for CBD (06/05/04)
Biodiversity Liaison Group (of conventions): report of third meeting (21/07/05); report of fourth meeting (25/10/05)
Biodiversity-related conventions: WCMC project for synergy (25/10/97); meet to harmonize info (09/10/98); Joint Web Site of (12/03/99); Ramsar urges greater coordination (09/02/01); Liaison Group meeting (21/07/05); statement on Millennium Development Goals (12/09/05); UNEP workshop on issue modules (14/03/06)
BirdLife International: memorandum of cooperation with Ramsar (01/07/99) and a new one (2004); closer cooperation with Ramsar urged (19/10/99); Important Bird Areas reference published (29/05/00); Threatened Birds book (20/10/00); new book on potential Ramsar sites in Europe (13/11/01); Pritchard seconded to Ramsar (30/10/06); State of the World's Birds published (25/09/08)
Black Sea: wetland meetings in Ukraine (05/10/00)
Bolivia: designates Lago Titicaca (11/09/98); names Cuenca de Tajzara (F, S) (25/07/00); photos of Titicaca (11/01/01); names 3 large sites (E, F, S)(23/09/01); names Laguna Concepción (11/06/02); designates high-Andean lakes (30/07/02); SGF report on Poopo (25/02/03); grazing workshop proceedings (01/01/04): CD on Ramsar sites (27/02/06)
Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles): development near Ramsar site rejected (12/11/07); analysis of that case (09/01/09)
Bosnia and Herzegovina: becomes 129th Contracting Party (25/10/01); workshop on Bardaca wetlands (06/12/06); Bardaca named as Ramsar site (02/03/07); SGF project at Bardaca wetlands (05/07/07); designates 3rd Ramsar site (16/09/08)
Botswana: becomes the 97th Contracting Party (29/01/97); UNESCO's letter on accession; Okavango Delta described (24/02/97); conference on National Wetland Policy (3/12/97); protest against pipeline (11/12/97); environmental education programme at Maun (10/1/98); Okavango update (24/11/99); Okavango donors meeting (30/05/01); Okavango Delta Management Plan launched (14/02/08)
Boundaries of Ramsar sites: see Wetlands of International Importance, boundaries of
Brazil: briefing sketch (6/5/97); Atlantic Forest alert (12/11/97); Secretary General visits (27/1/98); new Web site (28/7/98); 2 new Ramsar sites (8/3/00); new Ramsar brochure (26/9/00); new Pantanal site (29/04/03); forms National Wetlands Committee (29/10/03); coral reef atlas (21/06/04)
Brisbane, 6th Ramsar COP: see Conference of the Contracting Parties, meetings of
"Brisbane Initiative" on a network of Listed Sites: Recommendation 6.4 (text)
Budgetary matters: see Financial and budgetary matters
Buffer zones ("hot topic" 2): question posed (15/7/98)
Bulgaria: Ramsar visit to (16/10/96); Advisory Mission to Srebarna, 1992 (text); report on Srebarna project (7/2/01); first Ramsar Committee meeting (12/04/02); mission report to Srebarna, 2001 (07/05/02); names 5 new sites (20/01/03); Ramsar visit to Durankulak and Shabla lake (10/11/03)
Burkina Faso: establishes National Ramsar Committee (05/01/05)
Burundi: becomes 133rd Ramsar Party (04/07/02)
Caddo Lake Institute, Texas: address, 25/4/96 (23/12/96)
Cagliari, Italy, 1st COP: see Conference of the Contracting Parties, meetings of
Cambodia: becomes 116th Party (08/07/99); Ramsar/Evian wells project (22/11/04)
Cameroon: joins the Convention (04/04/06); hosts legal seminar (06/04/06); designates crater lake (09/11/06); creates National Ramsar Committee (01/05/07); coastal waterbird survey (25/10/07); names Sangha River site (30/01/08); waterbird census published (01/05/08)
Canada: thanks to the Canadian hosts, Recommendation 3.11 (text); two new sites named (19/11/96); briefing sketch (06/05/97); national wetland policy (text); names Lac Saint-Pierre (03/06/98); Pacific Estuary group wins Award (02/02/99); WetKit Ramsar Web site launched (02/04/04); new Ramsar site in BC (06/06/05); training under Canada-Iraq Marshlands Initiative (07/07/05); survey of Ramsar site managers (11/12/08)
Canal estates: report (15/07/98)
Canari (Caribbean Natural Resources Institute): WFF project on participatory management (05/11/07)
Cape Verde: joins Ramsar Convention (29/10/05)
Caribbean region: Ramsar mission to (16/09/02)
Carpathian Convention: signs MOU with Ramsar (03/01/07)
Carpathian Wetland Initiative: planning workshop in Slovakia (19/05/04); Evian Encounter on (01/12/06)
Cartagena Convention (UNEP): MOU with Ramsar signed (2/5/00), text of same
Caucasus region: training for managers (11/02/08)
Center for International Earth Science Information Network, Columbia University, USA (CIESIN): signs MOU with Ramsar (9/5/00), text of same; Ramsar Gateway goes live (29/06/03); SEDAC database of MEA decisions (24/10/07)
Central African Republic: joins Ramsar Convention (05/01/06)
Central America: Declaration of Central American people to Ramsar COP7 (E, S), 1999
Central American People and Wetlands Declaration, 1999: text
CEPA Oversight Panel, Ramsar: first meeting (05/07/06)
CEPA Programme, Ramsar education and public awareness strategy: Resolution VII.9 (text), Programme (8/7/99); planning meeting (13/06/02); programme for 2002-2005, Resolution VIII.31 (text); dedicated Web site -- see also Communication, education and public awareness
Chad: progress for Ramsar site (4/9/00); designates Lake Chad (14/01/02); visit from LCBC (29/07/05); two new Ramsar sites (24/01/06); designates large floodplain (23/05/06); Plaine de Massenya Ramsar site (22/10/08); CEPA Programme 2009-2015 (text E, F, S)
Chad, Lake, Basin: see Lake Chad Basin Commission
ChadWet regional initiative: meeting planned (09/07/07)
Change in ecological character: Recommendation 3.9 (text); Recommendation 4.8 (text); Recommendation 5.2 (text); Resolution VI.1 (text)
Changwon Declaration: language versions (06/01/09)
Chile: six new sites named (10/12/96); threat to El Yali (22/10/97) and follow-up (07/05/98); Minera Escondida project for Andean wetlands (14/06/02); designates Laguna Conchali (20/02/04); new site in Tierra del Fuego (13/12/04); Salar del Huasco (23/05/06); National Wetland Strategy (14/07/06); adds site to Montreux Record (17/10/06); SGF project reported (07/12/06); Bahía Lomas workshop (04/01/08)
China: Poyang Lake & status of wetlands (28/12/96); report on Beidaihe workshop (20/03/97); news update (12/09/97); news from Inner Mongolia (13/11/97); update on Dongzhaigang project (18/04/98); Yellow River meeting (29/01/99); Ramsar Info Pack in Chinese (22/04/99); monument for Yangtze (07/06/99); Valuation book in Mandarin (04/10/99); Dongzhaigang's management plan (text of) (23/10/99); training at Hong Kong's Mai Po (25/11/99); recent meetings (07/12/99); plans mangrove inventory (01/11/00); National Wetlands Conservation Action Plan published (13/11/00); Korla workshop (26/06/01); new Web site on China wetlands (11/12/01); reports 2001 progress (18/01/02); names 14 new Ramsar sites (19/01/02); another update on 2001 progress (13/02/02); Wetland Ambassadors awareness programme (24/05/02); workshop on national wetland inventory (19/06/02); GEF international waters conference (03/10/02); Yangtze taskforce launched (08/04/03); MOU signed with Wetlands International (13/09/03); wetland targets to 2030 (16/06/04); nine new sites in high mountains (26/01/05); SG's report of visit (07/08/06); forum on wetland parks (30/10/06); network launched for Yangtze River (09/11/07); hosts biodiversity conference (18/12/07); six new Ramsar sites (19/12/09)
Classification System for Wetland Type: text; Recommendation 4.7 (text); Resolution VI.5 (text)
Climate change: report on Kyoto meeting (E, F, S) (23/12/97); wetlands and climate change (E, F, S) (27/10/99); info paper for COP8 (14/08/02); climate change, biodiversity & wetlands: CBD/Ramsar poster in PDF (24/08/07)
Climate Change Convention: see UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
Coastal zones: Recommendation 6.8 (text); coastal Ramsar sites, overview (17/07/98)
Colombia: becomes 112th Party (10/07/98); appeal on Bogotá wetlands (03/08/98); approves national policy on coastal zones and islands (04/01/01); designates Laguna de la Cocha (25/01/01); kids' book on Amazon (01/03/01); Política Nacional para Humedales Interiores de Colombia, 2001 (text) and news (01/03/02); HumedAndes launched (24/03/03); hosts peatlands meeting (07/11/03); threats to Santa Marta Ramsar Site (09/10/04); wetland education (11/10/06); WFF project for Jaboque (30/04/07); Fúquene monitoring programme (30/08/07); 5th Andean Strategy workshop (17/07/08); 4th Ramsar site (18/07/08); Laguna del Otún Ramsar site (26/08/08)
Commission Internationale du Bassin Congo-Oubangui-Sangha (CICOS): signs MOC with Ramsar (05/04/06)
Commission on Ecosystem Management: see IUCN
Commission on Sustainable Development: Ramsar statements to (03/03/98); IUCN/WWF recommendations to 6th Session (18/04/98); Ramsar at 12th sessions (26/04/04); Ramsar side event, 12th session (29/04/04); Ramsar side events, 13th session (20/04/05)
Communication, education and public awareness: Recommendation 4.5 (text); Recommendation 5.8 (text); Resolution VI.19 (text); workshop held at Bureau (05/10/98); Resolution VII.9 (text); Ramsar National Focal Points for (first 04/10/00); Ramsar in Japan's school curricula (13/11/00); e-mail discussion group for the public (30/05/01); forum on wetland centres (30/10/06) See also CEPA Programme
Community participation: Thailand mangrove project (10/06/97); See also Local communities and wetland management
Compensation for lost wetlands: Resolution VII.23 (text) and Resolution VII.24 (text)
Comoros: two new Ramsar sites (24/11/06)
Conference of the Contracting Parties, meetings of, 1st, Cagliari: Report of the COP; resolutions (texts)
Conference of the Contracting Parties, meetings of, 2nd, Groningen: Report of the COP; Recommendations
Conference of the Contracting Parties, meetings of, 3rd, Regina: Report of the COP; Resolutions (texts)
Conference of the Contracting Parties, meetings of, 4th, Montreux: Conference Report (minutes, participants); Resolutions and Recommendations (texts)
Conference of the Contracting Parties, meetings of, 5th, Kushiro: Conference Report (minutes, participants); Resolutions and Recommendations (texts)
Conference of the Contracting Parties, meetings of, 6th, Brisbane: Conference Report (14/06/96); list of Resolutions and Recommendations titles (15/04/96); texts of the Resolutions and the Recommendations; "25th Anniversary Statement" (13/05/96); reports on Technical Sessions A-F (15/04/96); Secretary General's interpretation (1/06/96); Proceedings published (29/01/97)
Conference of the Contracting Parties, meetings of, 7th, San José: index page (E, F, S) of documents and proceedings; dates and theme announced (19/04/97); background info and logo (04/06/97); draft agenda and programme (E, S, F) (03/01/98); official invitation (13/02/98)
Conference of the Contracting Parties, meetings of, 8th, Valencia: index page (E, F, S) of documents and proceedings; draft agenda (E,F,S); Proceedings on CD-ROM (17/04/03)
Conference of the Contracting Parties, meetings of, 9th, Kampala: index page (E, F, S); MOU signed (02/11/03); Speke Resort venue (20/07/05); Proceedings on CD-ROM (28/03/06)
Conference of the Contracting Parties, meetings of, 10th, Changwon: index page (E, F, S)
Conference of the Contracting Parties: on meetings of, Recommendation 1.9 (text); Rules of Procedure (09/10/97)
Congo: becomes 111th Party (08/07/98); implementing Convention (14/05/05); plans National Wetland Policy (10/08/06); workshop on new Ramsar sites (09/05/07); four new Ramsar sites (02/02/08); rare gorillas in Ramsar site (06/08/08)
Congo Basin Commission: see Commission Internationale du Bassin Congo-Oubangui-Sangha (CICOS)
Congo, Democratic Republic of: project for wetland inventory (01/08/07); rapid inventory published (19/09/08)
Conservation Finance Alliance: inaugurated (12/08/03); Guide available (10/12/03)
Contracting Parties: alphabetical list of (E, F, E)(updated regularly); chronological listing; obligations of; administrative authorities listed (25/10/96)
Contracting Parties, specific sites within: Recommendation 2.9 (text); Recommendation 4.9 (text); Recommendation 5.1 (text); Recommendation 6.17 (text); Resolution VII.12 (text)
Convention on Biological Diversity: index page; Memorandum with Ramsar (Français), 19/01/96 (8/10/96); Ramsar’s contribution to 3rd COP (10/10/96); Decision of the 3rd COP (21/11/96) and text of that Decision (01/12/96); "Wetlands and Biological Diversity" (29/11/96); Resolution VI.9 (text); Ramsar speech to SBSTTA3 (02/09/97); Montreal meetings report (09/09/97); Decisions of 4th COP and Joint Work Plan with Ramsar; progress report on the Joint Work Plan, 06/99 (F,S) (26/08/99); Joint Work Plan 2000-2001 with Ramsar (E, F, S) (texts); report on SBSTTA5 (16/02/00); Joint Work Plan 2 approved by CBD (06/06/00); MOU between CBD & Wetlands International (10/11/00); Joint Work Plan 3 with Ramsar launched (07/05/02); Ramsar assists on inland water ecosystems (12/06/02); WRI report on wetland biodiversity trends (06/05/04); press release on cooperation with Ramsar (11/01/07); Int'l Day of Biodiversity (23/05/07); Ramsar at SBSTTA 12 (12/07/07); Ramsar at SBSTTA 13 (21/02/08)
Convention on Climate Change: see UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
Convention on Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS, Bonn Convention): cooperation asked, Resolution 4.4 (text); Memorandum of Understanding with Ramsar, 18/02/97; renovates Web site (25/09/98); joint work plan with Ramsar and AEWA (05/05/04); launches guide to its agreements (18/12/07)
Convention to Combat Desertification: Ramsar contribution to 1st COP (25/09/97); Ramsar intervention at COP1, Français (10/10/97); Ramsar address to COP2 (02/12/98); Ramsar signs Memo of Cooperation with (Français, Español)(08/12/98); Ramsar SG addresses COP3 (18/11/99); Ramsar address to COP4 (22/12/00); Ramsar address to COP5 (11/10/01); address to Beijing conference (22/01/08)
Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971): text of the Convention (E, F, S, German); see also Ramsar
Conventions, other: Resolution VII.4 (18/6/99); see also Biodiversity-related Conventions
COP, meetings of: see Conference of the Contracting Parties, meetings of
Coral reefs, and Ramsar: index page; info paper, 1995 (18/10/96); Recommendation 6.7 (text); 9th ICRS meeting (12/12/00); and environmental conventions (22/07/03); ICRI meeting at Ramsar (05/03); Poverty and reefs (12/11/03); International Year of the Reef launched (21/01/08)
Costa Rica: national conservation areas system (01/05/97); new wetlands center (17/06/97); "The secret of the wetlands" (18/6/97); names 7th site (28/04/98); creates wetlands database (E, S) (27/05/98); designates 2 new sites (3/6/99); thanks to hosts, Resolution VII.29 (18/05/99); National Wetlands Programme (27/07/99); feature on Mata Redonda (20/09/99); designates Cuena Embalse Arenal (27/03/00); feature on burials (14/02/02); Política de Humedales, 2001 (text) (26/02/02); oil exploration rejected near Ramsar sites (07/03/02); extends Palo Verde (17/09/02); names high-altitude peatlands (19/05/03); emergency SGF funding (11/08/03); payment for ecosystem services (31/05/06)
Côte d'Ivoire: names National Ramsar Committee (26/04/04); five new Ramsar sites (01/11/05)
Crane Bank Ramsar Award (Uganda): announced (26/04/06); first awards made (22/08/06); award finalized (16/10/07)
"Crane - Bird of Peace" international children's art contest: background paper (17/03/97)
CREHO: see Regional Ramsar Centre for Training and Research on Wetlands in the Western Hemisphere - CREHO (Panama)
Criteria for Identifying Wetlands of International Importance: text in English, in Français, in Español, Brisbane (05/09/96); Recommendation 1.4 (text); Recommendation 3.1 (text); Recommendation 4.2 (text); Resolution 5.9 (text); Recommendation 5.9 (text); Resolution VI.2 on fish criteria (text); Resolution VI.3 (text); Resolution VI.4 (text); Criterion 6 (30/01/02)
Croatia: meeting on Kopacki Rit (24/06/97); new book on Cetina watershed (23/02/01); mission report on Kopacki Rit (10/01/06); completes wetland inventory (16/10/06); workshop on river basin management (02/04/07); extends Kopacki rit site (29/10/07)
Cuba: becomes 124th Contracting Party (07/05/01); Ramsar visits Zapata (05/07/01); designates 5 new Ramsar sites (07/01/03); hosts symposium (14/12/07)
Cultural aspects of wetlands:Ramsar information pack available (27/10/01); feature articles index (14/02/02); new book for Mediterranean (28/03/08)
Cultural heritage management: news (02/04/01); EAC "Strategy for Heritage Management of Wetlands" (text, 2001); call for wetland materials (23/05/01)
Culture Working Group: formed (02/10/06)
Cyprus: joins Ramsar Convention as 126th Party (24/08/01); Ramsar mission to Akrotiri (12/07/02); Akrotiri designated by UK (01/04/04); World Environment Day (14/06/06)
Czech Republic: visit to (3-5/12/96); places Litovelské Pomoraví on Montreux Record , with text (27/2/97); aid for Novozámecký rybník (10/4/97); names 10th site (20/11/97); Novozámecký rybník report (26/06/98); Bureau visit to (20/08/98); mission to Sumava (06/06/01) and report (22/08/01); Morava-Dyje Floodplains trilateral agreement (06/09/01); new book on Trebon (05/02/02); Novozámecký rybník removed from Montreux Record (15/10/02); Biosphere Reserve & Ramsar site (26/09/03); designates Punkva Caves (07/12/04); training seminars (15/12/04); wetland training course (01/06/05); puts two sites on Montreux Record (28/06/05); cooperation with Ethiopia (29/08/05); guide to Ramsar sites (09/05/06); training on fishpond management (25/10/06); names mountain mires site (20/04/07); course on hydrological approaches (03/07/07); celebrations for Morava-Dyje TRS (07/12/07)
Danone Group: signs Ramsar protocol on WWF projects (24/03/04); see also Evian Initiative
Danube River, Danube Delta: Lower Danube Basin, Recommendation 5.1.3 (text); Recommendation 6.17.5 (text); recent work on (04/11/03); Ramsar mission to Delta (05/12/03), reported (09/02/04); experts meeting (08/04/04); threatened by Bystroye canal works (08/05/04); concerns about Bystroye canal (24/08/04); update on Bystroye canal situation (24/06/05); international conference on (13/03/06); conference on cooperation (05/07/06); GEF project workshop (04/05/07); Bystroe Canal concerns (16/05/08); see also International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR)
DAPHNE: new book on Morava floodplain (28/11/00); celebrations for Morava-Dyje TRS (07/12/07)
De Klemm, Cyrille, The Legal Development of the Ramsar Convention (text in E, S, F); memorial tribute to (13/4/99); colloquium in honor of (30/3/00)
Decisions of the Conference of the Contracting Parties: see Resolutions; Recommendations
Denmark: Wadden Sea, Recommendation 2.5 (text); Ramsar visit to Ringkobing Fjord (29/9/96); Advisory Mission to Ringkøbing Fjord, 1996 (text); loss of Greenland wildlife (08/03/02)
Development assistance community: Recommendation 3.4 (text); Recommendation 3.5 (text); Recommendation 4.13 (text); Recommendation 5.5 (text); COP7 paper on (10/5/99)
Developing Countries and the Convention: Recommendation 1.2 (text)
Diplomatic notifications: archive since 1998
Djibouti: joins the Convention (11/02/03)
Dominican Republic: plans accession (6/2/01); joins as 132nd Ramsar Party (18/06/02); law may lower standards (14/05/04); concern about new laws (02/09/04)
Dubai: Secretariat visit to (28/06/06)
Ducks Unlimited, Inc.: Ramsar-related activities, 1996 (5/4/98); education materials on Web (28/4/00); aid for Arkansas Ramsar site (31/8/00); signs Memo of Cooperation with Ramsar (24/7/01); Delaware Bay project (04/01/02); Waterfowl in Neotropics guide (05/09/07)
East Asian Anatidae Site Network: launched (14/5/99)
East Asian-Australasian Flyway: Recommendation 6.4 (text)
Ecocinema, ecofilms, film festival: Ramsar/MedWet prize (27/05/04); 'Turtle People' wins Ramsar prize 2004 (09/06/04); Chilean film wins Ramsar/MedWet Award 2005 (05/07/05); Ramsar/MedWet Award 2006 (29/06/06)
Ecological character: Recommendation 4.8 (text); Recommendation 5.2 (text); Resolution VI.1 (text); test of how to describe (30/10/02)
Economic valuation of wetlands: Recommendation 1.6 (text); Recommendation 6.10 (text); finally, the book (23/5/97); French and Spanish versions (5/1/98); reprinted here (28/12/97); WI book on wetland socio-economics (23/04/03); paper by Alain Lambert (21/05/03); See also Incentive measures
Ecosystem approach: background (18/4/98); IUCN book on (05/11/03)
Ecosystem services, payment for: new law in Costa Rica (31/05/06); draft Code of Conduct on (14/06/06)
Ecotourism: see Tourism and wetlands
Ecuador: shrimp farming alert (11/12/97); designates Limoncocha (14/7/98); names Abras de Mantequilla (28/3/00); names Segua as 5th site [F, S](17/6/00); designates 6th Ramsar site [F, S] (13/11/00); feature on NGO Comité Ecologico del Litoral (7/1/01); 2 new Ramsar sites (22/01/02); Laguna de Cube management plan (text) (13/02/02); names Galápagos Ramsar site (30/10/02); names 10th Ramsar site (11/01/03); names 11th (09/07/03); WFF project completed (19/11/03); establishes National Ramsar Committee (06/01/04); new Ramsar site (31/05/06); completes WFF project (28/05/07); hosts climate change workshop (19/10/07); new high altitude site (14/07/08)
Eden: Marshlands of Mesopotamia: photos and book launched by MedWet (01/08/06)
Edinburgh Declaration: text (13/03/03)
Egypt: Ramsar/UNEP training for Iraqis (22/06/05)
El Salvador: becomes 114th Ramsar CP (06/02/99); designates Jiquilisco Ramsar site (02/11/05); 3rd Ramsar site (10/01/06)
Environmental Impact Assessment: Recommendation 6.2 (text); info paper & potential draft guidelines (08/05/97); See also Impact assessment
Environmental law: see International environmental law, Law and institutions
Equatorial Guinea: becomes 138th Party (06/08/03)
Estonia: 9 sites named (24/6/97); Tallinn conference reported (16/09/97); SGF news (2/11/99); names 11th site (30/04/03); names Transboundary Ramsar site (06/03/08)
Ethiopia: cooperation with Czech Republic (29/08/05)
Europe (Ramsar region): 3rd Pan-European Ramsar meeting announced for 1998 (15/08/97) and reported (16/06/98); Eastern and Western overviews for COP7 (10/05/99); Important Bird Areas reference published (29/05/00); BirdLife book on potential Ramsar sites (13/11/01); 4th Ramsar meeting, 2001, report & papers (27/11/01)
European Archaeological Council: 2nd General Assembly, on wetlands (27/03/01); launches wetlands strategy on World Wetlands Day (01/02/02)
European Environment Agency: MOC with Ramsar (09/03/06)
European regional meetings: see Pan-European Ramsar regional meetings
European Space Agency: seeks bids on Ramsar project (24/04/01); Atlantis Scientific wins ESA TESEO project bid (20/11/01); launches GlobWetlands (25/11/03); GlobWetland symposium slated (14/08/06); MedWet at GlobWetland symposium (23/10/06)
European Union: Water Framework Directive meeting (04/11/98); second Water Framework Directive meeting (14/11/00); Assessment report on wetlands (25/06/03)
Eurosite program: MOU with Ramsar (speech), text of MOU (27/9/99); new MOU, 2002; Atlantic flyway meeting (20/04/04)
Evian Encounters programme: 1st meeting (Neotropics) announced (07/09/98); 2nd meeting (Francophone Africa) gets under way (26/10/99); 4th meeting (Arab states) under way (05/11/01); 5th meeting (Himalayas) (01/11/04) and report on (21/12/04)
Evian Initiative: launched (E, F, S) (02/02/98); memo of understanding (F, E) and photos (18/02/98); introduction to (07/09/98); Closed Seas Deltas meeting (26/01/99); Internet for Ramsar Parties (24/02/99) and update: 11 Parties helped (17/09/99); training project in Papua New Guinea (28/11/00); description of achievements so far is available (15/11/01); new protocol on WWF (24/03/04); update 2004 (30/03/04); Cambodia wells project (22/11/04); Journalists Tour '08 (15/07/08); Ecoles de l'Eau project in Argentina (25/09/08)
Far Eastern Curlew Satellite Tracking Project: update (21/05/97); another update (16/06/97); another update (6/4/98)
Fiji: training course reported (20/02/01); becomes 152nd Ramsar Party (02/05/06)
Financial and budgetary matters of the Convention: Resolution 3.2 (text); Resolution 5.2 (text) with Terms of Reference for Financial Administration (E, F, S): Resolution VI.17 (text); core budget 1997-1999 (E, F, S); recent voluntary contributions listed (04/03/97); Resolution VII.28 with budget 2000-2002 (text) [for subsequent budget Resolutions, see the Resolutions pages]
Financial assistance for the Convention: see Development assistance community
Financial assistance from the Convention: see Small Grants Fund; Wetlands for the Future
Finland: news from (08/07/98); 38 new Ramsar sites (26/10/05)
Fish, criteria based on: Resolution VI.2 (text); criterion 4 (text); Recommendation 5.9 (text)
Fishpond management: training in Czech Republic (25/10/06)
Flamingos: Mediterranean region (29/09/97)
Flyways, study of: Recommendation 3.2 (text)
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO): Tisza workshop (09/12/03)
France: Marais salants de Guérande (15/09/96); wetland action plan progressing (04/11/97); names 18th site (02/02/98); protest on Marais Poitevin (07/05/98); mission to Poitevin (16/02/01); meeting on National Wetlands Plan (06/02/02); arson at Tour du Valat (19/03/02); Ramsar Centre launched in Evian (11/10/02); four new Ramsar sites (21/03/03); Ramsar study tour (30/06/05); names Narbonnaise Ramsar site (02/02/06); Grand'Mare seminar (13/07/06); new site on Corsica (27/02/07); visit to Armagnac region (11/07/08); France & Germany Rhine site (15/10/08); eleven new Ramsar sites (22/10/08)
Gabon: three new sites for WWD (02/02/07)
Gambia: becomes 94th Contracting Party (07/10/96); designates Tanbi Complex for WWD (02/02/07); designates Niumi NP (22/10/08); Transboundary Ramsar Site with Senegal (28/11/08)
Geographic Information System (GIS): COP7 paper on (10/05/99)
Georgia: becomes 100th Contracting Party (14/02/97); workshop reported (13/09/00); Ramsar trip report (13/10/00); mission report on Central Kolkheti (06/12/05)
Germany: Wadden Sea, Recommendation 2.5 (text); Leybucht, Recommendation 4.9.4 (text); contribution to SGF (02/03/97); overview of Ramsar implementation published (05/03/98); Ramsar mission to,1990 (text); Ramsar Mission to Unterer Niederrhein, 1993 (text); Mühlenberger Loch (26/09/01); extends Waddensee Ramsar site (11/07/02); report on Mühlenberger Loch (07/06/03); designates part of Elbe plain (21/07/03); meeting on wetland archaeology (26/05/06); adds 33rd Ramsar site (19/11/07); training for European managers (23/11/07); National Wetland Committee (16/09/08); Transboundary Ramsar Site with Austria, & celebration (17/09/080; France & Germany Rhine site (15/10/08)
Ghana: 9th Pan-African Ornithological Congress (10/1/97); national policy workshop (26/3/97); National Wetlands Conservation Strategy, 1999 (text); SGF case study (1999); launches National Wetlands Committee (04/09/04); cooperation with Mali (11/10/05); Wetland Policy and Action Plan drafted (04/05/07); new Wetlands Conservation Strategy (28/06/07); National Wetland Strategy published (15/04/08)
Global Action Plan on Peatlands: Coordinating Committee established (12/06/04)
Global Biodiversity Forum: GBF13 planned for COP7 (16/09/98); GBF15 announced (22/03/00); memo of cooperation signed with Ramsar (15/09/00); East Europe & CIS (01/05/03)
Global Environment Facility (GEF): Recommendation 5.4 (text); Resolution VI.10 (text); MedWet proposal progress (26/03/97); Africa Eurasian Flyway project (15/04/00); Ramsar contribution on international waters (24/09/02); international waters conference in China (03/10/02); lake basins project (26/04/04); third assembly reported (19/09/06); brochure on adaptation (PDF)(10/12/07)
Global Invasive Species Programme (GISP): Ramsar at Cape Town meeting (20/09/00)
Global Peatland Initiative: additional grant from DGIS (10/07/02); and Global Action Plan (12/06/04)
Global Review of Wetland Resources project: signed (22/10/97); results on the Web (04/11/99)
Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS): MOU signed with Ramsar (21/06/06)
Global water crisis: Ramsar and (F, S) (25/02/98); Ramsar's role (10/05/99)
Global Water Partnership: meeting reported (04/11/97)
GlobWetlands: see European Space Agency
Glossary of Ramsar terminology: RamsarSpeak (27/04/97), Ramsar Lingua (26/09/97), La Jerga de Ramsar (26/04/98)
Goldman Prize: to Ramsar winner Myrsini Malakou (24/04/01)
Grazing as management practice: Forum discussion (26/03/98)
Great Apes Survival Project (UNEP-GRASP): cooperation with Ramsar (09/02/07); documentary film with Ramsar (24/10/07)
Greece: Recommendation 4.9.5 (text); Recommendation 5.1.1 (text); Recommendation 6.17.1 (text); reassesses site delineations (07/12/96); restoration of Lake Karla (24/03/98); Prespa group wins Award (02/02/99); Resolution VII.12.1 (text); Ramsar advisory mission to Greek sites, 1988 (text) and another, 1989 (text); National Strategy for Wetland Resources (text); participates in Prespa Park set-up (20/10/00); reprint of 1999 report on Montreux Record sites (posted 16/11/01); new book on Greek wetlands (05/11/01); sponsors MedWet centre in Athens (5/12/01); update on Prespa (27/03/02); meeting on Dojran (01/05/02); meeting on Nestos Delta (08/08/02); signs MOC on MedWet (06/06/03); Ramsar/MedWet cinema prize (27/05/04)
Greek Biotope/Wetland Centre: project wins Ramsar support (04/11/97)
Greenland (Denmark): new book on loss of wildlife (08/03/02)
Guatemala: MGP planned for Laguna del Tigre, Español (29/06/97); extends El Tigre's area (03/10/99); names 4th Ramsar site (E, S) (02/02/00); WFF at Laguna del Tigre (24/11/03); names new RS for WWD (02/02/06); teachers' workshop on mangroves (11/05/06); national wetland policy (29/05/06); names Lachua Ramsar site (31/05/06); Río Sarstún new Ramsar site (27/03/07)
Guidelines: index page
Guinea: names six Ramsar site in Niger catchment (16/03/02); two new Ramsar sites (18/01/06); two Bafing River Ramsar sites (13/11/07)
Handbooks for the wise use of wetlands: index page
High altitude wetlands: Chile's new sites (10/12/96); photos of Pakistan's (14/09/01); Andean strategy meeting (28/07/05); 5th Andean Strategy workshop (17/07/08);
Himalayan High Altitude Wetlands Forum: report of 4th workshop (22/02/07)
Himalayan Wetland Initiative: drafts strategy (17/09/08)
Himalayan wetlands: workshop in Nepal (06/09/03); action plan (25/09/03); Evian Encounter seminar (01/11/04) and report on (21/12/04)
Hoffmann, Luc, Ramsar 'Founding Father': honored by Greece (11/12/99); visits Ramsar Bureau (19/03/00)
Hollis, Ted: loss of (10/10/96); scholarship appeal and photo (11/06/97); scholarship announced (21/01/98); call for more applications (16/02/01)
Honduras: new commission for integrated management of coastal areas (11/01/97); designates 1000th Ramsar site (10/07/99); tries to protect 1000th site (07/09/00), Ramsar visit to (16/10/00); hosts Ramsar subregional meeting (19/10/01); names 5th Ramsar site (20/02/03); 6th Ramsar site (06/06/05)
Humedales para el Futuro: index page.
Hungary: contributes to MGP (07/04/97); names six new sites (22/08/97) and honored by WWF (19/11/97); Nature Conservation Act (8/7/98); Tisza cyanide spill (23/2/00); restoration at Hortobágy (14/9/00); 2 new Ramsar sites (F, S) (10/09/01); Tisza workshop (09/12/03); transboundary Tisza Ramsar site (04/12/04); 3 new Ramsar sites (04/10/06); Transboundary Ramsar Site (28/02/07); completes site data updates (16/01/08); two new Ramsar sites (21/02/08)
Iceland: advisory mission to Myvatn, 1992 (text)
Impact assessment and wetlands: COP7 paper on (10/05/99); Resolution VII.16 (text); MOU with IAIA (03/07/01)
Incentive measures for wise use: COP7 paper on (10/05/99); Resolution VII.15 (texts); Australia reviews (20/09/02)
India: info sought on Sambhar Lake (27/11/97); action alert, Kerala state (29/11/97); conference set for New Delhi (03/12/97); update on Harike (24/7/98); update on Thane-ka Tal (24/07/98); announces pledge 10 new Ramsar sites soon to come (02/02/00); Ramsar Advisory Missions to Keoladeo in 1988 and 1990 (texts); Bhoj Wetland Project, Bhopal, wins award, plus photo essay (17/11/01); designates 2 Ramsar sites (25/01/02); Chilika Lake removed from Montreux Record (11/11/02); names 11 new Ramsar sites (20/12/02); 6 new Ramsar sites (11/01/06); management plan for Wular Lake (07/04/08); inventory of important wetlands (25/07/08)
Indigenous people and wetland management: Recommendation 6.3 (text); COP7 paper on (10/05/99) Resolution VII.8 (text); guidelines for (18/06/99)
Indonesia: overview of wetlands published (18/11/97); photos of Berbak (04/06/02); Tri-National Wetlands Initiative (05/06/02); names Wasur NP (26/05/06)
Industrial Shrimp Action Project: announced (10/11/97)
INTECOL: Ramsar at 5th Conference, Perth (02/10/96); 6th Conference announced (18/03/98); 7th INTECOL's Utrecht Declaration (13/08/04)
International Association for Impact Assessment: signs MOU with Ramsar
Internatioal Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD): workshop reported (04/04/08); Eco Everest Expedition (12/06/08)
International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR): Agreement with Ramsar Bureau, text (09/11/00); experts meeting in Orth (09/10/02); Weller to head (25/08/03); recent work (04/11/03); hosts int'l conferences on Danube Delta (13/03/06); Joint Danube Survey 2 (15/08/07)
International Conference on Conservation of Wetlands and Waterfowl, Ramsar, Iran, 1971: Final Act (F, S) (17/04/98)
International Conference on Water and Sustainable Development: Ramsar and (25/03/98)
International cooperation under the Convention: Resolution VII.19 (text E,F,S); Guidelines on [F, S] (27/06/99)
International Coral Relief Initiative (ICRI): meeting at Ramsar/IUCN (13/05/03); meetings in Turks and Caicos (14/01/04); Ramsar report to ICRI meeting (14/11/06); International Year of the Reef launched (21/01/08)
International Coral Reef Symposium: 9th meeting reported (12/12/00)
International Corporate Wetlands Restoration Partnership (ICWRP): launched (23/03/04)
International Day of Biological Diversity, 22 May: SG's message 2008 (22/05/08)
International Environmental Governance (IEG): update (18/05/01); UNEP study of (20/05/01)
International Environmental Law (and Ramsar): new book about (17/09/99); draft ELC advice (E,F,S) (28/09/00); rebuttal to JEL article (23/02/01); Bowman article, 1995 (17/04/01); recent developments (17/04/01); IUCN ELC update (08/06/01); Ramsar soft law (09/01/09); see also Article #.# (above), see also Law and institutions
International Lake Environment Committee (ILEC): study on lake basin management (13/06/06)
International Mechanism on Scientific Expertise on Biodiversity (IMOSEB): steering committee meeting (15/03/06)
International Migratory Bird Day: USFWS press release (06/05/97); for 2008 (16/04/08)
International Mire Conservation Group (IMCG): resolution for Ramsar, 1996 (05/11/97)
International Navigation Association: 2nd restoration working group meeting (23/06/00); 4th wetland restoration working group meeting (21/03/01)
International Ocean Institute: MOC with Ramsar (16/10/06)
International Organization Partners (of Ramsar): pledge support to CBD (11/05/98); Resolution VII.3 [S](18/06/99); all sign new MOUs (30/11/04); joined by IWMI, 5th IOP (22/11/05); overview by Dave Pritchard (24/11/06)
International organizations, cooperation with: Recommendation 4.11 (text)
International Rivers Network: declares day against dams (28/02/98)
International Seagrass Biology Workshop: 3nd meeting reported (10/05/98)
International Wader Study Group: reports declining populations (09/10/03); book on populations (08/06/04)
International Water Management Institute (IWMI): MOC with Ramsar (13/02/04); becomes Ramsar IOP Partner (22/11/05); new MOC with Ramsar (13/03/06); publication on water management (30/03/06); poverty reduction case studies (31/01/07) and discussion forum (28/03/07)
International Waterfowl Census: latest edition published 0(6/10/99)
Internships at the Bureau: index page and Terms of Reference (14/01/00); first two interns chosen (13/02/97) and arrived (02/05/97); update on work (16/06/97); two new interns chosen (16/06/97); another one chosen (17/08/97); intern for Africa arrives (06/10/98); San José Daft Resolution (07/06/99); new Intern for Asia (01/12/99); Petra Holtrup leaves (14/09/00); party for European interns (10/11/00); new intern for Africa (23/11/00); Where are they now? (01/02/01)
Intertidal wetlands: Resolution VII.21 (texts)
Invasive species in wetlands: COP7 paper on (10/05/99); Resolution VII.14 (text)
Inventories of wetlands: see National Wetland Inventories
Iran, Islamic Republic: MGP mission reported (15/05/97), text of mission report; Secretary General's visit (22/4/98); protests Israeli participation in Asian regional meeting (10/05/99); names 1006th Ramsar site (5/11/99); project steering committee formed (26/1/00); names 20th Ramsar site (9/2/00); knits amazing Ramsar Rug (8/5/00); Ramsar Advisory Mission, 1997 (text); designates 21st Ramsar site (22/11/01); Tehran Communiqué on wetlands (08/02/02); designates important crane site (24/07/03); routes highway out of Ramsar site (13/08/03). See also Ramsar Regional Center for Training and Research in Western and Central Asia (Ramsar, Iran)
Iraq: plans Mesopotamian marshes as Ramsar site (11/03/05); Ramsar/UNEP wetland training (22/06/05);training under Canada-Iraq Marshlands Initiative (07/07/05); World Wetlands Day and accession progress (23/02/06); marshland photo exhibition (29/05/06); joins Ramsar Convention (29/10/07)
Ireland: biodiversity cooperation with Northern Ireland (12/10/07)
Israel: becomes 95th Contracting Party (15/11/96); participation in Asian region, Iranian protest (10/5/99) and reply (10/5/99)
Italy: thanks to Italian hosts, Recommendation 1.11 (text); Ramsar Advisory mission to (7/11/98) and text of report ; Ramsar meeting in Venice (13/05/03); Venice lagoon report & meeting (21/04/04); Venice workshop on int'l conventions (09/12/05); four new Ramsar sites (09/03/07); Molentargius removed from Montreux Record (02/07/08); 51st Ramsar site (16/10/08); Stagno di Cagliari off Montreux Record (26/11/08)
IUCN: Resolution 3.1 on Ramsar secretariat (text) and agreement with IWRB, 1987; thanks for facilities, Recommendation 5.11 (text); marine policy described (16/06/98); names new DG (07/11/98); names Achim Steiner as new DG (02/03/01); MOC signed with Ramsar (13/09/03); 4th Asia Conservation Forum (11/10/07); name change (14/03/08)
IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management: project proposal (28/04/97); book on ecosystem approach (05/11/03)
IUCN Commission on Environmental Law: sponsors Ramsar seminar for Africa (06/04/06)
IUCN Environmental Law Centre: workshop (06/07/98)
IUCN Netherlands Committee: launches wetland grants programme (18/01/01)
IUCN Social Policy Group: project proposal (11/02/97); launches Participatory Management Networking Service, PMNS (21/12/00)
IUCN World Conservation Congress: Ramsar at 3rd WCC (22/11/04)
IWMI: see International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
IWRB: see Wetlands International, even for earlier periods
Jamaica: becomes 104th Contracting Party (18/11/97); Ramsar postage stamps (17/12/04); names second Ramsar site (24/03/05); names Portland Bight for List (02/02/06); WFF project on participatory management (05/11/07)
Japan: thanks to Japanese hosts, Recommendation 5.12 (text); National Ramsar Symposium, Niigata City (11/12/96); monitoring planned for Ishaya Bay (13/01/98); photos of SG's visit (13/03/98); space photos of Ishaya Bay (06/07/9); names Manko site (08/07/99); includes Ramsar in school curricula (13/11/00); landfill for Awase tidal flat (18/01/01); Secretary General's visit (13/09/01); Sanbanze landfill cancelled (27/09/01); names two new Ramsar sites (22/10/02); lawmakers' league for Ramsar (05/05/03); lagoons workshop in Kushiro (10/09/03); crane workshop in Kushiro (10/12/03); JAWAN update on wetlands (04/05/04); visit from Secretary General (01/06/04); plans new Ramsar sites (26/07/04); honors for Mayor Wanibuchi (30/09/04); adds 20 Ramsar sites (06/01/06); Ramsar Manual in Japanese (07/05/08); 4 new Ramsar sites (23/10/08)
Japan Association for Wild Geese Protection (JAWGP): Web site for WWD (13/01/00)
Japan Wetland Society (JAWS): launched (17/09/08)
Joint Web Site of the Biodiversity-related Conventions: announced (12/03/99)
Jordan: Azraq Oasis, Management Guidance Procedure summary (26/11/96), Recommendation 3.8 (text), Recommendation 4.9.3 (text), Recommendation 6.17.3 (text); Azraq update (français) (15/02/98); Advisory Mission to Azraq, 1990 (text)
Karst wetland type: see Subterranean karst systems
Kazakhstan: advisory mission to lakes of the lower Turgay and Irgiz, 1991 (text); becomes 154th Contracting Party (11/01/07)
Kenya: Progress towards a national action plan (03/02/97); twinning programme with Austria (24/06/98); Naivasha group wins Award (02/02/99); update on Ramsar progress (04/04/00); designates Bogoria (12/10/01); designates Lake Baringo (24/01/02); training course announced (02/05/03); Darwin project at Bogoria (26/01/04); SGF project for mangroves (27/07/05); names fifth Ramsar site (17/09/05); ecotourism SGF project at Nakuru (28/03/06)
Kenya Wildlife Service Training Institute: announces course (02/04/02); ICAWM course for 2007 (05/04/07)
Korea, Republic of: Green Korea statement, 31 October 1996 (04/11/96); become 101st Contracting Party (02/04/97); update from Korean Wetlands Alliance (22/1/99); news from Saemangeum (26/07/03); names island peatland (31/03/05); will host COP10 (21/11/05); names Suncheon Bay (01/02/06); designates mountain lake (23/11/06); update on migratory birds (29/03/07); stakeholder training course (06/06/07); two new Ramsar sites (20/12/07); designates Muan tidal flats (26/06/08)
Korla Declaration on wetland conservation in China (2001)
Kushiro, Japan, 5th COP: see Conference of the Contracting Parties, meetings of
"Kushiro Guidelines": see Management planning for Ramsar and other wetlands
"Kushiro Statement" (1993): text of ; adoption of (Resolution 5.1, text) (15/01/97)
Kyoto meeting on climate change: and Ramsar (23/12/97)
Kyrgyz Republic: joins the Convention (10/12/02); designates Chatyr Kul (12/01/06)
Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC): report from 10th summit (E, F) (4/9/00); 49th ministerial meeting (17/01/02); visit to Ramsar secretariat (29/07/05); Ramsar address to meeting (27/03/08)
LakeNet: issues biodiversity report (05/10/01); signs MOC with Ramsar (14/04/03); new Web site (01/09/03)
Languages of the Convention: what they are; text of the treaty, Recommendation 1.7 (text); Resolution 4.2 establishing Spanish (text); Recommendation 5.15 (text)
Lao PDR: IUCN/Ramsar workshop (20/06/03); Ramsar SG visits (02/12/04)
Latvia: hosts Ramsar regional meeting (16/06/98); report on Teici project (27/08/01); Ramsar visit (28/07/03); three new Ramsar sites (14/05/04); enlarges Lake Kanieris RS (09/05/06); names Transboundary Ramsar site (06/03/08)
Law and institutions relevant to wetlands, Guidelines for the review of (project): workshop (6/7/98); Technical Session paper on (10/05/99); Resolution VII.7 (texts); Guidelines on (E, F, S) (25/07/99); new book about (17/09/99); review for Namibia (30/01/08); see also International Environmental Law
Lebanon: becomes the 115th Party (01/06/99); MedWetCoast meeting (23/02/04)
Lesotho: progress toward accession (24/06/04); becomes 139th Ramsar Party (05/08/04)
Liberia: joins Ramsar Convention (19/07/03); inaugurates National Wetlands Committee (06/07/05); reports on post-conflict wetlands (15/06/06); names four Ramsar sites (16/08/06)
Libya: becomes the 121st Contracting Party (30/05/00); MedWet to assist with inventory (05/06/01)
Lithuania: completes SGF project (25/07/02); transboundary SGF project (12/08/03)
Livestock grazing: see Grazing as management practice
Living Lakes Network: new book published (12/02/01); results of 12th conference (07/10/08)
Living Waters Campaign: see WWF Living Waters Campaign
Local communities and wetland management: COP7 paper on (10/05/99); Resolution VII.8 (text); guidelines on (F) (18/06/99);
Logo: see Ramsar logo
Loss and degradation of wetlands: see Wetland loss and degradation
Luxembourg: becomes 109th Contracting Party (07/05/98); transboundary Ramsar site with Belgium (03/12/04)
Macedonia: see The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Madagascar: becomes 113th Party, names karst wetland [F, S] (27/10/98); Darwin Project reported (16/02/99); update on new sites (22/05/03); third Ramsar site (11/09/03); wetland Gift to the Earth, WWF (15/06/04); Lac Tsimantampetsotsa photos (30/06/04); names 4th Ramsar site (16/02/05); designates privately-owned lake (23/05/05); designates Lac Bedo (12/05/07)
Malawi: becomes 96th Contracting Party (29/11/96); feature story on Lake Chilwa project (30/11/01)
Malaysia: Malaysian Wetlands Foundation (29/11/97); fires at Kinabantangan (29/04/98); Foundation seeks materials (02/09/98); CD-ROM guide to Tasek Bera (18/06/02); fish guide to Tasek Bera (01/08/02); designates three Ramsar sites (11/06/03); visit to Tanjung Piai (31/07/03); designates Kuching Wetlands (02/11/05); new Ramsar site (23/10/08)
Mali: designates Inner Delta of the Niger (02/02/04); hosts Ramsar/Niger Basin workshop (26/03/04); cooperation with Ghana (11/10/05); wetland action plan (05/12/05); National Ramsar Committee (27/02/07); database of wetlands (18/07/07); strengthens Ramsar Committee (15/04/08)
Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme: and Ramsar sites (09/04/97); South-South programme (29/11/97); joint Ramsar/MAB Web site established and press release (02/02/01); book on Czech site (05/02/02); Programme of Joint Work with Ramsar (text) (news) (22/03/02); MAB Europe meeting Czech (06/11/02); MAB/Ramsar workshop on Polesie wetlands (05/07/04)
Management planning for Ramsar and other wetlands: Resolution 5.7 (text) , 1993 (14/10/96); Recommendation 6.13 (text)
Management training programmes: Recommendation 6.5 (text)
Mangrove Action Project: described (10/11/97); contest for 10th anniversary (21/12/00); offers children's art calendar (25/10/01)
Mangrove forests: index page (01/04/04); background paper (10/11/97); guide on Philippines (15/06/04); World Bank code of conduct (12/02/05); project in Kenya (27/07/05)
Mangrove management, and Ramsar: info paper (23/04/97); Thailand project (10/06/97)
Maps for Ramsar sites: see Wetlands of International Importance, providing adequate data and maps
Marshall Islands: joins Ramsar Convention (12/08/04)
Matthews, Geoffrey, The Ramsar Convention: its History and Development (text)
Mauritania: Senegal River basin, Recommendation 2.8 (text); discussion of Banc d'Arguin (19/03/00); designates 3rd Ramsar site (09/12/00); Advisory Mission to Diawling, 2000 (text); places Diawling on Montreux Record (28/02/02)
Mauritius: becomes 128th Contracting Party (13/09/01); names National Ramsar Committee (05/05/04); designates marine park (11/02/08)
Mediterranean Action Plan (UNEP): see Barcelona Convention
Mediterranean wetlands: Recommendation 5.14 (text); Recommendation 6.11 (text); interview concerning (14/05/97); Resolution VII.22 [S] (text); IUCN opens Med Centre (26/06/01); book on cultural aspects (31/03/08)
Mediterranean Wetlands: Socioeconomic Aspects published (28/09/98)
Mediterranean Wetlands Committee (MedWet/Com): index page for MedWet/Com docs and reports (13/03/01)
Mediterranean Wetlands Network (Spain): launched (11/12/96)
MedWet cinema prize: see Ramsar/MedWet cinema prize
Meetings: upcoming, list (13/01/97 & updated)
Mekong River Basin: WWF Wetland Ambassadors launched (02/06/04); Evian Encounter seminar (01/11/04) and report on (21/12/04)
Mekong Wetlands Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use Programme (MWBP): Vietnam wetlands status report (19/01/06)
Memoranda of Agreement, Cooperation, Understanding; Ramsar and [index page] -- CBD (19/01/96) (F); CMS (18/02/97); Wetlands International (01/04/97); Convention to Combat Desertification (08/12/98); World Heritage Convention (14/05/99)
Mesopotamian Marshes: planned for Ramsar site (11/03/05); becomes Ramsar site (29/10/07)
Mexico: briefing sketch (06/05/97); mangroves threatened near Puero Morelos (11/06/98); advisory mission to Ría Lagartos, 1989 (report); names 7th Ramsar site E,F,S (11/12/00); extends Ria Lagartos (17/09/02); potential Ramsar sites studied (26/09/02); 10 new Ramsar sites (27/11/03); hosts Ramsar meeting (09/11/04); 4 Ramsar sites for WWD (01/02/05); names 3 lagunas to List (06/05/05); 2 new Ramsar sites (23/01/06); 4 new sites for WWD (02/02/06); names 65th Ramsar site (07/03/06); "Commitments to Conservation" (27/02/07); 66th Ramsar site (15/05/07); 67th Ramsar site (21/05/07); 7 new Ramsar sites (04/04/08); 4 new Ramsar sites (11/04/08); 79th Ramsar site (19/05/08); 3 more Ramsar sites (21/05/08); 4 more RS (02/06/08); completes pledge of 45 new sites (18/10/08)
Migratory species, cooperation on: Recommendation 4.12 (text)
Migratory waterbirds: cooperation in Asia-Pacific, Recommendation 7.3 (text)
Millennium Development Goals: biodiversity-related conventions' statement (12/09/05)
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: update on progress (08/06/00); update with background (15/06/00); official project summary (12/09/00); official launch, with documents (04/06/01); call for experts (12/11/01); Assessment Framework published (16/12/03); Walt Reid presentation (22/01/04); Ramsar synthesis meeting in Bali (17/03/04); Kuala Lumpur synthesis drafting session (11/10/04); Ramsar synthesis report for review (18/11/04); Wetland and Water Synthesis available (04/05/06)
Millennium Wetland Event: see Québec 2000
Mitigation banking: Ramsar Forum discussion (18/05/98)
Moldova: becomes 122nd Contracting Party (F, S) (06/07/00); completes Dniester SGF project (05/05/03); designates Lower Dniester (14/10/03); transboundary Dniester workshop (24/09/04); SGF project for Lower Prut lakes (26/07/05); new Ramsar site (10/10/05); seminar at Unguri-Holosnita site (18/10/06); completes Unguri-Holosnita SGF project (12/06/08)
Monaco: becomes 103rd Contracting Party (24/09/97)
Mongolia: Environmental Trust Fund introduced (22/08/97); workshop recommendations for (08/10/97); joins the Convention (07/01/98); names 3 new sites (06/07/98); names two more 'nuurs' (29/04/99); training for crane site network (20/09/03); 5 new Ramsar sites (15/04/04)
Montenegro: succession to the Convention (03/07/07)
Montreux Record: the list of sites (13/03/97 & updates); sites removed from (17/03/97); analysis of by Max Finlayson, 1996 (14/03/01); Resolution 4.8 (text); Resolution 5.4 (text); Guidelines for operation of (English, Español, Français) and Questionnaire (E, S, F) (28/10/96); South African sites off and on (13/03/97); Czech site Litovelské Pomoraví added to (27/02/97); Czech site removed (15/10/02); Molentargius in Italy removed (02/07/08); another Italian site removed (26/11/08)
Morocco: MedWet meeting (25/10/97); names 20 Ramsar sites (29/06/05); visit to Ramsar site (12/10/06)
Mozambique: Maputo meeting on biodiversity legislation (19/07/97); coastal development feared (10/11/97); advice on Ramsar status (29/11/97); joins the Convention (07/09/04)
Multilateral development banks/cooperation programmes: see Development assistance community
Multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs): UNEP study of governance (20/05/01); CIESIN database of MEA decisions (24/10/07)
Myanmar: meeting on wetlands and Ramsar (19/03/01); joins the Convention (16/12/04)
Namibia: clean-up at Orange River Mouth (10/03/00); review of wetland policy and law (30/01/08)
National Focal Points: for Convention ("Administrative Authorities"); for Scientific and Technical Review Panel; for Communication, Education and Public Awareness
National Ramsar Committees, National Wetland Committees: Recommendation 5.7 (text); Burkina Faso; Cameroon; Ghana; Liberia; Mali ; Mauritius; Sierra Leone; Togo;
National Reports: Recommendation 2.1 (text); Recommendation 4.3 (text); requested for COP7 (13/2/98); model format for (E, F, S) (15/2/98); index page for COP7 NR reprints (23/9/98); forms for COP8 (E, F, S) (14/3/00); ; index page for COP8 NR reprints (17/11/02); forms for COP9 (E, F, S) (30/04/03)
National Strategic Plans for wetlands: Spain's Plan Estratégico (text); National Strategy of Greece (text); Wetland Strategy of Turkey, 2003 (text); see also National Wetland Policies
National Water Policy: example of Spain (5/7/99)
National Wetland Inventories: Recommendation 1.5 (text); Recommendation 4.6 (text); Resolution VI.12 (text); Resolution VII.20 (texts); COP7 paper on (10/5/99); Uganda guidelines (16/12/00); review of European inventories (02/03/02)
National Wetland Policies: Recommendation 6.9 (text); Australia's press release (8/2/97); progress in Ghana (26/3/97); New Zealand's policy, 1986 (text); Canada's policy,1991 (text); Uganda's policy, 1995 (text); Australia's policy, 1997 (text); MedWetCoast meeting on (23/02/04); see also National Strategic Plans
Natura 2000: meeting reported (01/07/98)
Neotropical region: Recommendation 3.7 (text); Recommendation 5.13 (text); Ramsar visit to the region (29/06/97); trip report (21/08/97); 1st Pan-American regional meeting (E, S) (06/09/98); overview to COP7 (10/05/99); Directory of Neotropical Wetlands available online (27/07/06)
Nepal: preparing new sites (28/10/97); 3 new Ramsar sites (17/09/03); Himalayan workshop (06/09/03); Himalayan action plan (25/09/03); 4th Asia Conservation Forum (11/10/07); four high altitude Ramsar sites (21/12/08); floods at Koshi Tappu (11/09/08); new Ramsar site (23/10/08)
Neretva valley (Bosnia + Herzegovina and Croatia): update on planning (14/03/02); transboundary cooperation (06/05/03)
Netherlands: thanks to hosts, Recommendation 2.10 (text); 14 new Ramsar sites (17/02/03); 11 new Ramsar sites (02/05/03); development near Ramsar site in Bonaire rejected (12/11/07); analysis of that case (09/01/09)
New Zealand: to host regional meeting (07/09/98); wetland conservation awards, 2000 (04/02/00); national wetland policy (text); Wetland Awards 2001 (08/02/01); wetland restoration symposition (29/03/04); book on NZ wetland types (17/04/05); designates Manawatu (23/08/05)
Nicaragua: joins the Convention (Español) (23/08/97); names 7 new sites (01/02/02); Bluefields RAM mission report (19/01/06); site signs at Bluefields (23/05/06); Bluefields added to Montreux Record (15/01/07)
Niger: names 3 new sites (13/06/01); WWF video about (03/04/02); three more Ramsar sites (17/08/04); names five Ramsar sites (13/10/05)
Niger Basin Authority: marks Ramsar designations (30/04/02); MOU with Ramsar (23/11/02); Mali workshop recommends Ramsar network (26/03/04)
Nigeria: becomes 123rd Contracting Party (24/10/00); designates part of Lake Chad (17/03/08); 9 new Ramsar sites (04/04/08)
NigerWet regional initiative: meeting planned (09/07/07)
"No net loss" policies: Ramsar Forum discussion; in the UK (18/05/98)
Non-governmental organizations and Ramsar: Recommendation 5.6 (text)
Nordic countries: new book on wetlands (01/05/04); Nordic Wetlands Conference (18/05/04); brochures on Ramsar sites (04/05/05); wetlands/Ramsar conference (26/05/05); Nordic Baltic Wetlands meeting (20/09/06); NorBalWet meeting in Estonia (12/10/07); NorBalWet meeting in Finland (01/12/08)
North American region: overview for COP7 (10/05/99)
North East Asian Crane Site Network: new Web site (12/02/98); training seminar in Mongolia (20/09/03); workshop in Kushiro (10/12/03)
North East Asian Wetland and Waterbird Workshop: report on (20/03/97)
Norway: Ramsar visit (29/06/97); advisory mission to Åkersvika, 1989 (text): designates 14 new Ramsar sites (09/09/02); hosts Nordic Wetlands Conference (18/05/04); Trondheimfjord seminar (28/10/04); hosts wetlands/Ramsar conference (26/05/05)
Oceania:1st regional meeting, report & recommendations (19/01/99); overview for COP7 (10/05/99); wetlands helpline (12/05/03); Ramsar office at SPREP in Samoa (17/05/04), officer appointed (24/08/04); update on Ramsar activities (18/06/07); 4th regional meeting (20/05/08)
Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD): cooperation with, Recommendation 4.11 (text); "Guidelines for Aid Agencies.....", Recommendation 6.16 (text); Guidelines offered free in E, F, & S (8/1/98)
Outreach Programme: see CEPA programme; Communication, education and public awareness
Pacific Islands region: Recommendation 6.18 (text)
Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP): signs MOC with Ramsar (19/05/02); Joint Work Plan with Ramsar (26/07/02); to host Ramsar officer (17/05/04), Ramsar officer appointed (24/08/04); new MOC with Ramsar (11/05/06)
Pakistan: training course (17/11/99); Ramsar Advisory Mission, 1990 (text); photos of high-altitude wetlands (14/09/01); names eight Ramsar sites (14/05/01); 3 new Ramsar sites (05/05/03)
Palau: joins Ramsar Convention (09/01/03)
Pan-African Ornithological Congress, 9th: meeting (10/01/97)
Pan-African Regional meeting, 1998: reported (E, F) (07/09/98)
Panama: new legislation reported (03/04/98); proposed Regional Ramsar Centre (Resolution VII.26); NGOs applaud action (28/11/00; protects Ramsar site (22/10/01); agreement signed with Ramsar (04/03/03); Bahía de Panamá designated (04/11/03); Panama Bay management workshop (09/02/06). See also Regional Ramsar Centre.
Pan-European Biological and Landscape Diversity Strategy: Ramsar and (05/06/97)
Pantanal: international synergy for (08/11/06); new book of photographs (25/06/07)
Papua New Guinea: mission reported (04/09/97); names 2nd Ramsar site (F, S) (25/09/98); Evian training programme (28/11/00); Kamiali trip report (16/2/01); Tri-National Wetlands Initiative (05/06/02)
Paraguay: designates Chaco Lodge (02/12/03); another Chaco Ramsar site (16/08/04); protection for Pantanal (11/12/06)
Paris Protocol, 1982 (text) (F, S)
Participatory Management Clearinghouse: described (21/12/00); update (27/04/01)
Partner Organizations: see International Organization Partners
Path-Finder Workshops: 2nd, for South America, Colombia (06/10/00)
Peatlands - fires in SE Asia: Ramsar statement (02/10/97); interview with F. Parish (11/11/97)
Peatlands: index page; Recommendation 6.1 (text); info paper (03/12/96); IMCG resolution for Ramsar (05/11/97); fires in SE Asia (11/11/97); SG's statement to SWS symposium (09/06/98); Penang Statement on Tropical Peatlands (03/08/99); Recommendation 7.1 (texts); Jakarta statement on tropical peatlands (31/10/01); Southeast Asian Peat Network formed (31/10/01); peat wastage in UK (11/01/02); Global Action Plan progress (11/06/04); Assessment launched (11/12/07); Global Peatland Fund launched (11/12/07)
Peru: management plan for Paracas (24/10/96); Recommendation 6.17.2 (text); names 4 new sites (06/02/97); Secretary General visits (27/01/98); photo essay on Titicaca (11/1/01); management plans for all sites (23/01/02); Estrategia Nacional de Conservación de los Humedales, 1996 (text) (04/03/02); new 3.8 million hectare Ramsar site (05/06/02); ecosystem workshop Feb 2003; names 2 high Andean sites (01/11/03); Paracas management plan (30/06/04); designates Humedal Lucre - Huacarpay (04/08/06); new wildlife refuge (10/10/06); names high-altitude lagoons (17/07/07); names 13th Ramsar site (16/10/08)
Philippines: names 3 Ramsar sites (09/12/99); guide to mangroves (15/06/04)
Poland: Vistula decision lauded (25/02/00); advisory mission to Siedem Wysp, 1989 (text); conference on Polesie (28/05/02); MAB/Ramsar workshop on Polesie wetlands (05/07/04); transboundary Dniester workshop (24/09/04); five new Ramsar sites (01/11/05); completes RIS updates (05/07/07); extends boundaries for 4 sites (11/07/07); two sites removed from Montreux Record (07/11/07); new wetland publications (17/01/08)
Polesie region: transboundary wetlands workshop (05/07/04)
Portugal: designates two Ramsar sites (30/10/01); book on Ramsar sites (11/01/02); unveils national wetland centre (20/02/02); names five Ramsar sites (11/05/06); 11 new Ramsar sites in Azores (07/10/08)
Poverty reduction: Resolutions IX.14; Wetlands International publication (24/07/07); see also Wetlands International. Wetlands and Poverty Reduction Project
Prespa Park: transboundary site declared (06/02/00); working meeting conclusions (20/10/00); first coordination meeting (06/02/01); update on Society (27/03/02); update (01/04/03); GEF funding (11/06/03); Web site launched (20/11/03); 6th meeting (04/06/04); 9th meeting (23/11/06); GEF meeting (17/03/08)
Pritchard, Dave: Implementation of the Ramsar Convention in Trinidad & Tobago, 1997 (text)
Project proposals: advice on developing and writing (E, F, S) (08/03/01)
Projects administered by the Ramsar Bureau: report to COP7 (10/05/99)
Public awareness of wetland values: see Education and public awareness; Outreach Programme
Publications of the Ramsar Convention: current list (16/2/00); texts available on this site (13/10/97); Brisbane Proceedings published (29/01/97); Economic Valuation of Wetlands published (23/05/97); Annotated Ramsar List published (20/02/00); new brochure announced (27/04/00); new info brochure announced (25/03/04); 3rd edition of Ramsar Manual (01/06/04)
Pulido, Victor (Peru): wins Ramsar Award (02/02/99)
Québec 2000, Millennium Wetland Event: report on opening day (08/08/00); Ramsar keynote address (08/08/00); Ramsar photos from (05/10/00); organizers' report on (31/10/00)
Ramsar Advisory Mission (formerly 'Monitoring Procedure', 'Management Guidance Procedure'): Recommendation 4.7 (text); first defined, Recommendation 4.7 annex 1 (F, S) (text); list of applications of the RAM (26/11/96 with updates, links to mission reports); mission to Iran (15/05/97); mission planned for Guatemala, Español (29/06/97); mission to Ebro Delta (26/09/00); mission to Doñana (23/10/02)
Ramsar Award: see Wetland Conservation Award
Ramsar cinema prize: see Ramsar/MedWet cinema prize
Ramsar Classification of Wetland Types: see Classification System
Ramsar Convention, accession requirements: see Accession procedures/requirements
Ramsar Convention: expanding membership, Recommendation 1.1 (text); reaches 100 Contracting Parties (14/02/97)
Ramsar Convention, financial and budgetary matters: see Financial and budgetary matters
Ramsar Convention, languages used officially: see Working languages of the Convention
Ramsar Convention, secretariat: see Ramsar Bureau
Ramsar Convention, text of the treaty, 1971 (E, Deutsch, F, S); Final Act establishing the treaty, 1971 (17/4/98)
Ramsar Convention, text of the treaty: amendment procedure, Recommendation 1.7 (text); proposed amendments, Recommendation 1.8 (text)
Ramsar Convention, text of the treaty: specific articles: see Article #
Ramsar Convention Work Plan, 1999-2002: text (E, F, S)
Ramsar Criteria: see Criteria for identifying Wetlands of International Importance
Ramsar Database: Recommendation 4.7 (text); coding sheet for Ramsar Wetland Types; measures to improve data (F, S) (29/06/97); graphical profiles on Web (30/06/98)
Ramsar Exchange, electronic mailing list: launched (28/05/97)
Ramsar Exhibit: launched (17/05/00); stars in Québec (05/10/00); replicated in poster form (19/12/00)
Ramsar flag: half-mast (11/9/01)
Ramsar Forum, e-mail discussion group: launched (23/05/97); invitation to (09/06/97)
Ramsar "Founding Fathers": named
Ramsar Handbooks for the Wise Use of Wetlands: 3rd ed. index page; described for COP7 (10/05/99); English version published (04/05/00); with a nice box (17/06/00); reprinted in Wise Use Centre (texts); published on CD-ROM by United Nations University (09/09/02); 3rd edition launched (23/09/06)
Ramsar history: Matthews' 1993 book (text); briefly described (19/04/00)
Ramsar Information Sheet (RIS): text (html copy) (S, F); Explanatory Note and Guidelines (S, F); Classification of Wetland Types (S, F); Recommendation 4.7 (text); Resolution VI.13 (text); Parties urged to update RIS (29/06/97);
Ramsar Internship Programme: see Internships at the Bureau
Ramsar List: see Wetlands of International Importance, List of
Ramsar logo: print version
Ramsar Manual: current edition, English, French, Spanish; published in Japanese (07/05/08)
Ramsar/MedWet cinema prize: to "The Turtle People", 2004 (09/06/04)
Ramsar meetings: see Meetings, upcoming
Ramsar Monitoring Procedure: see Ramsar Advisory Mission
Ramsar Outreach Programme: Handbooks published (04/05/00); unveils traveling exhibit (17/05/00)
Ramsar Poster Exhibit: unveiled (17/12/00)
Ramsar Partner Organizations: see International Organization Partners
Ramsar publications: see Publications of the Ramsar Convention
Ramsar regional and subregional meetings: see listing here
Ramsar Regional Center for Training and Research on Wetlands in Western and Central Asia (Ramsar, Iran): launched (27/03/05); appoints executive director (13/06/07); 2 new staff members (02/07/08)
Regional Ramsar Centre for Training and Research on Wetlands in the Western Hemisphere - CREHO (Panama): proposed Regional Ramsar Centre (Resolution VII.26); agreement signed with Ramsar (04/03/03); Regional Centre board meeting (31/05/03); director for Regional Centre (24/02/04): training session (07/12/04); adds development officer (08/03/06); launches InfoWetland (09/06/06); technical officer added (21/07/06); first issue of InfoWetland (28/07/06); progress report 2006 (04/10/06); training on marine/coastal management (09/10/06); workshop on sustainable fishing (27/11/06); training in EIA (14/12/07); new Technical Officer (30/07/08); recent courses (14/01/09)
Ramsar rug
Ramsar Secretariat: index page; proposed permanent secretariat, Recommendation 1.10 (text); interim secretariat, Recommendation 2.4 (text); Bureau first established, Resolution 3.1 (text); and development agencies, Recommendation 3.5 (text); new headquarters, Recommendation 5.11 (text); staff of the secretariat (04/12/96); Regional Coordinators (20/01/97); Deputy SecGen appointed (04/06/97); new Regional Coordinator for Africa appointed (21/8/97); other staff news (29/08/97); database expert appointed (02/02/98); RC for Africa on board (02/02/98); photos of Bureau staff (11/06/98); new Coordinator for the Americas (9/6/99); new European Coordinator (05/07/99); four new staff members (28/09/99); new Deputy SecGen named (05/11/99); new RC named for Asia (31/01/00); changing of DSG guard (21/02/00); Asia RC arrives (26/04/00); new accountant arrives (3/5/00); development adviser joins staff (18/8/00); Hallowe'en party (1/11/00); Spain sponsors COP8 officer (5/9/01); football team (18/07/02); new RC for Asia (20/02/03); new Secretary General chosen (02/03/03); Secretary General farewell parties (23/07/03); new SG takes up reins (01/08/03); farewell from Africa officer (01/08/03), hi to new Africa officer (26/08/03); Annette Keller retirement (30/08/04); seeks new Secretary General (29/11/06); new SRA for Americas (28/02/07); new Science support officer (29/03/07); new Secretary General chosen (04/05/07); new Regional Affairs officer (30/05/07); new Secretary General's message (03/08/07); new Senior Advisor for Asia (05/05/08); COP10 liaison intern (08/05/08); Danone project officer (21/05/08) (See also Internships).
Ramsar Secretariat Work Plans: index
Ramsar Sites: see Wetlands of International Importance
Ramsar Sites Database: see Wetlands International
Ramsar Sites in specific CPs: see Contracting Parties, specific sites within
Ramsar Sites Information Service (RSIS), Wetlands International: new face for RSIS (04/07/08)
Ramsar Sites, signs for: see Signs for Ramsar sites
Ramsar Sites, List of: see Wetlands of International Importance
Ramsar Small Grants Fund: see Small Grants Fund
Ramsar Standing Committee: see Standing Committee
Ramsar Technical Reports series: index page; first two volumes launched (03/08/06)
Ramsar terminology: Glossary of RamsarSpeak (27/04/97) Français (26/09/97), Español (26/04/98)
Ramsar 30th anniversary poster: announced (17/12/00)
Ramsar Toolkit: see Ramsar Handbooks on the wise use of wetlands
Ramsar Tsunami Reference Group: created (20/01/05); forum on "mitigation of natural disasters" (05/02/05)
Ramsar videos: new video on wetlands and Ramsar (06/02/00); History of Ramsar video (18/02/00); new Ramsar video available for download (27/01/03). 2002 video in .MOV format: English, français, español
"Ramsar Watch": founded in Australia (21/10/97)
Ramsar Web site: mission of; stats for 1997 (02/02/98); stats for Aug. 1998 (05/09/98); stats for 1999 (15/01/00)
Ramsar Wetland Conservation Award: see Wetland Conservation Award
Ramsar Wise Use Resource Centre: see Wise Use Resource Centre
Ramsar-related organizations and resources, links to web sites (first 09/07/96)
Recommendations of the Conference of the Contracting Parties: Cagliari, 1980; Groningen, 1984; Regina, 1987; Montreux, 1990; Kushiro, 1993; Brisbane, 1996; San José, 1999; Valencia, 2002. Consolidated index to Resolutions and Recommendations.
Recreational uses of water supply: Forum discussion (04/06/98)
Regina, Canada, 3rd COP: see Conference of the Contracting Parties, meetings of
Regina Amendments, 1987: text; provisional implementation, Resolution 3.4 (text)
Regional and subregional Ramsar meetings: see listing here
Regional categorization under Ramsar: Resolution VII.1 (18/06/99)
Regional Environmental Reconstruction Programme for SE Europe (REReP): 1st Task Force meeting (11/07/00)
Regional initiatives under the Convention: forms now available (21/01/08)
Regional meetings: proposal for 2001-2 (27/04/01); for COP9; for COP10
Regionally-based Ramsar liaison officers: Recommendation 6.6 (text)
Resolutions and Recommendations of the COP, consolidation of: Resolution VI.11 (text)
Resolutions, Daft: Kushiro (text), Brisbane (text), San José (text)
Resolutions of the Conference of the Contracting Parties: Regina, 1987; Montreux, 1990; Kushiro, 1993; Brisbane, 1996; San José, 1999; Valencia, 2002; Kampala, 2005; Consolidated index to Resolutions.
Restoration of wetlands: Recommendation 4.1 (text); Recommendation 6.15 (text); Technical Session paper on (10/05/99); Resolution VII.17 (text); new book on rehabilitation (30/09/99); new book from MedWet (18/07/02); Gardner paper (07/10/03)
Rice farm, low environmental impact: at Nariva, Trinidad & Tobago (23/10/00)
Rio+10 process: Ramsar and Agenda 21 (E, F, S) (03/03/01); update on progress (18/05/01)
Risk assessment for wetlands: see Wetland risk assessment
River Basin Initiative: progress reported (25/4/00); more progress, and brochure (E, F, S) (01/03/01); launches e-mail discussion group (14/12/01); CBD & Ramsar seek case studies (24/09/02); seeks SE Asia case studies (28/10/02); publishes Ramsar guidelines in local languages (01/03/04)
River basins: COP7 paper on (10/05/99); river basin commissions (10/05/99); Resolution VII.18 (text); Guidelines for management of (06/07/99); WWF book on (14/11/03); Ramsar guidelines in SE Asian language (01/03/04)
Romania: designates second Ramsar site (22/06/01); 2 new RS for WWD (02/02/06); names 5th Ramsar site (26/04/06); conference on Danube cooperation (05/07/06); workshop on transboundary Ramsar site (30/03/07)
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds: publishes habitat action packs (23/05/98)
Rules of Procedure: Resolution VI.15 (text); Ramsar Conference of the Parties (E, S, F)
Russian Federation: trip planned (29/08/97) and reported (13/09/97); sends data on 35 sites (20/11/97); conference planned (27/09/98); "Amazing Wetlands" art contest (20/12/99); Wetlands International Action Plan published (27/01/00); inventory of peatlands published (16/05/00); Training course (02/04/01); Kamchatka SGF report (02/05/01); transboundary SGF project (12/08/03)
Rwanda: progress towards accession (23/06/04); becomes 148th Ramsar Party (23/12/05); prepares for wetland inventory (31/10/07); signs MOC on inventory (30/04/08); FAO radio documentaries (18/12/08)
Sahel wetlands: Recommendation 2.6 (text)
Saint Lucia: becomes 131st Contracting Party (20/03/02); WFF project at Mankoté (11/11/03); WFF project on participatory management (05/11/07)
Salt works: ALAS products (30/06/03); from Po Delta Park (23/07/07)
Samoa: Ramsar regional office to be established at SPREP (17/05/04); joins Convention (01/12/04)
Sao Tome and Principe: joins Ramsar Convention as 153rd Party (31/08/06)
Scientific and Technical Review Panel (STRP): index page, with reports of meetings; establishment of (Resolution 5.5, text); structure and composition (10/06/99); Resolution VI.7 (text); Resolution VII.2 and composition 1999-2002 [F, S](18/06/99); Work Plan 1996-1999 text (13/02/97); Work Plan 1999-2002 (E , F, S) (05/01/00); National Focal Points, TOR (E, F, S); List of National STRP Focal Points (first 04/10/00); members chosen for 2003-2005 (03/03/03); work plan 2003-2005 (16/05/03); appointments for 2006-2008 (03/03/06); progress report Nov 2007 (08/11/07)
Seagrasses: Forum question (10/10/99); World Atlas launched (16/10/03)
Secretariat of the Convention: see Ramsar Secretariat
Secretary General, addresses: index page
Senegal: Djoudj National Bird Park, Recommendation 2.7 (text); Advisory Mission report on Djoudj, 1988 (text); Advisory Mission report on N'daiël, 1988 (text); Advisory Mission report on Djoudj, 2000 (text); Transboundary Ramsar Site with Gambia (28/11/08)
Serbia: status in Ramsar Convention, COP7 background paper (10/05/99); Resolution VII.30 (text); succeeds to Convention (27/08/01); Ludas Lake 25th Ramsar anniversary (12/04/02); designates Slano Kopovo (14/09/04); cooperation with Albania (27/10/05); mission report to Skadar lake (20/12/05); two new Ramsar sites (19/01/07); workshop on transboundary Ramsar site (30/03/07); names Zasavica RS (25/06/08); Lake Ludas SGF project (15/12/08)
Seychelles: preparing for accession (19/02/04); becomes 144th Ramsar Party (17/12/04)
Shared wetlands, river basins, and/or species (Article 5): Resolution 4.4 (text); COP7 paper on (10/05/99)
Shorebird Working Group: 1st meeting, China (10/05/98); update on progress (05/02/99)
Siberian Crane Wetland Project: conference on migratory birds (02/11/07)
SIDSnet (Small Island Developing States Network): introduced (19/05/98)
Sierra Leone: 118th Party to the Convention (15/01/00); National Wetland Committee meeting (21/03/02); national wetland inventory (24/01/06)
Signs for Ramsar sites: recommended text (E,F,S) (11/01/97); instructive notes (18/10/00)
Slovakia: names 5 new sites (25/02/98); SGF news (23/11/99); more SGF news (20/09/00); book on Morava floodplain (28/11/00); designates Domica caves (26/01/01); Morava-Dyje Floodplains trilateral agreement (06/09/01); transboundary Tisa Ramsar site (04/12/04); designates cave system (16/11/06); Transboundary Ramsar Site (28/02/07); celebrations for Morava-Dyje TRS (07/12/07)
Slovenia: new National Ramsar Committee (29/09/96); names big cave for Ramsar site (11/06/99); hosts Ramsar regional meeting (26/11/01); SGF report (18/02/03); names Cerknica for WWD (02/02/06); awareness-raising for young people (20/12/06)
Small Grants Fund: index page; established (Resolution 4.4, 1990, text); funding for (Resolution 5.8, 1993, text); Resolution VI.6 (text); Resolution VII.5 (text); Operational Guidelines and application forms (E, F, S) (latest version in Word); brochure with success stories published (14/09/98); Allocations Reports (22/06/99); Critical Evaluation of [F, S](18/06/99); list of projects 1991-2000 (13/01/01)
Small Island Developing States: Ramsar paper on (E, F, S) (02/02/97); SIDSnet (19/05/98); Recommendation 7.2 (text); Ramsar and SIDS (28/03/03)
Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS): memorandum of cooperation with Ramsar (01/07/99); Ramsar-related grant programme (27/09/99); Ramsar Support Framework grants (13/01/00); call for grant proposals (04/07/00); grant ceremony (10/08/00); US FWS extends grant programme (18/08/00); names Ramsar grants 2000 (14/12/00); names Ramsar grants for 2001 (28/01/02); names Ramsar grants for 2002 (15/04/03); summary of grants 1999-2002 (23/07/03); 2004 Ramsar grants named (26/04/04); 2006 annual meeting (04/09/06)
Socio-economics of wetlands: new book from WI (23/04/03)
South Africa: St. Lucia off Montreux Record (03/96); Blesbokspruit on Montreux Record (06/05/96); names 3 new sites (30/01/97); briefing sketch (06/05/97); background on St. Lucia and Langebaan (08/05/97); names 16th site (08/07/98); St. Lucia added to World Heritage (03/12/99); Ramsar Advisory Mission to St Lucia, 1992 (text); designates 17th Ramsar site (27/11/01), Wetlands, Water and Livelihoods workshop, St Lucia (17/02/06); two new Ramsar sites (22/05/07)
South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP): see Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Southern Africa: subregional meeting (18/02/98); subregional meeting (26/11/01)
Spain: Doñana National Park, Recommendation 4.9.1 (text); Pantano de El Hondo hunting ban (04/11/96); Mediterranean Wetlands Network launched (11/12/96); National Strategy planned (22/11/96); names 36th Ramsar site (25/02/97); meeting on Doñana (26/03/97); 2 new sites named (30/9/97); Fundacio Natura described (23/09/98); national water policy described (05/07/99); Strategic Plan for wetlands=Plan Estratégico Español (text in Spanish); Ramsar advisory mission to Tablas de Daimiel,1988 (text); mission to Ebro Delta (26/9/00); Red Book for fish (19/04/01); Ebro Delta mission report (S, E summary)(04/09/01); Ramsar mission to Doñana (23/10/02); National Wetland Centre in Valencia (21/10/02); names 11 Ramsar sites (11/03/03); report on Doñana (07/01/04); Doñana site expanded (18/04/07); 14 new Ramsar sites (23/04/07)
Special Protection Areas: and Ramsar sites (09/04/97)
Sri Lanka: national wetland committee meets (11/08/97); publishes guide to Bundala (28/02/02); names mangrove lagoon (15/02/04); launches National Wetland Policy (28/10/04); National Wetland Directory (13/12/07)
Stamps, postage, and postmarks: Switzerland's Ramsar postmark, 1990; Armenia's Ramsar postage stamps (05/10/00; Slovenia's Ramsar postmark (25/01/02); Jamaica's Ramsar site stamps (02/11/04); Ramsar and Bailiwick of Guernsey (25/08/06)
Standing Committee: index page; established, Resolution 3.3 (text); composition (18/10/96 etc.); Resolution VII.1 and tasks (18/06/99); composition 2000-2002; composition for 2006-2008 (21/11/05)
Starlight Initiative: Secretary General at conference (04/05/07)
Stockholm Water Prize: awarded 2008 (20/03/08)
Strategic Plan for the Convention: "Framework for Implementation" (1990); Strategic Plan 1997-2002: text of (E, S, F); Resolution VI.14 adopting (text); Wetlands International's implementation (14/11/96); available in Chinese (28/5/97); Strategic Plan 2003-2008: text of (E, F, S); Strategic Plan 2009-2015: text of (E, F, S)
Subterranean karst wetlands: Resolution VI.5 (text); Madagascar names first to List (27/10/98); Resolution VII.13 (text)
Sudan: joins the Convention (19/04/05); designates Sudd marshes (15/06/06); UNEP meeting on wetlands (01/11/06); update on wetlands (22/01/07)
Sweden: studies Ramsar sites (29/08/97); Ramsar advisory mission to Hornborga, 1988 (text); designates 21 new sites & extends nine others (30/05/02); national wetlands inventory on-line (06/07/05); National Wetlands Strategy (31/01/07)
Swiss Development Corporation: and Niger Ramsar sites (03/04/02)
Swiss Grant for Africa: index page; six projects approved (27/01/05); projects for 2006 (01/12/06); projects for 2007 (12/12/07)
Switzerland: thanks to Swiss hosts, Recommendation 4.14 (text); thanks for facilities, Recommendation 5.11 (text); 25th Anniversary celebration in Geneva (31/10/96); extends Geneva site (02/02/01); Ramsar staff view Swiss sites (20/05/02); partnership with Ramsar & WWF on Lake Malawi (11/09/02); Ramsar/Swiss side event, CSD12 (29/04/04); approves Africa grant 2004 (04/09/04); updates site data (06/01/05); 3 new sites for WWD (01/02/05); sustainable development festival (22/06/07); meeting of Ramsar site managers (23/06/08)
Syria: becomes 107th Party (26/05/98)
Tajikistan: succeeds to the Convention (27/08/01)
Tanzania: joins Ramsar as 120th Party (11/05/00); names Lake Natron (23/8/01); technical mission (11/12/01); designates Kilombero floodplain (04/06/02); names coastal complex to List (28/01/05); Ramsar Action Plan (18/01/07); coral reef survey (20/11/07); Ramsar Advisory Mission set for Lake Natron (20/02/08); coral survey (25/02/08); Ramsar Mission report released (20/08/08)
Temporary pools: resolution on (2002); Tour du Valat guidelines available (01/07/04)
Thailand: mangrove restoration project (10/6/97); joins the Convention (29/5/98); designates five new sites (17/10/01); hosts Ramsar subregional meeting (17/10/01); designates four new sites (04/09/02); Ramsar visit (20/12/03); Ramsar visit to Krabi Estuary (20/02/08)
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: participates in Prespa Park set-up (20/10/00); meeting on Dojran (01/05/02); Ramsar materials published in Macedonian (31/07/02); names 2nd Ramsar site (30/01/08)
The Nature Conservancy: cooperation agreement with Ramsar (29/09/00)
Tisza River cyanide spill (23/02/00), update 28/2/00, update 30/3/00
Togo: names Ramsar Committee (04/11/97); two new Ramsar sites (12/11/07)
Toolkit: see Ramsar Handbooks on the Wise Use of Wetlands
Tour du Valat Biological Station: training courses (31/01/01); Ramsar visit (11/07/01 ); arson attack (19/03/02); Camargue Observatory data (27/03/07)
Tourism and wetlands: resources page (08/06); Wetlands International publication (24/07/07)
Toxic chemicals and Ramsar: Recommendation 6.14 (text); info paper (03/05/97)
Training programmes: Recommendation 4.5 (text); Recommendation 6.5 (text); Ramsar's list (2/2/98); WWF Hong Kong programme at Mai Po; Papua New Guinea (28/11/00); Australian programme for Asia-Pacific (03/07/01); training CD from MedWet (14/08/02); Kenya (02/05/03); Australia launches wetland management training programme (24/07/06); WetCap guide to opportunities (12/03/07); ICAWM course in Kenya (05/04/07); training for European managers (23/11/07)
Transboundary Ramsar sites (TRS): list; potential TRS in Belarus, Lithuania, & Russia (12/08/03); workshop in Belarus (12/05/04); seminar in Austria (27/11/04); Belgium & Luxembourg designate TRS (03/12/04); Hungary-Slovak TRS for the Tisza (04/12/04); workshop in Eger, Hungary (01/09/06); workshop in Serbia (30/03/07); study tour of TRS in Europe (05/06/07); celebrations for Morava-Dyje (07/12/07); Estonia & Latvia name TRS (06/03/08); Belarus & Ukraine name TRS (02/06/08); Austria & German Wildalm, & celebration (17/09/08); France & Germany Rhine site (15/10/08); Gambia & Senegal Niumi-Saloum (28/11/08)
Trinidad and Tobago: Update on progress (13/03/97); Pritchard's study of Ramsar implementation (02/02/98); fires in Nariva Swamp (19/04/98) and update (09/06/98); Ramsar Advisory Mission to Nariva Swamp, 1995 (text); new National Wetland Policy (text) (21/01/02); Nariva removed from Montreux Record (21/02/02); designates two new sites (15/09/05); WFF project on participatory management (05/11/07)
Tsunami Reference Group: see Ramsar Tsunami Reference Group
Tunisia: report on wetlands (03/02/97); Ramsar advisory mission to Ichkeul, 1988 (text) and advisory mission, 2000 (text); plans 15 new sites (30/11/04); 19 new Ramsar sites (06/11/07); good news from Ichkeul (22/08/08)
Turkey: appeal on Gediz Delta (28/11/97); names 4 new sites (22/6/98); feature on Manyas (14/02/01); national wetland strategy (28/03/03); three new Ramsar sites (16/05/06); completes RIS updates (21/02/08); photos of Lake Uluabat (23/04/08)
TVE (Television Trust for the Environment): produces Ramsar video (18/02/00)
25th Anniversary wetland campaign: Recommendation 5.10 (text)
25th Anniversary Statement: Resolution VI.14 adopting (text); the text itself (13/05/96)
Twinning: Austria-Kenya Programme (24/06/98)
Uganda: National Wetland Policy (text); wetland inventory guidelines (16/12/00); launches new policy on WWD 2001 (02/02/01); Ramsar SG attends celebrations (photos) (01/03/01); signs MOU for COP9 (02/11/03); names 2nd Ramsar site (16/02/04); Ramsar visit pre-COP9 (31/03/04); Crane Bank Ramsar Award (14/04/06); first Crane Bank awards made (22/08/06); names 9 Ramsar sites (15/09/06); Ramsar visit (08/06/07)
Ukraine: soon to join the Convention (15/11/96); becomes 98th Contracting Party (06/02/97); completes listing of 22 sites (16/10/98); Ramsar mission to, 1990 (text); conference on Polesie (28/05/02); 3 sites removed from Montreux Record (01/09/03); Ramsar mission to Danube Delta (05/12/03), report ready (09/02/04); concern about Danube canal works (08/05/04); WWF protest on Danube canal (12/05/04); MAB/Ramsar workshop on Polesie wetlands (05/07/04); concerns about Bystroye canal (24/08/04); designates 11 new sites (15/09/04); transboundary Dniester workshop (24/09/04); update on Bystroye canal situation (24/06/05); hosts int'l conferences on Danube Delta (13/03/06); Bystroe Canal concerns (16/05/08); Transboundary Ramsar Site with Belarus (02/06/08)
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change: Ramsar and (Kyoto meeting) (23/12/97); Ramsar and (IUCN paper) (23/10/99); 2 Ramsar addresses to UNFCCC COP5 - DSG and SG (02/11/99); asks cooperation with Ramsar (06/12/99); Ramsar address to SBSTA12 (13/06/00); Ramsar speech to COP6 (21/11/00); Ramsar address to SBSTA15 (01/11/01); Ramsar address to COP13 (14/12/07)
UNCTAD: signs MOU with Ramsar (03/09/02)
UNECE Water Convention: seminar on flood prevention guidelines (05/07/04); Nature for Water publications (18/03/06); draft Code on pay for ecosystem services (14/06/06); adopts pioneering instruments (23/01/07); assessment of transboundary waters (02/11/07)
UNEP: Ramsar urges coordinating role on environment (09/02/01); study of International Environmental Governance (20/05/01); Governing Council meeting (18/02/02); address to Governing Council (22/02/05); workshop on biodiversity MEAs (14/03/06); Africa Environment Outlook 2 (11/07/06); meeting on Sudan wetlands (01/11/06)
UNEP Division of Environmental Law and Conventions (DELC): cooperation with Ramsar (08/08/07)
UNEP-GRASP: see Great Apes Survival Project
UNEP Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Environment Unit: cooperation with Ramsar (18/01/07); teams to Haitian wetlands (08/09/08)
UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB): see Man and the Biosphere Programme
UNESCO World Heritage Convention: see World Heritage Convention
UNICEF: teams with WWF in India (10/05/98)
United Arab Emirates: Secretariat visit to Dubai (28/06/06); joins the Convention (26/09/07)
United Kingdom: 3 new sites named (18/11/96); press release on Midland Meres (6/2/97); 10 sites added to List (28/5/98); names 2 sites on south coast [F, S] (30/10/98); extends ratification to territories (12/11/98); names Kintyre site (23/12/98); 8 new sites (30/1/99); plan for ruddy ducks (6/2/99); 4 new sites for World Wetlands Day (16/2/99); 8 new sites in overseas territories (11/6/99); another 5 sites! (24/7/99); extends Morecambe Bay (22/11/99); names 149th site (19/12/99); press release on WWD (2/2/00); 150th Ramsar site (17/2/00); extends Teesmouth Coast (03/04/00); designates Thames Estuary (12/05/00); names 4 new sites (25/8/00); names 156th (12/09/00); Ramsar advisory missions to Northern Ireland, 1989, and to Dee Estuary, 1994 (texts); names 2 new sites [F, S](10/10/00); adds Ouse Washes to Montreux (5/11/00); names Garry Bog [F, S] (17/11/00); important policy on Ramsar sites (21/11/00); names Channel Island site (27/11/00); extends Uist site (15/12/00); names blanket bog site in Western Isles (28/12/00); extends Caithness Lochs (22/1/01); Wales announces Ramsar policy (2/2/01) (text); defends Pevensey levels; designates Scilly Isles (19/09/01); names 2 sites in Falklands (Malvinas)(24/10/01); names Firth of Forth (19/12/01); names site on Tiree (22/01/02); English Heritage launches wetlands strategy (03/06/02); 2 new sites in Northern Ireland (14/06/02); Ouse Washes RAM report (31/02/03); Lough Neagh Strategic Fund (15/12/03); names Ramsar Site in Cyprus (01/04/04); 3 sites on Jersey reefs (30/03/05); names Alderney Ramsar site (01/11/05); names Guernsey site (30/03/06); Guernsey Ramsar postage stamps (25/08/06); Ramsar site on Isle of Man (14/09/06); new site in Northern Ireland (24/10/07); extends Humber site (29/10/07)
United Nations Environment Programme: see UNEP
United States of America: Everglades National Park, Recommendation 4.9.2 (text); 15th Ramsar site inaugurated, Cache River/Cypress Creek (30/09/96); 25th Anniversary, addresses (25/04/96); 25th Anniversary in Connecticut (21/10/96); National Wetlands Awards (06/05/97); Migratory Birds Day press release (06/05/97); wetland loss slowing (26/09/97); SG's visit to (14/10/97); Ramsar at Wetlands Month celebration (28/04/98); bulletin for Connecticut marshes (23/07/98); designates 16th site (05/09/98); designates Bolinas Lagoon (11/09/98); Connecticut posts site description (22/09/98); progress in Okefenokee mining dispute (01/03/99); Caddo Lake extended (03/03/99); aid for site in Arkansas (31/08/00); Okefenokee threatened again (08/09/00); photos of Wisconsin wetlands (02/12/00); Delaware Bay project (04/01/02); extends Cheyenne Bottoms site (10/04/02); names Quivira to Ramsar List (11/04/02); designates Tomales Bay (09/01/03); signs two MOUs with Ramsar (21/01/04); two new sites for WWD (01/02/05); new site in Hawaii (04/04/05); woodpecker found in Ramsar site (23/05/05); effectiveness of Ramsar in USA (22/02/07); National Ramsar Committee meeting (13/12/07); grants for U.S. Ramsar sites (04/02/08); National Wetland Awards (20/03/08); names Audobon site in South Carolina (30/05/08); designates Olentangy (20/06/08) and Swampfest celebration (01/10/08)
United States of America. Department of State: speech, 25/4/96 (15/05/96); new publication on Ramsar Conference (08/02/97); signs Wetlands for the Future MOU (15/10/97); press release WWD 2001;
United States of America. Fish and Wildlife Service: speech, 25/04/96 (23/12/96); press release on Int'l Migratory Bird Day (06/05/97); new Ramsar pin (08/05/00); provides grant for US Ramsar sites (25/10/07)
United States National Ramsar Committee: testimony to Congress (01/05/97); meeting with Ramsar Secretary General (09/05/97); National Committee announces Ramsar grants programme (23/08/00), announces winners (17/1/01); receives grant for US Ramsar sites (25/10/07)
Ural River Basin: sturgeon conservation workshop (12/07/07)
Uruguay: advisory mission to Bañados del Este Ramsar site (1988); another Ramsar mission (1993); 2nd Ramsar site (19/12/04); documentary film for WFF (15/03/07)
Uzbekistan: becomes 130th Contracting Party (1/11/01); names second Ramsar site (22/10/08)
Valuation of, values and functions of wetlands: see Wetland values and functions, valuation
Venezuela: Cuare, Recommendation 5.1.2 (text); 4 new sites named (16/10/96); wetland book published (30/1/00)
Viet Nam: decree on sustainable wetlands (13/10/03); names 2nd Ramsar site (05/10/05); wetlands status report (19/01/06); workshop on coastal wetlands (12/09/06)
WacoWet: launched (17/07/07); charter (PDF); protocol (PDF); rules of procedure (PDF)
Waddensee: 25th anniversary of Secretariat (22/10/03)
Waderbirds: declining populations (09/10/03)
Water issues: Resolution VI.23 (text)
Water policy: see National Water Policy
Waterbird population estimates: Resolution VI.4 (text); Asian Waterfowl Census (30/4/98); WeBS publishes Wetland Bird Survey (9/11/00); available online (30/01/02); 3rd edition available online (07/05/03); 4th edition published (23/01/07); 4th ed. data downloadable (20/08/07)
Waterbirds Around the World: flyways conference (05/04/04); Edinburgh Declaration (13/04/04); book launched (12/03/07); book reviewed (19/03/07)
Watersheds of the World: published (12/05/98); new CD-ROM (19/03/03)
WeBS: publishes Wetland Bird Survey (09/11/00)
West Africa: management planning in (04/06/03); subregional meeting 1997 (14/05/97)
Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network (WHSRN): 4 new sites added (22/09/00); site assessment tool (05/04/06); new Web site (26/07/06); Pablo Canevari Awards 2008 (19/06/08)
Wetland Ambassadors campaign: launched for Mekong Basin (02/06/04)
Wetland Conservation Award: index page; Resolution VI.18 (text); announced (04/11/97); 1999 winners announced [F, S] (03/11/98); 1999 interviews & pix (02/02/99); index page for 2002 Awards (14/07/01); call for nominations for 2002 (15/07/01); Awards for 2002 announced (01/07/02); photos of 2002 winners; call for nominations for 2005 (18/06/04); call for nominations for 2008 (18/10/07); Winners for 2008 announced (05/06/08)
Wetland inventories, national: see National Wetland Inventories
Wetland Link International (WWT programme): revivifying it seems (27/06/01); Web site launched (01/07/03); MOC with Ramsar (22/11/05); WLI-Asia discussed (30/10/06)
Wetland loss and degradation: Wetlands International overview, 1996 (18/02/98); Global Review project (22/10/97); Global Review report to COP7 (10/05/99)
Wetland management, training courses: see Training Programmes
Wetland Reserves: Recommendation 4.4 (text); Recommendation 5.3 (text)
Wetland restoration: see Restoration of wetlands
Wetland risk assessment: COP7 paper on (10/05/99); Resolution VII.10 (text); Framework for (05/07/99)
Wetland values and functions, valuation: info pack (texts in E, F, and S); Barbier book (1997); Technical Report no.3 (2006)
Wetlands: role in the water cycle (10/05/99)
Wetlands for the Future: index page; 10-year performance review (24/04/07)
Wetlands International: Resolution 3.1 (text); agreement (as IWRB) with IUCN on secretariat, 1987; implementation of Ramsar Strategic Plan 1996-1997 (14/11/96); new book published (12/12/96); Memo of Agreement with Ramsar (02/04/97) and new one (2004); Montreal workshop report (09/09/97); Global Review project signed (22/10/97); staffing news (18/12/97); graphical output for Ramsar Database (30/06/98); Director stepping down (03/09/98) and new Director appointed (26/1/00); names new Science Coordinator (29/01/00); GEF project for flyway (15/04/00); signs MOU on Data Gateway (09/05/00); signs MOU with CBD Secretariat (10/11/00); Specialist Groups meeting (08/12/00); review for 2000 (30/04/01); convenes 3rd Board of Members meeting (30/11/01); Strategy 2002-2005 launched (27/06/02); MOU signed with China (13/09/03); Jane Madgwick new CEO (23/12/03); Ramsar Sites Database on-line (17/02/04); 40th annual waterbird count (10/01/07); new face for RSIS (04/07/08); study shows bird declines (15/09/08)
Wetlands International - China Programme: new Web site on China wetlands (11/12/01); appeals for earthquake aid (25/07/08)
Wetlands International - Asia Pacific: plans for World Wetlands Day '97 (21/01/97); publishes Asian Waterfowl Census (30/04/98)
Wetlands International - Oceania Programme: names new head (08/10/01)
Wetlands International - Partners for Wetlands Programme: funding agreement with Netherlands (02/06/01); takes over funding for Ramsar SGF projects (02/07/02)
Wetlands International - Russia Programme: Action Plan for Russia published (27/01/00); inventory of peatlands published (16/05/00)
Wetlands International - Thailand Programme: mangrove project (10/06/97); English-language project (11/06/98)
Wetlands International - West Africa Programme: reports on black stork project (06/09/02)
Wetlands International. Wetlands and Poverty Reduction Project: Wetlands, Water and Livelihoods workshop, St Lucia (17/02/06); West and East African workshops (12/07/06); Seed Funding Facility call for nominations (26/07/06); training of trainers sessions (27/11/06); further training sessions (29/03/07); report published by IWMI (01/12/08)
Wetlands of International Importance, boundaries of: Resolution VII.23 (text)
Wetlands of International Importance, criteria: see Criteria for Identifying Wetlands of International Importance
Wetlands of International Importance in specific CPs: see Contracting Parties, specific sites within
Wetlands of International Importance, List of: description & opportunity to download (first 19/02/96, updated regularly); adding more sites, Recommendation 1.3 (text); advice on designation (Recommendation 4.2 annex II); procedure for initial designation, Resolution 5.3 (text); Resolution VII.11 (text) and Resolution VII.12 (text); Annotated Ramsar List available (20/02/00); Strategic Framework and guidelines for (latest edition, F, S)
Wetlands of International Importance, providing adequate data and maps: Resolution 4.5 (text); Resolution 5.3 (text); Resolution VI.16 (text); Parties urged to send RIS (29/06/97); status of updated RIS information (up-to-date)
Wetlands, unlisted: conservation of, Recommendation 2.9 (text)
Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (UK): revivifying Wetland Link International (26/06/01); Wetland Centre wins award (09/10/01)
Wings over Wetlands, "WOW" (UNEP GEF project): launched (22/11/06); awareness workshop (02/10/07); Web site launched (02/04/08); training workshop in Jordan (25/06/08)
Wise Use, Ramsar principle of: described (28/11/96); Regina definition (text); Recommendation 3.3 (text); Recommendation 4.10 (text) and Guidelines for Implementation, 1990 [F] [S] (7/10/96); Resolution 5.6 (text) and Additional Guidance, 1993 [F, S] (7/10/96-29/12/96); Forum discussion (24/10/97); classic Hollis-Holland-Maltby-Larson article, 1988 (text); rebuttal to legal article (23/2/01)
Wise Use Resource Library: launched (02/02/98); index page (02/02/98)
Wise Use Toolkit: see Ramsar Toolkit
Work Plans: Convention, Secretariat, STRP
World Bank: Recommendation 4.13 (text); Recommendation 5.4 (text); Resolution VI.10 (text); Mangrove code of conduct, Ramsar input (12/02/05)
World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC): conventions-synergy project (25/10/97)
World Environment Day: 2003 (02/06/03); at IUCN/Ramsar/WWF 2004 (27/05/04)
World Heritage Convention: and Ramsar sites (09/04/97); meeting on cooperation (13/06/97); memo of understanding with Ramsar [S, F] (01/06/99); picks South Africa's St. Lucia (03/12/99); recent Ramsar cooperation with (18/04/00); 2 Ramsar sites added to Heritage list (25/07/08)
World Migratory Bird Day: 2007 announced (03/04/07), press release (13/05/07); for 2008 (16/04/08)
World Parks Congress: Ramsar report (12/09/03)
World Resources Institute (WRI): seconds Carmen Revenga to Ramsar (28/03/02); report for CBD on wetland biodiversity (06/05/04)
World Summit on Sustainable Development (August 2002): Ramsar reports from (05/09/02 & earlier)
World Trade Organization: called upon to include environmental concerns (24/10/96)
World Water Congress, 10th, Melbourne: Ramsar address (22/03/00)
World Water Council: Ramsar participation in (10/10/96)
World Water Day: SG message for, 2007 (21/03/07)
World Water Forum: Ramsar at 1st meeting (26/03/97); Ramsar at 2nd meeting (23/03/00); Ramsar at 4th meeting (24/03/06)
World Water Monitoring Day: 17 September 2007 (29/08/07)
World Wetland Network (WWN): formed (01/12/08)
World Wetlands Day: WWD index page; designated for 2 February (24/12/96); update on 1997 activities (28/03/97); Bureau's press release [F, S] (27/01/97); WWD 1998 results (02/02/99); Bureau's programme for WWD98 (02/02/98); more stuff for 1999 (02/02/99); reports on WWD '99 (13/02/99); World Wetlands Day 2000 (22/11/99); theme for 2005 announced (22/06/04)
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF): teams with UNICEF in India (10/05/98); marine policy described (16/06/98); lauds Vistula decision (25/02/00); wins TV award on Ramsar site (03/04/02); signs MOC with Ramsar (24/05/02) and another MOC (2004); partnership with Ramsar & Switzerland on Lake Malawi (11/09/02); protests Ukraine Danube canal (12/05/04); Madagascar wetland Gift to the Earth (15/06/04)
World Water Monitoring Day: 2006 (29/09/06)
WWF-Auen-Institut: Floodplains Institute publishes Oder atlas (01/06/01)
WWF China Programme: Wetland Ambassadors awareness campaign (24/05/02); Wetland Ambassadors for Mekong Basin (02/06/04)
WWF European Freshwater Programme: launches Water and Wetland Index (14/12/00)
WWF Hong Kong: Mai Po training programme (25/11/99)
WWF Living Waters Programme [now Global Freshwater Programme]: offers new wetlands poster (05/11/00): aids Algerian sites (02/02/01); aids Swiss site extension (02/02/01); WWD2001 press release (02/02/01); neat new info pack (01/05/01); new sites in Niger (13/06/01); and Niger Basin Authority (30/04/02); takes over funding for Ramsar SGF projects (02/07/02); book on river basins (14/11/03); new publications on agriculture and water (01/12/03); Algeria visit with Ramsar (19/01/04); helps with Colombian site (26/08/08)
WWF Pakistan: photos of high-altitude wetlands (14/09/01)
Yemen: Ramsar visit to (16/02/06)
Yueyang Declaration (26/12/98)
Yugoslavia: see Serbia and Montenegro
Zambia: hosts Ramsar subregional meeting (26/11/01); designates Lukanga Swamps (16/12/05); four new Ramsar sites (08/03/07); names part of Lake Tanganyika (20/04/07)
Zonation of wetland reserves: Recommendation 5.3 (text)

For further information about the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands or about this site, please contact: the Ramsar Convention Secretariat, Rue Mauverney 28, CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland (tel +41 22 999 0170, fax +41 22 999 0169, e-mail ). First posted 25 November 1996, updated regularly, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.