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Important Lists in the Structure of the Ramsar Convention


The Secretariat's lists of Contracting Parties, Ramsar sites, and Montreux Record are always completely up-to-date; other lists are updated frequently.

The Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention (English, Français, Español) (in chronological order); List of ratifications (PDF)

The List of Wetlands of International Importance ("Ramsar List")

dotred.gif (924 bytes)The Annotated Ramsar List

Administrative Authorities charged with implementation of the Convention in the Contracting Parties (i.e., national focal points for the Convention)

Members of the Standing Committee

Members of the Scientific and Technical Review Panel (STRP)

National Focal Points for the STRP

National Focal Points for Communication, Education and Public Awareness

The Montreux Record of sites requiring priority attention, trilingual version 

Applications of the Ramsar Advisory Mission [formerly known as the Monitoring Procedure and the Management Guidance Procedure], and their reports


For further information, 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 ). Updated 30 March 2007, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.

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