The
Ramsar Convention on WetlandsThe
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
4th meeting of the Mediterrean Wetlands Committee, Sesimbra, Portugal, 21-23 May 2001 [français]
Mediterranean Wetlands Committee
Fourth Meeting of the
Mediterranean Wetlands Committee (MedWet/Com4)
Sesimbra, Portugal, 21-23 May 2001
Working and information documents
PROGRAMME OUTLINE
Saturday, May 19
Sunday, May 20
Monday, May 21
Tuesday, May 22
Wednesday, May 23
For more information, contact Sandra Moutinho at ICN (Institute for Nature Conservation), Lisbon: e-mail: moutinhos@icn.pt - Fax: +351 21 354 2501 or Thymio Papayannis, Senior Advisor Ramsar/MedWet in Athens: e-mail: thymiop@hol.gr - Tel.: +30 1 360 0711 /4 - Fax: +30 1 362 9338.
Fourth Meeting of the Mediterranean Wetlands
Committee
Sesimbra, Portugal, 21-23 May 2001
List of working documents
DOC MC4/01a Provisional Agenda and Programme
DOC MC4/02 "From Djerba to Sesimbra: Report on the MedWet Initiative, April 2000 to April 2001"
DOC MC4/03 The draft Ramsar Strategic Plan 2003-2008 and the Mediterranean specificities
DOC MC4/04 MedWet Work Plan 2001-2002
DOC MC4/05 Towards the MedWet Operational Plan 2003-2005
DOC MC4/06 The Provisional Agenda for Ramsar COP8: inputs from MedWet/Com
DOC MC4/08 The Mediterranean presence at Ramsar COP8
INFO MC4/09 Practical arrangements
INFO MC4/10 List of MedWet/Com members
INFO MC4/11 MoU between UNEP/MAP and the Ramsar Bureau
INFO MC4/12 Draft Ramsar Strategic Plan 2003-2008 (Appendix I)
Abbreviations:
| AEWA | African Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement |
| COP | Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties |
| DGF | Direction générale des Forets, Ministère de l’Agriculture, Tunisia |
| DHKD | Turkish Society for the Protection of Nature |
| DSG | Deputy Secretary General, Convention on Wetlands |
| EC / EU | European Commission / European Union |
| ECFESD | European Consultative Forum for Environment and Sustainable Development |
| EKBY | Greek Biotope / Wetland Centre, Thessaloniki, Greece |
| GWP | Global Water Partnership |
| ICN | Institute for Nature Protection, Portugal |
| IUCN | The World Conservation Union |
| MEDTAC | Mediterranean Technical Advisory Committee of the GWP |
| MW/C | MedWet Coordinator or MedWet Co-ordination |
| MW/CU | MedWet Coordination Unit |
| MW/T | MedWet Team |
| NAWN | North African Wetland Network |
| NGO | Non-governmental organisation |
| ONCFS | Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage, France |
| RAC-SPA | Regional Activity Centre for Special Protected Areas, UNEP/MAP, Tunis |
| SEHUMED | Sede para el estudio de los humedales mediterráneos, Valencia, Spain |
| SG | Secretary General, Convention on Wetlands |
| SMAP | Short and Medium-term Priority Environmental Action Programme of the EU |
| STRP | Ramsar Scientific and Technical Review Panel |
| ToR | Terms of reference |
| TdV | Station biologique de la Tour du Valat, Le Sambuc, Arles, France |
| UNEP/MAP | United Nations Environment Programme, Mediterranean Action Plan |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| WI | Wetlands International |
For further
information about MedWet or the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, please contact the Ramsar Convention Bureau, Rue
Mauverney 28, CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland (tel +41 22 999 0170, fax +41 22 999 0169, e-mail
ramsar@ramsar.org). Posted 22 April 2001, updated 8 May 2001, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.
