The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

4th meeting of the Mediterrean Wetlands Committee, Sesimbra, Portugal, 21-23 May 2001 -- photos

Fourth Meeting of the Mediterranean Wetlands Committee (MedWet/Com4)
Sesimbra, Portugal, 21-23 May 2001

Silly Photos

Let's skip the actual Mediterranean Wetlands Committee meeting and turn straight to the fun stuff . . .

The Secretary General and his assistant, Mireille Katz, present the longtime MedWet Coordinator Thymio Papayannis with a Ramsar site diploma which inscribes him into the Ramsar List of Wetland Advisors of International Importance.

Thymio proudly displays his site diploma, signifying immortality of a sort.

Joao Fariñha, on behalf of the MedWet Team, presenting Thymio with a painting of sandpipers.

The MedWet Com field study tour . . . .

. . . with two Ramsar sailor gentlemen luckily not responsible for steering.

Tour du Valat team members preparing to go overboard if the Ramsar Sailor General should approach the tiller.

Thymio Papayannis (overdressed, left) and Luis Costa

The Deputy Sailor General attempting to instill confidence in the passengers and liven the mood.

Lost at sea, somewhere off the Canaries, with dinner due in two hours' time back in Sesimbra.

[Did they make it back in time for dinner? Go to file 2]

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 ). Posted 11 December 2001, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.