The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

Africa Regional Meeting on Ramsar COP9, Arusha, 4-8 April 2005

Key documents for the Africa Regional Meeting of the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971) for COP9,
Arusha, Tanzania, 4-8 April 2005

Documents related to specific sessions in Meeting:	English	Français
Session I: Working group sessions on problems and challenges that face the implementation of the Convention in the Africa sub-regions (Monday, 04 April 2005, p.m.)
Terms of Reference of Sub-Regional Working Groups	PDF	PDF
Text of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands	HTML	HTML
Session II: Problems and challenges that face the implementation of the Convention in Africa (Wednesday, 06 April 2005)
The Ramsar Strategic Plan 2003-2008	HTML	HTML
The Ramsar Secretariat Work Plan for 2003 (extract for Africa)	HTML	---
Resolution VIII.26: The implementation of the Strategic Plan 2003-2008 during the triennium 2003-2005 and National Reports for Ramsar COP9	PDF	PDF
Session III: COP8 resolution on NEPAD and proposed COP9 High Level Ministerial Segment meeting. (Thursday, 07 April 2005, a.m.)
Development of an Action Plan for the Environment Initiative of NEPAD. Programme Area 2 - Conserving Africa's Wetlands	PDF	PDF
Resolution VIII.44: New Partnership for Africa´s Development (NEPAD) and implementation of the Ramsar Convention in Africa	PDF	PDF
Proposal for a high level ministerial meeting following Ramsar COP9	PDF	PDF
Session IV: The role of wisely managed wetlands in alleviating poverty and promoting human well-being (Thursday, 07 April 2005, p.m.)
"The role of wisely managed wetlands in alleviating poverty and promoting human well-being", paper by Wetlands International	PDF	---
Guidelines for the allocation and management of water for maintaining the ecological functions of wetlands	PDF	PDF
Handbook 4: River basin management. Integrating wetland conservation and wise use into river basin management	PDF	PDF
Special session on Mangrove management (Saturday, 09 April 2005)
Principles for a code of conduct for the management and sustainable use of mangrove ecosystems [later removed]	PDF	project PDF
Report of the session	PDF

For further information about the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, 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 ). Posted 12 March 2005, updated 30 May 2005, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.