The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

Developing Communication, Education and Public Awareness (CEPA) as a powerful tool for the conservation and wise use of wetlands

Welcome to the CEPA mini-Web site

What's it all about?

It's about implementing Resolution VIII.31 on the Convention's CEPA Programme, which aims to develop communication, education and public awareness critical tools for the Convention. Download the 3d Edition of the CEPA Programme handbook here.

The Resolution calls for the Convention's Web site to become a clearing house for CEPA resource materials and this CEPA mini-Web site aims to do that and more. It is also designed to give readers a broad view of what the CEPA programme is trying to achieve, and identifies the institutional structures and materials that are intended to guide implementers of the programme. Start here to see what materials are available.

Left: World Wetlands Day - a CEPA event for the Secretariat, Contracting Parties, NGOs, amd others, to further the work of the Convention. More details here.

Pictures
Left: The Secretariat's World Wetlands Day 2007 poster.
Top right: A giant fish produced as part of WWF Thailand's WWD 2007 celebration. Read their story here.
Bottom right: A young WWD celebrant rises to the challenge of making a paper fish in Spain's Parque Nautural de El HondoRamsar Site. Read the story here.

For further information about 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 16 April 2001, updated 25 October 2007, Sandra Hails, Ramsar.