The Ramsar Photo Gallery

Former Staff of the Ramsar Convention
Bureau

Delmar Blasco

Secretary General

Argentina; led the Bureau 1995-2003

Born in Argentina, 1944; initiated his career as a teacher and subsequently followed studies in Social Anthropology.  Has been deeply involved in international action dealing with conservation and sustainable resource use issues for almost 30 years. Director of the Environment Liaison Centre International in Nairobi, Kenya, then moved to IUCN - The World Conservation Union in Switzerland as Head of the Membership and External Relations Division.   Subsequently Executive Director of the Geneva-based International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA).  Married with two daughters.  Working languages: Spanish, English, French.

Addressing the MedWet/Com5 meeting whilst wearing his favorite rug, 2003

Valedictory address to Ramsar COP8, Valencia, Spain, November 2002.

Receiving an award at the end of Ramsar COP8 from the President of the COP.

Addressing the UNEP Governing Council, Nairobi, February 2003 (Photo: ENB)

In the Ramsar Bureau, April 1998

In Kushiro, Japan, March 1998

Signing the Evian Project, Paris, January 1998, with Dominique Voynet, Ministre de l'Aménagement du Territoire et de l'Environnement, France

In Ramsar, Iran, April 1998, site of the signing of the Ramsar Convention in 1971

The famous address to COP6 in Brisbane, 1996, that energized the global Ramsar community.

With Deputy Secretary General Bill Phillips at the STRP8 meeting, September 1999

Offloading 7500 kilograms of Ramsar Handbooks for the Wise Use of Wetlands, May 2000

For further information about the 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 10 June 1998, updated 12 August 2003, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.