The Ramsar Photo Gallery

The Staff of the Ramsar Convention Bureau

Jia Ma

Ramsar Intern for Asia (Assistant to the Regional Coordinator for Asia)

China; Joined the Bureau in 2001

Jia obtained a Bachelor in Environmental Engineering in 1998 from Xian University of Architecture & Technology. From July 1998 to July 2000, she worked as an Engineer in the China Northwest Building Design & Research Institute. Since October 2000 she has been studying at the University of Edinburgh and has recently completed her MSc in Natural Resource Management. Jia's career objective is to work in the field of water resources/environmental management in China after her Ramsar internship.

Jia with her fellow interns (Simon Rafanomezantsoa, Marco Flores, Sergey Dereliev) at the 26th Standing Committee, December 2001

Toiling away in the Ramsar Bureau, December 2001.

Jia in Tehran, February 2002

Ramsar's Swiss evening, June 2002

The Ramsar dinner in Geneva, January 2003

With her successor, Liazzat Rabbiosi (Kazakhstan), May 2003

For further information, 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 14 January 2002, updated 22 May 2003, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.