The Ramsar Photo Gallery

Former Staff of the Ramsar Convention Bureau

Julio Montes de Oca

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

Costa Rica and Mexico; joined the Bureau in 2002

Julio obtained a Bachelor of Science, a Certificate in International Affairs, and a Certificate in Pulp and Paper Engineering in 1995, from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA. From September 1999 to September 2001 he studied at the Vrije Universiteit in Brussels, Belgium, and obtained a post-graduate diploma in Human Ecology in 2000 and a Master in Advanced Studies in Human Ecology in 2001 (both Magna Cum Laude). Julio has just completed an internship at the International Coalition for Development Action (ICDA) in Brussels, Belgium, with involvement in both organisational and research-based tasks.

Begnins, July 2003

With Polly Philpott (IUCN), Begnins, July 2003

Julio at Ramsar COP8 in Valencia, November 2002, with members of the Costa Rica delegation.

With Jia Ma at the Ramsar dinner in Geneva, January 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 13 March 2002, updated 25 July 2003, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.