The
Staff of the Ramsar Convention
Secretariat
Monica Zavagli
Assistant Advisor for Europe
Italy;
joined the Secretariat in 2007
Monica graduated in Natural Sciences and Nature Conservation from the University of Bologna. She has recently concluded a one-year work project in Jordan sponsored by the European Community, which is aimed at promoting sustainable management of marine resources in the Gulf of Aqaba. Monica has also worked as an environmental educator for WWF Italy, has visited Ramsar sites in Senegal, and has volunteered in national parks in Costa Rica. In 2004, when she was working as an intern at the Italian Permanent Mission in Geneva, she had the opportunity to study international agreements and environmental policy issues.
World Wetlands Day, Geneva, February 2008
With Standing Committee Chairperson, Paul Mafabi, February 2007
Transboundary Ramsar sites study tour, May 2007
World Environment Day in Geneva
For
further information about the 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 14 November 2007, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.