The Ramsar Photo Gallery

Former Staff of the Ramsar Convention Bureau

Sergey Dereliev

Ramsar Intern / Assistant to the Regional Coordinator for Europe

Bulgaria; Ramsar 2001-2003

Sergey has an MSc in Biology, with specialization in zoology of vertebrates and anthropology, from Sofia University, and speaks English, Russian, and Bulgarian. He has recently been working with the BirdLife International partner in Bulgaria, BSPB, and has served as project manager for the UNDP/GEF project "Study of capacity building needs of Bulgarian biodiversity conservation organizations in the area of GIS" as part of the establishment of the CBD Clearing-House Mechanism in Bulgaria. He has been involved in the management of several Ramsar sites along the Black Sea coast, cofinanced by the Swiss SDC.

Standing Committee 26, December 2001: Sergey Dereliev in front of the Ramsar Exhibit with Administration Coordinator Annette Keller

Sergey with other Bureau members at Ramsar COP8, Valencia, Spain, November 2002

Geneva, January 2003

With Nassima Aghanim at the Ramsar dinner in Geneva, January 2003

Participating as a mentor in the International Course on Wetland Management, The Netherlands, 2001.

With his successor in the Ramsar Bureau, Estelle Gironnet of France, May 2003

For further information about the Ramsar Convention, 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 21 December 2001, updated 22 May 2003, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.