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Former Staff of the Ramsar Convention
Bureau

Bill Phillips

Deputy Secretary General

Australia; Ramsar Bureau 1997-2000

Born in a small town nestled beside a wetland in the semi-arid inland of Australia's southeast. Science degree and PhD in Zoology at the Australian National University in Canberra in 1984. Joined Australia's Federal Environment Agency and over the following 13 years worked on everything from koalas, bird banding (ringing), and community action programs. In 1989, given responsibility for Ramsar matters and for coordinating implementation of the Convention in Australia. Attended the 4^th Ramsar COP in Montreux, 1990, and over the following years was a regular Oceania representative on the Standing Committee, also attending the 5^th COP in Kushiro (1993) where Australia was accepted as the host for the following conference. Coordinated the host country organising team for the 6^th Ramsar COP (Brisbane, 1996) while managing the Unit responsible for the National Wetlands Program and a community water education program called Waterwatch Australia.

Present URL: http://mainstream.com.au (2004)

With the Secretary General, STRP8, September 1999

Stuffing envelopes in the Bureau, 1999

handcrafted Ramsar underwear

With Annette Keller, Ramsar COP7, Costa Rica, May 1999

Overseeing document amendments in plenary, assisting the Ramsar Convention on a consultancy basis, Ramsar COP8, Valencia, Spain, November 2002

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 ). Posted 12 June 1998, updated 23 January 2003, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.