Recommendations of the Groningen Conference

Recommendation 2.7 on Djoudj National Bird Park

2nd Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties
Groningen, the Netherlands
7-12 May 1984

Recommendation 2.7: Conservation of Djoudj National Bird Park, Senegal

AWARE of the catastrophic drought currently prevailing throughout the Saheli

INFORMED of the measures taken by the Government of Senegal for the conservation of the Djoudj National Bird Park;

DRAWING ATTENTION to the severity of the threats to the future of Djoudj, which figures on both the Ramsar and World Heritage Lists, and is thus of symbolic significance;

THE SECOND CONFERENCE OF THE CONTRACTING PARTIES

RECOMMENDS that special measures be rapidly taken to safeguard the future of Djoudj.

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