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Recommendations of the 3rd Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties


The 3rd Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties
Regina, Canada
27 May - 5 June 1987

Only English and French texts are official; Spanish language versions were supplied in advance of COP5 (Kushiro, Japan, 1993) and were not officially adopted by COP3.

Reference Document Title    
Recommendation 3.1 Criteria for identifying wetlands of international importance and guidelines on their use
Recommendation 3.2 Need for further studies of flyways
Recommendation 3.3 Wise use of wetlands
Recommendation 3.4 Responsibility of development agencies toward wetlands
Recommendation 3.5 Tasks of the Bureau in respect to development agencies
Recommendation 3.6 Further Contracting Parties in Africa
Recommendation 3.7 Further Contracting Parties in Central America, the Caribbean and South America
Recommendation 3.8 Conservation of Azraq Ramsar site
Recommendation 3.9 Change in ecological character of Ramsar sites
Recommendation 3.10 Further Contracting Parties in Asia and the Pacific
Recommendation 3.11 Recommendation of Thanks [to the Canadians]

For further information about the Regina COP or 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 11 March 1997, updated 23 December 2004, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.

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