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Recommendations of the 5th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties

5th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties
Kushiro, Japan
9-16 June 1993

Recommendation 5.1 Ramsar sites in the territories of specific Contracting Parties
Recommendation 5.1.1 Greek Ramsar sites
Recommendation 5.1.2 Cuare, Venezuela
Recommendation 5.1.3 Lower Danube Basin
Recommendation 5.2 Guidelines for interpretation of Article 3 ("ecological character" and "change in ecological character")
Recommendation 5.3 The essential character of wetlands and the need for zonation related to wetland reserves
Recommendation 5.4 The relationship between the Ramsar Convention, the Global Environment Facility and the Convention on Biological Diversity
Recommendation 5.5 Inclusion of conservation and wise use of wetlands in multilateral and bilateral development cooperation programmes
Recommendation 5.6 The role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the Ramsar Convention
Recommendation 5.7 National Committees
Recommendation 5.8 Measures to promote public awareness of wetland values in wetland reserves
Recommendation 5.9 Establishment of Ramsar guidelines on Wetlands of International Importance as fish habitat
Recommendation 5.10 The 25th anniversary wetland campaign for 1996
Recommendation 5.11 The new Bureau headquarters in Switzerland
Recommendation 5.12 Thanks to the Japanese hosts
Recommendation 5.13 Promotion and strengthening of the Ramsar Neotropical Region
Recommendation 5.14 Collaboration for Mediterranean Wetlands
Recommendation 5.15 Working languages of the Conference of the Contracting Parties

For more information about the Resolutions and Recommendations of the Kushiro COP or the Ramsar Convention itself, 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 18 January 1997, updated 21 December 2004, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.

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