Recommendations of the 6th Meeting of the COP

Recommendations of the 6th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties

6th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties
Brisbane, Australia
19-27 March 1996

Recommendation 6.1	Conservation of peatlands	PDF	Word
Recommendation 6.2	Environmental Impact Assessment	PDF	Word
Recommendation 6.3	Involving local and indigenous people in the management of Ramsar wetlands	PDF	Word
Recommendation 6.4	The "Brisbane Initiative" on the establishment of a network of listed sites along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway	PDF	Word
Recommendation 6.5	Establishment of further wetland manager training programmes	PDF	Word
Recommendation 6.6	Appointment of regionally-based Ramsar liaison officers	PDF	Word
Recommendation 6.7	Conservation and wise use of coral reefs and associated ecosystems	PDF	Word
Recommendation 6.8	Strategic planning in coastal zones	PDF	Word
Recommendation 6.9	Framework for National Wetland Policy development and implementation	PDF	Word
Recommendation 6.10	Promotion of cooperation on the economic valuation of wetlands	PDF	Word
Recommendation 6.11	Continuing collaboration for Mediterranean wetlands	PDF	Word
Recommendation 6.12	Conservation and wise use in private and public funded activities	PDF	Word
Recommendation 6.13	Guidelines on management planning for Ramsar sites and other wetlands	PDF	Word
Recommendation 6.14	Toxic chemicals	PDF	Word
Recommendation 6.15	Restoration of wetlands	PDF	Word
Recommendation 6.16	Conservation and wise use of wetlands in bilateral and multilateral development cooperation programmes	PDF	Word
Recommendation 6.17	Ramsar sites in the territories of specific Contracting Parties	PDF	Word
Recommendation 6.17.1	Greek Ramsar sites	PDF	Word
Recommendation 6.17.2	National Reserve of Paracas and the national strategy for the conservation of wetlands in Peru	PDF	Word
Recommendation 6.17.3	Azraq Oasis, Jordan	PDF	Word
Recommendation 6.17.4	Australian Ramsar sites	PDF	Word
Recommendation 6.17.5	The Lower Danube Basin	PDF	Word
Recommendation 6.18	Conservation and wise use of wetlands in the Pacific Islands region	PDF	Word

For more information about the Resolutions and Recommendations of the Brisbane 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

). First posted November-December 1996, revised 20 December 2004, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.

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 ramsar@hq.iucn.org). Posted 28 November-26 December 1996, updated 20-28 March 2000, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.