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Resolutions 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

Resolution VI.1 Working definitions of ecological character, guidelines for describing and maintaining the ecological character of listed sites, and guidelines for operation of the Montreux Record
Resolution VI.2 Adoption of specific criteria based on fish for identifying Wetlands of International Importance
Resolution VI.3 Review of the Ramsar Criteria for identifying Wetlands of International Importance and the accompanying guidelines
Resolution VI.4 Adoption of population estimates for operation of the specific criteria based on waterfowl
Resolution VI.5 Inclusion of subterranean karst wetlands as a wetland type under the Ramsar Classification System
Resolution VI.6 The Wetland Conservation Fund
Resolution VI.7 The Scientific and Technical Review Panel
Resolution VI.8 Secretary General matters
Resolution VI.9 Cooperation with the Convention on Biological Diversity
Resolution VI.10 Cooperation with the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and its implementing agencies: the World Bank, UNDP and UNEP
Resolution VI.11 Consolidation of Recommendations and Resolutions of the Conference of the Contracting Parties
Resolution VI.12 National Wetland Inventories and candidate sites for listing
Resolution VI.13 Submission of information on sites designated for the Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance
Resolution VI.14 The Ramsar 25th Anniversary Statement, the Strategic Plan 1997-2002, and the Bureau Work Programme 1997-1999
Resolution VI.15 Amendment of the Rules of Procedure as of the 7th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties
Resolution VI.16 Accession procedures
Resolution VI.17 Financial and budgetary matters
Resolution VI.18 Establishment of the Ramsar Wetland Conservation Award
Resolution VI.19 Education and public awareness
Resolution VI.20 Thanks to the people and governments of Australia
Resolution VI.21 Assessment and reporting on the status of wetlands
Resolution VI.22 Consideration of overall cost reduction and in particular of possible relocation of the Ramsar Bureau and its operations
Resolution VI.23 Ramsar and water

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 19 December 2004, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.

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