The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

26th Meeting of the Ramsar Standing Committee -- Photographs 2

Photographs

Subgroup and Plenary Sessions (file 2)

Inés González Doncel, Directora General of the Dirección General Conservación de la Naturaleza, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente of Spain, makes a presentation of her country's preparations for the 8th meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties

The Deputy Secretary General and Secretary General shuffle papers and prepare for the next Agenda item . . .

. . . whilst delegates cool their heels.

José Ramón Picatoste (center), on behalf of Spain, chairs the review of documentation being prepared for COP8.

Gordana Beltram (Slovenia) reports on the successful Pan-European Regional Meeting held in Bled, October 2001.

Members of the secretariat, thrown momentarily off balance by a rogue question, search quickly through their Agenda papers.

Jorge Jiménez (Costa Rica), Chair of the STRP, reports on the Panel's work over the past year.

Photographs of the festive SC26 reception

-- photos by Valerie Higgins and Carlos Villalba, Ramsar

For further information about the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, 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@ramsar.org). Posted 7 January 2002, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.