The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

Deadline approaches for the Great Photo Chase

Bill Phillips reports:

The Great Photo Chase !

Last chance to help fill the gaps

With the deadline extended until 30 November the photos keep rolling in. Thanks again to all the contributors.

We have now received photos from 90 countries which means that we are at that stage of the process where we have to focus on filling the gaps. So, these are the Ramsar Parties from which we are keen to hear, and preferably receive photos.

Contracting Parties for which we have yet to received any photos:

Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Chad, Comoros, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, El Salvador, Gabon, Gambia, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, Islamic Republic of Iran, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Monaco, Mongolia, Nigeria, Norway, Paraguay, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Russian Federation, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Syria, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Zambia

So please take the time to chase up photos. We want all Parties to be part of this global project. To remind you – we are after photos showing stunning landscapes, biodiversity and people using wetlands wisely.

And remember to send us jpegs (or similar small file size) to view first and, then if your image is chosen, we will contact you to send the original. I have received some mega-sized files that have almost crashed my system – so please, if you can, send low resolution files for now.

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 16 November 2001, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.