The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

About the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

The brochure in English

La brochure en français

El folleto en español

Introductory . . . . . . .	Advanced . . . . . . .
What is the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands?	What nations are Contracting Parties to the Convention?
What are wetlands, anyway?	What is the Ramsar List?
Why conserve wetlands in the first place?	What is the Montreux Record?
Why an intergovernmental convention on wetlands?	What is the Management Guidance Procedure?
How can the Convention help to protect wetlands?	What is meant by the concept of "wise use"?
Who may join the Convention?	What is the Ramsar Small Grants Fund?
What are the obligations of the Contracting Parties?	Ramsar Quick FAQs - The Trivia Game!
What are the official working languages of the Convention?	What should be written on signs at Ramsar sites?

The 7th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties is scheduled for San José, Costa Rica, 10-18 May 1999 More information here . . . . .

Ramsar and . . . . .	Ramsar and . . . . .
Coral Reefs	The Arab States
Environmental Impact Assessment	The Baltic States
Mangrove Management	The Mediterranean Region
Peatlands
Toxic Chemicals	Pan-European Biological & Landscape Diversity Strategy
Wetland Biological Diversity	Man and the Biosphere Reserves
Wetlands and Arid Zones (French, Spanish)	World Heritage sites

For further information, 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). Updated 11 October 1997, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.