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Key Documents of the
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands


Table of Contents


Convention text and Lists of Parties and sites


Strategic Plan, Resolutions and Recommendations

    2nd Meeting of the COP, Groningen, 1984
    (English only)
    Recommendations
    [no resolutions]

    1st Meeting of the COP, Cagliari, 1980
    (English only)
    Recommendations
    [no resolutions]

Special: The Daft Resolutions: Kushiro, Brisbane


Important Announcements


Criteria and Guidelines



Ramsar Small Grants Fund


Ramsar Information Sheet


Standing Committee and STRP Matters


Related Organizations

MedWet: The Venice Declaration on Mediterranean Wetlands (June 1996)
The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species: Memo of Understanding with the Ramsar Bureau (February 1997)
MedWet: The Mediterranean Wetland Strategy 1996-2006 (June 1996) Wetlands International: Memorandum of Agreement with the Ramsar Bureau (April 1997)
The Convention on Biological Diversity: Decision of the 3rd COP on Ramsar and other conventions (November 1996) Wetlands International: Contributions to the Ramsar Convention 1996-1997
The Convention on Biological Diversity: Memo of Cooperation with the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (January 1996) (Français) .


Miscellaneous Stuff


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 regularly (Dwight Peck, Ramsar).