Uruguay | The Convention on Wetlands, La Convención sobre los Humedales

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UAE delegates.

Secretary General Christopher Briggs and Deputy Secretary General Ania Grobicki meeting with the Ugandan delegation.

Ramsar COP12 drew to a close, after adopting 16 resolutions by consensus, including the Declaration of Punta del Este by acclamation.

HE. Mariam Mohammed Saeed Hareb, Acting Assistant Undersecretary for Water resources and nature conservation, Ministry of Environment & Water and Ahmed Esmaeil Al Hashmi, Director, Biodiversity Department, Ministry of Environment & Water

The United Arab Emirates was officially accepted as the host for the 13th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (COP13) to take place in Dubai in 2018.

The field trip to the Eastern Rangers in Moldonado region. The capybara is the world's biggest living rodent. It inhabits all the Uruguayan territory associated to wetlands and riverine coasts.

Delegates during the field trip to the Salus Nature Preserve. The area occupies a portion of the headwaters of two large river basins: the Santa Lucia River and the Solis Grande River basin.

Cabo Polonio National Park. The park is preserving the characteristics of the original Atlantic Uruguayan coastline: sandy beaches, coastal native forest, scrublands, small wetlands and colonies of sea lions.

Cabo Polonio National Park.

Delegates during the field trip to the Cabo Polonio National Park.

COP12 President Jorge Rucks at the evening at the Uruguayan hacienda.

Cabo Polonio National Park ranger.

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