The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

The Evian Initiative -- an introduction

The Evian Initiative - an introductory note

On  27 January 1998, the Secretary General, Delmar Blasco, signed a groundbreaking agreement on behalf of the Convention at a ceremony hosted in Paris by the French Government. The so-called "Evian Initiative" was a portfolio of activities in support of the Ramsar Convention, to be funded by the Groupe Danone (which includes the Evian mineral water company) and the French Global Environment Facility (FFEM), and developed with the support of the Government of France, the town of Evian, and the Conservatoire du Littoral. Day-to-day implementation was carried out by a number of partners, under the overall responsibility of the Convention Secretariat. The overall budget of the first period was 6.65 million French Francs (approximately US$ 1.1 million or SFR 1.6 million).

Here is some more information about Danone's Evian Initiative

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 ). Posted 7 September 1998, updated 22 May 2008, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.