Index of the Ramsar Web site

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Global Index to the Ramsar Web Site

31 July 2008

This is a global keyword index of the contents of the Ramsar Web site. The dates refer to first posting on this site and follow the day/month/year format. Most of the Convention's official documents are available in the three 'working languages', but in some instances documents which are available here in French and Spanish versions are listed only under their English titles.

Links to "E, F, S" refer to versions of the document in English, Français, and Español.

book3d.gif (10453 bytes) Ramsar à la carte - a quick index to the major subject areas

book3d.gif (10453 bytes) Key Documents - a quick index to the major document groups

Accession procedures/requirements: Resolution 4.5 (text); Resolution VI.16 (text)
Acreman, Mike, Economic Valuation of Wetlands, 1997 (text)
Acronyms: list of acronyms used by the Convention (27/04/97)
Administrative Authorities: list of (28/03/97, updated regularly)
Advisory Board on Capacity Building for the Ramsar Convention: home page
Africa: further CPs, Recommendation 3.6 (text); Pan-African Regional Meeting report (E, F) (07/09/98); over for COP7 (10/05/99); Africa Environment Outlook 2, UNEP (11/07/06); capacity building modules (17/07/07)
Africa, West: see West Africa
Africa, Southern: see Southern Africa
African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA): enters into force (04/11/99); joint work plan with Ramsar (05/05/04); award to David Stroud (28/10/05); Award winners 2008 (21/07/08)
African / Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Flyway: GEF project (15/04/00)
African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN): includes wetlands in action plan (08/07/04)
ALAS - All about salt: publications (30/06/03)
Albania: Karvasta Lagoon (09/07/96); hosts Prespa Park meeting (20/10/00); designates Butrint (12/06/03); ceremony at Butrint (17/07/03); cooperation with Montenegro (27/10/05); names Lake Shkodra (30/01/06)
Algeria: advisory mission to Lac Oubeïra and Lac Tonga (1990); ten arid land Ramsar sites (13/02/01); photo essay (13/02/01) and trip report (16/02/01); adds Oasis de Ouled Saïd to Montreux Record (15/06/01); 13 additional Ramsar sites (29/07/03); Ramsar/WWF visit to Lac de Réghaïa (19/01/04); 16 new Ramsar sites (26/01/06)
Amendments: see Ramsar Convention: amendment procedure; Regina Amendments
Andean wetlands: workshop on strategy for (28/07/05); 5th Andean Strategy workshop (17/07/08). See also High altitude wetlands.
Andorra: announces intention to join Ramsar (27/03/02); intends to join the Convention (16/09/04)
Antigua and Barbuda: becomes 146th Party (24/06/05)
Arab States and the Ramsar Convention: position paper (24/04/97); outreach meeting in Bahrain (22/01/01)
Archaeology and wetlands: special issue of Current Archaeology (08/03/01); European Archaeological Council assembly (27/03/01); news (02/04/01); and peat, UK (10/01/02); bundle burials (14/02/02)
Arctic region: and MEAs (26/09/06)
Argentina: names its 6th site (06/02/97); briefing sketch (06/05/97); plans workshop with Ramsar support (04/11/97); Secretary General visits (27/01/98); names 7th Ramsar site (10/01/00); names high altitude Ramsar site (08/11/00); ratifies Regina Amendments (24/08/01); hosts Ramsar subregional meeting (31/10/01); names big site on Paraná river (20/12/01); designates 10th Ramsar site (28/01/02); programme on pampas wetlands (10/06/02); names Mar Chiquita (12/06/02); names Laguna Brava (21/02/03); Paraná management seminar (06/10/03); new site in Buenos Aires (01/04/05); oil activities suspended at Llancanelo (27/05/05); designates El Tromen (12/07/06); environment policy for Chaco province (25/09/06); extends Guanacache site (04/06/07); WFF project for coastal Patagonia wetlands (08/11/07); names 16th Ramsar site (28/03/08)
Arid zones: wetlands in (S, F) (25/09/97)
Armenia: Ramsar visit to (29/09/98); SGF news (16/11/99); Ramsar mission to (13/09/00) and trip report (13/10/00); Ramsar postage stamps (05/10/00); management plans for Lake Sevan (18/08/01); reports on SGF project (30/01/02) and on still another (03/09/02); hosts Ramsar meeting (09/03) and report (09/01/04); Ramsar brochure (03/08/05); seminar on treaties implementation (12/10/06); training for Caucasus managers (11/02/08)
Article 2.5 of the Convention: Resolution VII.23 (text); draft ELC advice (E,F,S) (28/09/00)
Article 3 of the Convention: Recommendation 5.2 (text)
Article 3.2 of the Convention: background paper by Pritchard (04/10/00)
Article 4.2 of the Convention: Resolution VII.23 (text); draft ELC advice (E,F,S) (28/9/00)
Article 5 of the Convention: Resolution 4.4 (text)
Articles 6 and 7 of the Convention: Regina Amendments (text)
Article 10 bis of the Convention: Paris Protocol (text); interpretation in Resolution 4.1 (text)
"Arusha Call for African Wetlands", 2005: text
Asia: further CPs, Recommendation 3.10 (text); North East Asia Workshop (20/3/97) and Beidaihe Declaration (18/5/97); overview for COP7 (10/5/99); 4th Asia Conservation Forum (11/10/07)
Asia-Pacific region: Shorebird Action Plan (5/2/99); training programme for (16/11/99); Mundkur cites progress (update on training programme for (3/7/01)
Asia Pacific Migratory Waterbird Conservation Strategy: update for 2000 (7/10/00); update for 2001 (25/02/02); new Web site (17/07/03)
Asia, Western: Ramsar brochure & background paper on (12/11/99)
Asian Waterbird Conservation Fund: call for applications (13/07/06)
Asian Waterfowl Census: published (30/4/98) & special offer (22/9/98); AWC 2000 (25/11/99); call for data (11/10/01); Asian Waterbird Census 1997-2001 (06/04/04); census set for January 2008 (07/12/07)
Asian Wetland Inventory: description of (14/03/01)
Australia: reorganization of ANCA (26/11/96); thanks to hosts, Resolution VI.20 (text); Recommendation 6.17.4 (text); honors for COP organizers (29/1/97); press release on Wetlands Policy (8/2/97); Point Lillias press release (20/3/97) and another (25/6/97); policy for Western Australia (18/9/97); "Ramsar Watch" founded (21/10/97); wine growers aid wetlands (15/3/98); text of national wetland policy (5/6/98); reprieve for Wingecarribee Swamp (5/6/98); invitation to researchers (7/9/98); partnership for Gwydir (2/2/99); names 4 new sites (16/6/99); training programme for Asia-Pacific (16/11/99); extends Macquarie site (16/5/00); enshrines Ramsar status in legislation (1/11/00); designates 3 sites in Western Australia (24/1/01); "Revive! our Wetlands" programme (14/03/01); hosts Asia-Pacific training (03/07/01); names 57th Ramsar site (01/10/01); Currawinya site sign (04/01/02); Tri-National Wetlands Initiative (05/06/02); reviews incentive measures (20/09/02); tests how to describe ecological character (30/10/02); six new Ramsar sites (14/02/03); South Australia wetland strategy (02/04/03); 3rd Wetland Forum (20/05/03); names 64th Ramsar site (04/11/03); Revive Our Wetlands renewed (12/03/04); task force meeting (02/12/04); launches wetland management training programme (24/07/06); Fivebough & Tuckerbil news (16/08/07); Ramsar site wins Thiess prize (20/09/07); Murray River flow atlas (26/10/07); water purchased for Narran Lake and press release (27/03/08)
Austria: National Ramsar Committee meeting (29/09/96); 9th Ramsar site named (19/11/96); another National Ramsar Committee meeting (23/06/97); twinning programme with Kenya (24/06/98); 10th Ramsar site named (12/01/00); Ramsar Centre planned for Waldviertel (01/02/00); Ramsar advisory mission to Donau-March-Auen, 1991 (text); Morava-Dyje Floodplains trilateral agreement (06/09/01); names 11th Ramsar Site (09/04/02); peatland project brochure (08/12/03); WasSerleben brochure (12/12/03); 5 new Ramsar sites (02/02/04); brochure on Ramsar Sites (26/02/04); Ramsar Centre launched in Schrems (02/06/04); names mires in Styria (26/11/04); transboundary Ramsar sites seminar (27/11/04); names two mire Ramsar sites (14/07/05); National Ramsar Committee (05/10/05); Ramsar Visitor Centre in Schrems (02/05/06); Klagenfurt MSc course in protected areas (19/04/07); National Ramsar Committee meeting (25/06/07); Klagenfurt MSc course (29/06/07), again (30/09/07); celebrations for Morava-Dyje TRS (07/12/07); welcomes Russian experts (06/12/07); Klagenfurt MSc course 2009 (30/07/08)
Avian flu: Ramsar Resolution on (22/11/05); Ramsar presentation at CBD COP8 (19/03/06); task force brochure about (19/10/06); CMS-AEWA Web site launched (22/11/06); lessons learnt workshop (25/07/07)
Azerbaijan: becomes 125th Contracting Party (04/08/01)
Bahamas: becomes 99th Contracting Party (14/02/97)
Bahrain: becomes 105th Contracting Party (25/11/97); meetings held (22/01/01)
Baltic States and the Ramsar Convention: info paper (04/05/97); workshop on transboundary wetlands (12/05/04)
Bangladesh: Wetland Research and Education Centre (28/05/97); names Tanguar Haor to List (27/07/00); enlarges Sundarbans site (26/11/03)
Banrock Winery, Australia: helps Australian wetlands (15/03/98); helps Dutch wetlands (09/05/00)
Barbados: joins Ramsar Convention (05/01/06)
Barbier, E., Economic Valuation of Wetlands, 1997 (text)
Barcelona Convention: and Ramsar (09/09/99); Memo of Cooperation signed with Ramsar (19/02/01); new MOC with Ramsar (08/02/06)
BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation): airs TV show on Ramsar (10/04/99)
Beidaihe Declaration, 7 March 1997: text (18/05/97)
Belarus: becomes the 117th Contracting Party (30/11/99); two new Ramsar sites (10/09/01); conference on Polesie (28/05/02); names 4 new sites (22/01/03); transboundary SGF project (12/08/03); workshop on transboundary wetlands (12/05/04); MAB/Ramsar workshop on Polesie wetlands (05/07/04); names transboundary wetlands as Ramsar site (01/05/06); Transboundary Ramsar Site with Ukraine (02/06/08)
Belgium: Ramsar Advisory Mission, 1988 (text); funds black stork project (06/09/02); transboundary Ramsar site with Luxembourg (03/12/04)
Belize: becomes 108th Contracting Party (08/05/98); designates Sarstoon Temash (27/10/05)
Benin: becomes 119th Contracting Party (09/02/00); two new Ramsar sites (19/04/07); national wetlands strategy (23/07/07)
Biodiversity and wetlands: CBD/Ramsar poster in PDF (24/08/07)
Biodiversity in inland water ecosystems: project proposal (28/04/97); prelim report (16/07/97), final report & recommendations (S, F) (15/08/97); Montreal meetings reported (09/09/97); WRI report for CBD (06/05/04)
Biodiversity Liaison Group (of conventions): report of third meeting (21/07/05); report of fourth meeting (25/10/05)
Biodiversity-related conventions: WCMC project for synergy (25/10/97); meet to harmonize info (09/10/98); Joint Web Site of (12/03/99); Ramsar urges greater coordination (09/02/01); Liaison Group meeting (21/07/05); statement on Millennium Development Goals (12/09/05); UNEP workshop on issue modules (14/03/06)
BirdLife International: memorandum of cooperation with Ramsar (01/07/99) and a new one (2004); closer cooperation with Ramsar urged (19/10/99); Important Bird Areas reference published (29/05/00); Threatened Birds book (20/10/00); new book on potential Ramsar sites in Europe (13/11/01); Pritchard seconded to Ramsar (30/10/06)
Black Sea: wetland meetings in Ukraine (05/10/00)
Bolivia: designates Lago Titicaca (11/09/98); names Cuenca de Tajzara (F, S) (25/07/00); photos of Titicaca (11/01/01); names 3 large sites (E, F, S)(23/09/01); names Laguna Concepción (11/06/02); designates high-Andean lakes (30/07/02); SGF report on Poopo (25/02/03); grazing workshop proceedings (01/01/04): CD on Ramsar sites (27/02/06)
Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles): development near Ramsar site rejected (12/11/07)
Bosnia and Herzegovina: becomes 129th Contracting Party (25/10/01); workshop on Bardaca wetlands (06/12/06); Bardaca named as Ramsar site (02/03/07); SGF project at Bardaca wetlands (05/07/07)
Botswana: becomes the 97th Contracting Party (29/01/97); UNESCO's letter on accession; Okavango Delta described (24/02/97); conference on National Wetland Policy (3/12/97); protest against pipeline (11/12/97); environmental education programme at Maun (10/1/98); Okavango update (24/11/99); Okavango donors meeting (30/05/01); Okavango Delta Management Plan launched (14/02/08)
Boundaries of Ramsar sites: see Wetlands of International Importance, boundaries of
Brazil: briefing sketch (6/5/97); Atlantic Forest alert (12/11/97); Secretary General visits (27/1/98); new Web site (28/7/98); 2 new Ramsar sites (8/3/00); new Ramsar brochure (26/9/00); new Pantanal site (29/04/03); forms National Wetlands Committee (29/10/03); coral reef atlas (21/06/04)
Brisbane, 6th Ramsar COP: see Conference of the Contracting Parties, meetings of
"Brisbane Initiative" on a network of Listed Sites: Recommendation 6.4 (text)
Budgetary matters: see Financial and budgetary matters
Buffer zones ("hot topic" 2): question posed (15/7/98)
Bulgaria: Ramsar visit to (16/10/96); Advisory Mission to Srebarna, 1992 (text); report on Srebarna project (7/2/01); first Ramsar Committee meeting (12/04/02); mission report to Srebarna, 2001 (07/05/02); names 5 new sites (20/01/03); Ramsar visit to Durankulak and Shabla lake (10/11/03)
Burkina Faso: establishes National Ramsar Committee (05/01/05)
Burundi: becomes 133rd Ramsar Party (04/07/02)
Caddo Lake Institute, Texas: address, 25/4/96 (23/12/96)
Cagliari, Italy, 1st COP: see Conference of the Contracting Parties, meetings of
Cambodia: becomes 116th Party (08/07/99); Ramsar/Evian wells project (22/11/04)
Cameroon: joins the Convention (04/04/06); hosts legal seminar (06/04/06); designates crater lake (09/11/06); creates National Ramsar Committee (01/05/07); coastal waterbird survey (25/10/07); names Sangha River site (30/01/08); waterbird census published (01/05/08)
Canada: thanks to the Canadian hosts, Recommendation 3.11 (text); two new sites named (19/11/96); briefing sketch (06/05/97); national wetland policy (text); names Lac Saint-Pierre (03/06/98); Pacific Estuary group wins Award (02/02/99); WetKit Ramsar Web site launched (02/04/04); new Ramsar site in BC (06/06/05); training under Canada-Iraq Marshlands Initiative (07/07/05)
Canal estates: report (15/07/98)
Canari (Caribbean Natural Resources Institute): WFF project on participatory management (05/11/07)
Cape Verde: joins Ramsar Convention (29/10/05)
Caribbean region: Ramsar mission to (16/09/02)
Carpathian Convention: signs MOU with Ramsar (03/01/07)
Carpathian Wetland Initiative: planning workshop in Slovakia (19/05/04); Evian Encounter on (01/12/06)
Cartagena Convention (UNEP): MOU with Ramsar signed (2/5/00), text of same
Caucasus region: training for managers (11/02/08)
Center for International Earth Science Information Network, Columbia University, USA (CIESIN): signs MOU with Ramsar (9/5/00), text of same; Ramsar Gateway goes live (29/06/03); SEDAC database of MEA decisions (24/10/07)
Central African Republic: joins Ramsar Convention (05/01/06)
Central America: Declaration of Central American people to Ramsar COP7 (E, S), 1999
Central American People and Wetlands Declaration, 1999: text
CEPA Oversight Panel, Ramsar: first meeting (05/07/06)
CEPA Programme, Ramsar education and public awareness strategy: Resolution VII.9 (text), Programme (8/7/99); planning meeting (13/06/02); programme for 2002-2005, Resolution VIII.31 (text); dedicated Web site -- see also Communication, education and public awareness
Chad: progress for Ramsar site (4/9/00); designates Lake Chad (14/01/02); visit from LCBC (29/07/05); two new Ramsar sites (24/01/06); designates large floodplain (23/05/06)
Chad, Lake, Basin: see Lake Chad Basin Commission
ChadWet regional initiative: meeting planned (09/07/07)
Change in ecological character: Recommendation 3.9 (text); Recommendation 4.8 (text); Recommendation 5.2 (text); Resolution VI.1 (text)
Chile: six new sites named (10/12/96); threat to El Yali (22/10/97) and follow-up (07/05/98); Minera Escondida project for Andean wetlands (14/06/02); designates Laguna Conchali (20/02/04); new site in Tierra del Fuego (13/12/04); Salar del Huasco (23/05/06); National Wetland Strategy (14/07/06); adds site to Montreux Record (17/10/06); SGF project reported (07/12/06); Bahía Lomas workshop (04/01/08)
China: Poyang Lake & status of wetlands (28/12/96); report on Beidaihe workshop (20/03/97); news update (12/09/97); news from Inner Mongolia (13/11/97); update on Dongzhaigang project (18/04/98); Yellow River meeting (29/01/99); Ramsar Info Pack in Chinese (22/04/99); monument for Yangtze (07/06/99); Valuation book in Mandarin (04/10/99); Dongzhaigang's management plan (text of) (23/10/99); training at Hong Kong's Mai Po (25/11/99); recent meetings (07/12/99); plans mangrove inventory (01/11/00); National Wetlands Conservation Action Plan published (13/11/00); Korla workshop (26/06/01); new Web site on China wetlands (11/12/01); reports 2001 progress (18/01/02); names 14 new Ramsar sites (19/01/02); another update on 2001 progress (13/02/02); Wetland Ambassadors awareness programme (24/05/02); workshop on national wetland inventory (19/06/02); GEF international waters conference (03/10/02); Yangtze taskforce launched (08/04/03); MOU signed with Wetlands International (13/09/03); wetland targets to 2030 (16/06/04); nine new sites in high mountains (26/01/05); SG's report of visit (07/08/06); forum on wetland parks (30/10/06); network launched for Yangtze River (09/11/07); hosts biodiversity conference (18/12/07)
Classification System for Wetland Type: text; Recommendation 4.7 (text); Resolution VI.5 (text)
Climate change: report on Kyoto meeting (E, F, S) (23/12/97); wetlands and climate change (E, F, S) (27/10/99); info paper for COP8 (14/08/02); climate change, biodiversity & wetlands: CBD/Ramsar poster in PDF (24/08/07)
Climate Change Convention: see UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
Coastal zones: Recommendation 6.8 (text); coastal Ramsar sites, overview (17/07/98)
Colombia: becomes 112th Party (10/07/98); appeal on Bogotá wetlands (03/08/98); approves national policy on coastal zones and islands (04/01/01); designates Laguna de la Cocha (25/01/01); kids' book on Amazon (01/03/01); Política Nacional para Humedales Interiores de Colombia, 2001 (text) and news (01/03/02); HumedAndes launched (24/03/03); hosts peatlands meeting (07/11/03); threats to Santa Marta Ramsar Site (09/10/04); wetland education (11/10/06); WFF project for Jaboque (30/04/07); Fúquene monitoring programme (30/08/07); 5th Andean Strategy workshop (17/07/08); 4th Ramsar site (18/07/08)
Commission Internationale du Bassin Congo-Oubangui-Sangha (CICOS): signs MOC with Ramsar (05/04/06)
Commission on Ecosystem Management: see IUCN
Commission on Sustainable Development: Ramsar statements to (03/03/98); IUCN/WWF recommendations to 6th Session (18/04/98); Ramsar at 12th sessions (26/04/04); Ramsar side event, 12th session (29/04/04); Ramsar side events, 13th session (20/04/05)
Communication, education and public awareness: Recommendation 4.5 (text); Recommendation 5.8 (text); Resolution VI.19 (text); workshop held at Bureau (05/10/98); Resolution VII.9 (text); Ramsar National Focal Points for (first 04/10/00); Ramsar in Japan's school curricula (13/11/00); e-mail discussion group for the public (30/05/01); forum on wetland centres (30/10/06) See also CEPA Programme
Community participation: Thailand mangrove project (10/06/97); See also Local communities and wetland management
Compensation for lost wetlands: Resolution VII.23 (text) and Resolution VII.24 (text)
Comoros: two new Ramsar sites (24/11/06)
Conference of the Contracting Parties, meetings of, 1st, Cagliari: Report of the COP; resolutions (texts)
Conference of the Contracting Parties, meetings of, 2nd, Groningen: Report of the COP; Recommendations
Conference of the Contracting Parties, meetings of, 3rd, Regina: Report of the COP; Resolutions (texts)
Conference of the Contracting Parties, meetings of, 4th, Montreux: Conference Report (minutes, participants); Resolutions and Recommendations (texts)
Conference of the Contracting Parties, meetings of, 5th, Kushiro: Conference Report (minutes, participants); Resolutions and Recommendations (texts)
Conference of the Contracting Parties, meetings of, 6th, Brisbane: Conference Report (14/06/96); list of Resolutions and Recommendations titles (15/04/96); texts of the Resolutions and the Recommendations; "25th Anniversary Statement" (13/05/96); reports on Technical Sessions A-F (15/04/96); Secretary General's interpretation (1/06/96); Proceedings published (29/01/97)
Conference of the Contracting Parties, meetings of, 7th, San José: index page (E, F, S) of documents and proceedings; dates and theme announced (19/04/97); background info and logo (04/06/97); draft agenda and programme (E, S, F) (03/01/98); official invitation (13/02/98)
Conference of the Contracting Parties, meetings of, 8th, Valencia: index page (E, F, S) of documents and proceedings; draft agenda (E,F,S); Proceedings on CD-ROM (17/04/03)
Conference of the Contracting Parties, meetings of, 9th, Kampala: index page (E, F, S); MOU signed (02/11/03); Speke Resort venue (20/07/05); Proceedings on CD-ROM (28/03/06)
Conference of the Contracting Parties, meetings of, 10th, Changwon: index page (E, F, S)
Conference of the Contracting Parties: on meetings of, Recommendation 1.9 (text); Rules of Procedure (09/10/97)
Congo: becomes 111th Party (08/07/98); implementing Convention (14/05/05); plans National Wetland Policy (10/08/06); workshop on new Ramsar sites (09/05/07); four new Ramsar sites (02/02/08)
Congo Basin Commission: see Commission Internationale du Bassin Congo-Oubangui-Sangha (CICOS)
Congo, Democratic Republic of: project for wetland inventory (01/08/07)
Conservation Finance Alliance: inaugurated (12/08/03); Guide available (10/12/03)
Contracting Parties: alphabetical list of (E, F, E)(updated regularly); chronological listing; obligations of; administrative authorities listed (25/10/96)
Contracting Parties, specific sites within: Recommendation 2.9 (text); Recommendation 4.9 (text); Recommendation 5.1 (text); Recommendation 6.17 (text); Resolution VII.12 (text)
Convention on Biological Diversity: index page; Memorandum with Ramsar (Français), 19/01/96 (8/10/96); Ramsar’s contribution to 3rd COP (10/10/96); Decision of the 3rd COP (21/11/96) and text of that Decision (01/12/96); "Wetlands and Biological Diversity" (29/11/96); Resolution VI.9 (text); Ramsar speech to SBSTTA3 (02/09/97); Montreal meetings report (09/09/97); Decisions of 4th COP and Joint Work Plan with Ramsar; progress report on the Joint Work Plan, 06/99 (F,S) (26/08/99); Joint Work Plan 2000-2001 with Ramsar (E, F, S) (texts); report on SBSTTA5 (16/02/00); Joint Work Plan 2 approved by CBD (06/06/00); MOU between CBD & Wetlands International (10/11/00); Joint Work Plan 3 with Ramsar launched (07/05/02); Ramsar assists on inland water ecosystems (12/06/02); WRI report on wetland biodiversity trends (06/05/04); press release on cooperation with Ramsar (11/01/07); Int'l Day of Biodiversity (23/05/07); Ramsar at SBSTTA 12 (12/07/07); Ramsar at SBSTTA 13 (21/02/08)
Convention on Climate Change: see UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
Convention on Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS, Bonn Convention): cooperation asked, Resolution 4.4 (text); Memorandum of Understanding with Ramsar, 18/02/97; renovates Web site (25/09/98); joint work plan with Ramsar and AEWA (05/05/04); launches guide to its agreements (18/12/07)
Convention to Combat Desertification: Ramsar contribution to 1st COP (25/09/97); Ramsar intervention at COP1, Français (10/10/97); Ramsar address to COP2 (02/12/98); Ramsar signs Memo of Cooperation with (Français, Español)(08/12/98); Ramsar SG addresses COP3 (18/11/99); Ramsar address to COP4 (22/12/00); Ramsar address to COP5 (11/10/01); address to Beijing conference (22/01/08)
Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971): text of the Convention (E, F, S, German); see also Ramsar
Conventions, other: Resolution VII.4 (18/6/99); see also Biodiversity-related Conventions
COP, meetings of: see Conference of the Contracting Parties, meetings of
Coral reefs, and Ramsar: index page; info paper, 1995 (18/10/96); Recommendation 6.7 (text); 9th ICRS meeting (12/12/00); and environmental conventions (22/07/03); ICRI meeting at Ramsar (05/03); Poverty and reefs (12/11/03); International Year of the Reef launched (21/01/08)
Costa Rica: national conservation areas system (01/05/97); new wetlands center (17/06/97); "The secret of the wetlands" (18/6/97); names 7th site (28/04/98); creates wetlands database (E, S) (27/05/98); designates 2 new sites (3/6/99); thanks to hosts, Resolution VII.29 (18/05/99); National Wetlands Programme (27/07/99); feature on Mata Redonda (20/09/99); designates Cuena Embalse Arenal (27/03/00); feature on burials (14/02/02); Política de Humedales, 2001 (text) (26/02/02); oil exploration rejected near Ramsar sites (07/03/02); extends Palo Verde (17/09/02); names high-altitude peatlands (19/05/03); emergency SGF funding (11/08/03); payment for ecosystem services (31/05/06)
Côte d'Ivoire: names National Ramsar Committee (26/04/04); five new Ramsar sites (01/11/05)
Crane Bank Ramsar Award (Uganda): announced (26/04/06); first awards made (22/08/06); award finalized (16/10/07)
"Crane - Bird of Peace" international children's art contest: background paper (17/03/97)
CREHO: see Regional Ramsar Centre for Training and Research on Wetlands in the Western Hemisphere - CREHO (Panama)
Criteria for Identifying Wetlands of International Importance: text in English, in Français, in Español, Brisbane (05/09/96); Recommendation 1.4 (text); Recommendation 3.1 (text); Recommendation 4.2 (text); Resolution 5.9 (text); Recommendation 5.9 (text); Resolution VI.2 on fish criteria (text); Resolution VI.3 (text); Resolution VI.4 (text); Criterion 6 (30/01/02)
Croatia: meeting on Kopacki Rit (24/06/97); new book on Cetina watershed (23/02/01); mission report on Kopacki Rit (10/01/06); completes wetland inventory (16/10/06); workshop on river basin management (02/04/07); extends Kopacki rit site (29/10/07)
Cuba: becomes 124th Contracting Party (07/05/01); Ramsar visits Zapata (05/07/01); designates 5 new Ramsar sites (07/01/03); hosts symposium (14/12/07)
Cultural aspects of wetlands: MedWet/Com3 report (13/03/01); Ramsar information pack available (27/10/01); feature articles index (14/02/02); new book for Mediterranean (28/03/08)
Cultural heritage management: news (02/04/01); EAC "Strategy for Heritage Management of Wetlands" (text, 2001); call for wetland materials (23/05/01)
Culture Working Group: formed (02/10/06)
Cyprus: joins Ramsar Convention as 126th Party (24/08/01); Ramsar mission to Akrotiri (12/07/02); Akrotiri designated by UK (01/04/04); World Environment Day (14/06/06)
Czech Republic: visit to (3-5/12/96); places Litovelské Pomoraví on Montreux Record , with text (27/2/97); aid for Novozámecký rybník (10/4/97); names 10th site (20/11/97); Novozámecký rybník report (26/06/98); Bureau visit to (20/08/98); mission to Sumava (06/06/01) and report (22/08/01); Morava-Dyje Floodplains trilateral agreement (06/09/01); new book on Trebon (05/02/02); Novozámecký rybník removed from Montreux Record (15/10/02); Biosphere Reserve & Ramsar site (26/09/03); designates Punkva Caves (07/12/04); training seminars (15/12/04); wetland training course (01/06/05); puts two sites on Montreux Record (28/06/05); cooperation with Ethiopia (29/08/05); guide to Ramsar sites (09/05/06); training on fishpond management (25/10/06); names mountain mires site (20/04/07); course on hydrological approaches (03/07/07); celebrations for Morava-Dyje TRS (07/12/07)
Danone Group: signs Ramsar protocol on WWF projects (24/03/04); see also Evian Initiative
Danube River, Danube Delta: Lower Danube Basin, Recommendation 5.1.3 (text); Recommendation 6.17.5 (text); recent work on (04/11/03); Ramsar mission to Delta (05/12/03), reported (09/02/04); experts meeting (08/04/04); threatened by Bystroye canal works (08/05/04); concerns about Bystroye canal (24/08/04); update on Bystroye canal situation (24/06/05); international conference on (13/03/06); conference on cooperation (05/07/06); GEF project workshop (04/05/07); Bystroe Canal concerns (16/05/08); see also International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR)
DAPHNE: new book on Morava floodplain (28/11/00); celebrations for Morava-Dyje TRS (07/12/07)
De Klemm, Cyrille, The Legal Development of the Ramsar Convention (text in E, S, F); memorial tribute to (13/4/99); colloquium in honor of (30/3/00)
Decisions of the Conference of the Contracting Parties: see Resolutions; Recommendations
Denmark: Wadden Sea, Recommendation 2.5 (text); Ramsar visit to Ringkobing Fjord (29/9/96); Advisory Mission to Ringkøbing Fjord, 1996 (text); loss of Greenland wildlife (08/03/02)
Development assistance community: Recommendation 3.4 (text); Recommendation 3.5 (text); Recommendation 4.13 (text); Recommendation 5.5 (text); COP7 paper on (10/5/99)
Developing Countries and the Convention: Recommendation 1.2 (text)
Diplomatic notifications: archive since 1998
Djibouti: joins the Convention (11/02/03)
Dominican Republic: plans accession (6/2/01); joins as 132nd Ramsar Party (18/06/02); law may lower standards (14/05/04); concern about new laws (02/09/04)
Dubai: Secretariat visit to (28/06/06)
Ducks Unlimited, Inc.: Ramsar-related activities, 1996 (5/4/98); education materials on Web (28/4/00); aid for Arkansas Ramsar site (31/8/00); signs Memo of Cooperation with Ramsar (24/7/01); Delaware Bay project (04/01/02); Waterfowl in Neotropics guide (05/09/07)
East Asian Anatidae Site Network: launched (14/5/99)
East Asian-Australasian Flyway: Recommendation 6.4 (text)
Ecocinema, ecofilms, film festival: Ramsar/MedWet prize (27/05/04); 'Turtle People' wins Ramsar prize 2004 (09/06/04); Chilean film wins Ramsar/MedWet Award 2005 (05/07/05); Ramsar/MedWet Award 2006 (29/06/06)
Ecological character: Recommendation 4.8 (text); Recommendation 5.2 (text); Resolution VI.1 (text); test of how to describe (30/10/02)
Economic valuation of wetlands: Recommendation 1.6 (text); Recommendation 6.10 (text); finally, the book (23/5/97); French and Spanish versions (5/1/98); reprinted here (28/12/97); WI book on wetland socio-economics (23/04/03); paper by Alain Lambert (21/05/03); See also Incentive measures
Ecosystem approach: background (18/4/98); IUCN book on (05/11/03)
Ecosystem services, payment for: new law in Costa Rica (31/05/06); draft Code of Conduct on (14/06/06)
Ecotourism: see Tourism and wetlands
Ecuador: shrimp farming alert (11/12/97); designates Limoncocha (14/7/98); names Abras de Mantequilla (28/3/00); names Segua as 5th site [F, S](17/6/00); designates 6th Ramsar site [F, S] (13/11/00); feature on NGO Comité Ecologico del Litoral (7/1/01); 2 new Ramsar sites (22/01/02); Laguna de Cube management plan (text) (13/02/02); names Galápagos Ramsar site (30/10/02); names 10th Ramsar site (11/01/03); names 11th (09/07/03); WFF project completed (19/11/03); establishes National Ramsar Committee (06/01/04); new Ramsar site (31/05/06); completes WFF project (28/05/07); hosts climate change workshop (19/10/07); new high altitude site (14/07/08)
Eden: Marshlands of Mesopotamia: photos and book launched by MedWet (01/08/06)
Edinburgh Declaration: text (13/03/03)
Egypt: Ramsar/UNEP training for Iraqis (22/06/05)
El Salvador: becomes 114th Ramsar CP (06/02/99); designates Jiquilisco Ramsar site (02/11/05); 3rd Ramsar site (10/01/06)
Environmental Impact Assessment: Recommendation 6.2 (text); info paper & potential draft guidelines (08/05/97); See also Impact assessment
Environmental law: see International environmental law, Law and institutions
Equatorial Guinea: becomes 138th Party (06/08/03)
Estonia: 9 sites named (24/6/97); Tallinn conference reported (16/09/97); SGF news (2/11/99); names 11th site (30/04/03); names Transboundary Ramsar site (06/03/08)
Ethiopia: cooperation with Czech Republic (29/08/05)
Europe (Ramsar region): 3rd Pan-European Ramsar meeting announced for 1998 (15/08/97) and reported (16/06/98); Eastern and Western overviews for COP7 (10/05/99); Important Bird Areas reference published (29/05/00); BirdLife book on potential Ramsar sites (13/11/01); 4th Ramsar meeting, 2001, report & papers (27/11/01)
European Archaeological Council: 2nd General Assembly, on wetlands (27/03/01); launches wetlands strategy on World Wetlands Day (01/02/02)
European Environment Agency: MOC with Ramsar (09/03/06)
European regional meetings: see Pan-European Ramsar regional meetings
European Space Agency: seeks bids on Ramsar project (24/04/01); Atlantis Scientific wins ESA TESEO project bid (20/11/01); launches GlobWetlands (25/11/03); GlobWetland symposium slated (14/08/06); MedWet at GlobWetland symposium (23/10/06)
European Union: Water Framework Directive meeting (04/11/98); second Water Framework Directive meeting (14/11/00); Assessment report on wetlands (25/06/03)
Eurosite program: MOU with Ramsar (speech), text of MOU (27/9/99); new MOU, 2002; Atlantic flyway meeting (20/04/04)
Evian Encounters programme: 1st meeting (Neotropics) announced (07/09/98); 2nd meeting (Francophone Africa) gets under way (26/10/99); 4th meeting (Arab states) under way (05/11/01); 5th meeting (Himalayas) (01/11/04) and report on (21/12/04)
Evian Initiative: launched (E, F, S) (02/02/98); memo of understanding (F, E) and photos (18/02/98); introduction to (07/09/98); Closed Seas Deltas meeting (26/01/99); Internet for Ramsar Parties (24/02/99) and update: 11 Parties helped (17/09/99); training project in Papua New Guinea (28/11/00); description of achievements so far is available (15/11/01); new protocol on WWF (24/03/04); update 2004 (30/03/04); Cambodia wells project (22/11/04); Journalists Tour '08 (15/07/08)
Far Eastern Curlew Satellite Tracking Project: update (21/05/97); another update (16/06/97); another update (6/4/98)
Fiji: training course reported (20/02/01); becomes 152nd Ramsar Party (02/05/06)
Financial and budgetary matters of the Convention: Resolution 3.2 (text); Resolution 5.2 (text) with Terms of Reference for Financial Administration (E, F, S): Resolution VI.17 (text); core budget 1997-1999 (E, F, S); recent voluntary contributions listed (04/03/97); Resolution VII.28 with budget 2000-2002 (text) [for subsequent budget Resolutions, see the Resolutions pages]
Financial assistance for the Convention: see Development assistance community
Financial assistance from the Convention: see Small Grants Fund; Wetlands for the Future
Finland: news from (08/07/98); 38 new Ramsar sites (26/10/05)
Fish, criteria based on: Resolution VI.2 (text); criterion 4 (text); Recommendation 5.9 (text)
Fishpond management: training in Czech Republic (25/10/06)
Flamingos: Mediterranean region (29/09/97)
Flyways, study of: Recommendation 3.2 (text)
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO): Tisza workshop (09/12/03)
France: Marais salants de Guérande (15/09/96); wetland action plan progressing (04/11/97); names 18th site (02/02/98); protest on Marais Poitevin (07/05/98); mission to Poitevin (16/02/01); meeting on National Wetlands Plan (06/02/02); arson at Tour du Valat (19/03/02); Ramsar Centre launched in Evian (11/10/02); four new Ramsar sites (21/03/03); Ramsar study tour (30/06/05); names Narbonnaise Ramsar site (02/02/06); Grand'Mare seminar (13/07/06); new site on Corsica (27/02/07); visit to Armagnac region (11/07/08)
Gabon: three new sites for WWD (02/02/07)
Gambia: becomes 94th Contracting Party (07/10/96); designates Tanbi Complex for WWD (02/02/07)
Geographic Information System (GIS): COP7 paper on (10/05/99)
Georgia: becomes 100th Contracting Party (14/02/97); workshop reported (13/09/00); Ramsar trip report (13/10/00); mission report on Central Kolkheti (06/12/05)
Germany: Wadden Sea, Recommendation 2.5 (text); Leybucht, Recommendation 4.9.4 (text); contribution to SGF (02/03/97); overview of Ramsar implementation published (05/03/98); Ramsar mission to,1990 (text); Ramsar Mission to Unterer Niederrhein, 1993 (text); Mühlenberger Loch (26/09/01); extends Waddensee Ramsar site (11/07/02); report on Mühlenberger Loch (07/06/03); designates part of Elbe plain (21/07/03); meeting on wetland archaeology (26/05/06); adds 33rd Ramsar site (19/11/07); training for European managers (23/11/07)
Ghana: 9th Pan-African Ornithological Congress (10/1/97); national policy workshop (26/3/97); National Wetlands Conservation Strategy, 1999 (text); SGF case study (1999); launches National Wetlands Committee (04/09/04); cooperation with Mali (11/10/05); Wetland Policy and Action Plan drafted (04/05/07); new Wetlands Conservation Strategy (28/06/07); National Wetland Strategy published (15/04/08)
Global Action Plan on Peatlands: Coordinating Committee established (12/06/04)
Global Biodiversity Forum: GBF13 planned for COP7 (16/09/98); GBF15 announced (22/03/00); memo of cooperation signed with Ramsar (15/09/00); East Europe & CIS (01/05/03)
Global Environment Facility (GEF): Recommendation 5.4 (text); Resolution VI.10 (text); MedWet proposal progress (26/03/97); Africa Eurasian Flyway project (15/04/00); Ramsar contribution on international waters (24/09/02); international waters conference in China (03/10/02); lake basins project (26/04/04); third assembly reported (19/09/06); brochure on adaptation (PDF)(10/12/07)
Global Invasive Species Programme (GISP): Ramsar at Cape Town meeting (20/09/00)
Global Peatland Initiative: additional grant from DGIS (10/07/02); and Global Action Plan (12/06/04)
Global Review of Wetland Resources project: signed (22/10/97); results on the Web (04/11/99)
Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS): MOU signed with Ramsar (21/06/06)
Global water crisis: Ramsar and (F, S) (25/02/98); Ramsar's role (10/05/99)
Global Water Partnership: meeting reported (04/11/97)
GlobWetlands: see European Space Agency
Glossary of Ramsar terminology: RamsarSpeak (27/04/97), Ramsar Lingua (26/09/97), La Jerga de Ramsar (26/04/98)
Goldman Prize: to Ramsar winner Myrsini Malakou (24/04/01)
Grazing as management practice: Forum discussion (26/03/98)
Great Apes Survival Project (UNEP-GRASP): cooperation with Ramsar (09/02/07); documentary film with Ramsar (24/10/07)
Greece: Recommendation 4.9.5 (text); Recommendation 5.1.1 (text); Recommendation 6.17.1 (text); reassesses site delineations (07/12/96); restoration of Lake Karla (24/03/98); Prespa group wins Award (02/02/99); Resolution VII.12.1 (text); Ramsar advisory mission to Greek sites, 1988 (text) and another, 1989 (text); National Strategy for Wetland Resources (text); participates in Prespa Park set-up (20/10/00); reprint of 1999 report on Montreux Record sites (posted 16/11/01); new book on Greek wetlands (05/11/01); sponsors MedWet centre in Athens (5/12/01); update on Prespa (27/03/02); meeting on Dojran (01/05/02); meeting on Nestos Delta (08/08/02); signs MOC on MedWet (06/06/03); Ramsar/MedWet cinema prize (27/05/04)
Greek Biotope/Wetland Centre: project wins Ramsar support (04/11/97)
Greenland (Denmark): new book on loss of wildlife (08/03/02)
Guatemala: MGP planned for Laguna del Tigre, Español (29/06/97); extends El Tigre's area (03/10/99); names 4th Ramsar site (E, S) (02/02/00); WFF at Laguna del Tigre (24/11/03); names new RS for WWD (02/02/06); teachers' workshop on mangroves (11/05/06); national wetland policy (29/05/06); names Lachua Ramsar site (31/05/06); Río Sarstún new Ramsar site (27/03/07)
Guidelines: index page
Guinea: names six Ramsar site in Niger catchment (16/03/02); two new Ramsar sites (18/01/06); two Bafing River Ramsar sites (13/11/07)
Handbooks for the wise use of wetlands: index page
High altitude wetlands: Chile's new sites (10/12/96); photos of Pakistan's (14/09/01); Andean strategy meeting (28/07/05); 5th Andean Strategy workshop (17/07/08);
Himalayan High Altitude Wetlands Forum: report of 4th workshop (22/02/07)
Himalayan wetlands: workshop in Nepal (06/09/03); action plan (25/09/03); Evian Encounter seminar (01/11/04) and report on (21/12/04)
Hoffmann, Luc, Ramsar 'Founding Father': honored by Greece (11/12/99); visits Ramsar Bureau (19/03/00)
Hollis, Ted: loss of (10/10/96); scholarship appeal and photo (11/06/97); scholarship announced (21/01/98); call for more applications (16/02/01)
Honduras: new commission for integrated management of coastal areas (11/01/97); designates 1000th Ramsar site (10/07/99); tries to protect 1000th site (07/09/00), Ramsar visit to (16/10/00); hosts Ramsar subregional meeting (19/10/01); names 5th Ramsar site (20/02/03); 6th Ramsar site (06/06/05)
Humedales para el Futuro: index page.
Hungary: contributes to MGP (07/04/97); names six new sites (22/08/97) and honored by WWF (19/11/97); Nature Conservation Act (8/7/98); Tisza cyanide spill (23/2/00); restoration at Hortobágy (14/9/00); 2 new Ramsar sites (F, S) (10/09/01); Tisza workshop (09/12/03); transboundary Tisza Ramsar site (04/12/04); 3 new Ramsar sites (04/10/06); Transboundary Ramsar Site (28/02/07); completes site data updates (16/01/08); two new Ramsar sites (21/02/08)
Iceland: advisory mission to Myvatn, 1992 (text)
Impact assessment and wetlands: COP7 paper on (10/05/99); Resolution VII.16 (text); MOU with IAIA (03/07/01)
Incentive measures for wise use: COP7 paper on (10/05/99); Resolution VII.15 (texts); Australia reviews (20/09/02)
India: info sought on Sambhar Lake (27/11/97); action alert, Kerala state (29/11/97); conference set for New Delhi (03/12/97); update on Harike (24/7/98); update on Thane-ka Tal (24/07/98); announces pledge 10 new Ramsar sites soon to come (02/02/00); Ramsar Advisory Missions to Keoladeo in 1988 and 1990 (texts); Bhoj Wetland Project, Bhopal, wins award, plus photo essay (17/11/01); designates 2 Ramsar sites (25/01/02); Chilika Lake removed from Montreux Record (11/11/02); names 11 new Ramsar sites (20/12/02); 6 new Ramsar sites (11/01/06); management plan for Wular Lake (07/04/08); inventory of important wetlands (25/07/08)
Indigenous people and wetland management: Recommendation 6.3 (text); COP7 paper on (10/05/99) Resolution VII.8 (text); guidelines for (18/06/99)
Indonesia: overview of wetlands published (18/11/97); photos of Berbak (04/06/02); Tri-National Wetlands Initiative (05/06/02); names Wasur NP (26/05/06)
Industrial Shrimp Action Project: announced (10/11/97)
INTECOL: Ramsar at 5th Conference, Perth (02/10/96); 6th Conference announced (18/03/98); 7th INTECOL's Utrecht Declaration (13/08/04)
International Association for Impact Assessment: signs MOU with Ramsar
Internatioal Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD): workshop reported (04/04/08); Eco Everest Expedition (12/06/08)
International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR): Agreement with Ramsar Bureau, text (09/11/00); experts meeting in Orth (09/10/02); Weller to head (25/08/03); recent work (04/11/03); hosts int'l conferences on Danube Delta (13/03/06); Joint Danube Survey 2 (15/08/07)
International Conference on Conservation of Wetlands and Waterfowl, Ramsar, Iran, 1971: Final Act (F, S) (17/04/98)
International Conference on Water and Sustainable Development: Ramsar and (25/03/98)
International cooperation under the Convention: Resolution VII.19 (text E,F,S); Guidelines on [F, S] (27/06/99)
International Coral Relief Initiative (ICRI): meeting at Ramsar/IUCN (13/05/03); meetings in Turks and Caicos (14/01/04); Ramsar report to ICRI meeting (14/11/06); International Year of the Reef launched (21/01/08)
International Coral Reef Symposium: 9th meeting reported (12/12/00)
International Corporate Wetlands Restoration Partnership (ICWRP): launched (23/03/04)
International Day of Biological Diversity, 22 May: SG's message 2008 (22/05/08)
International Environmental Governance (IEG): update (18/05/01); UNEP study of (20/05/01)
International Environmental Law (and Ramsar): new book about (17/09/99); draft ELC advice (E,F,S) (28/09/00); rebuttal to JEL article (23/02/01); Bowman article, 1995 (17/04/01); recent developments (17/04/01); IUCN ELC update (08/06/01); see also Article #.# (above), see also Law and institutions
International Lake Environment Committee (ILEC): study on lake basin management (13/06/06)
International Mechanism on Scientific Expertise on Biodiversity (IMOSEB): steering committee meeting (15/03/06)
International Migratory Bird Day: USFWS press release (06/05/97); for 2008 (16/04/08)
International Mire Conservation Group (IMCG): resolution for Ramsar, 1996 (05/11/97)
International Navigation Association: 2nd restoration working group meeting (23/06/00); 4th wetland restoration working group meeting (21/03/01)
International Ocean Institute: MOC with Ramsar (16/10/06)
International Organization Partners (of Ramsar): pledge support to CBD (11/05/98); Resolution VII.3 [S](18/06/99); all sign new MOUs (30/11/04); joined by IWMI, 5th IOP (22/11/05); overview by Dave Pritchard (24/11/06)
International organizations, cooperation with: Recommendation 4.11 (text)
International Rivers Network: declares day against dams (28/02/98)
International Seagrass Biology Workshop: 3nd meeting reported (10/05/98)
International Wader Study Group: reports declining populations (09/10/03); book on populations (08/06/04)
International Water Management Institute (IWMI): MOC with Ramsar (13/02/04); becomes Ramsar IOP Partner (22/11/05); new MOC with Ramsar (13/03/06); publication on water management (30/03/06); poverty reduction case studies (31/01/07) and discussion forum (28/03/07)
International Waterfowl Census: latest edition published 0(6/10/99)
Internships at the Bureau: index page and Terms of Reference (14/01/00); first two interns chosen (13/02/97) and arrived (02/05/97); update on work (16/06/97); two new interns chosen (16/06/97); another one chosen (17/08/97); intern for Africa arrives (06/10/98); San José Daft Resolution (07/06/99); new Intern for Asia (01/12/99); Petra Holtrup leaves (14/09/00); party for European interns (10/11/00); new intern for Africa (23/11/00); Where are they now? (01/02/01)
Intertidal wetlands: Resolution VII.21 (texts)
Invasive species in wetlands: COP7 paper on (10/05/99); Resolution VII.14 (text)
Inventories of wetlands: see National Wetland Inventories
Iran, Islamic Republic: MGP mission reported (15/05/97), text of mission report; Secretary General's visit (22/4/98); protests Israeli participation in Asian regional meeting (10/05/99); names 1006th Ramsar site (5/11/99); project steering committee formed (26/1/00); names 20th Ramsar site (9/2/00); knits amazing Ramsar Rug (8/5/00); Ramsar Advisory Mission, 1997 (text); designates 21st Ramsar site (22/11/01); Tehran Communiqué on wetlands (08/02/02); designates important crane site (24/07/03); routes highway out of Ramsar site (13/08/03). See also Ramsar Regional Center for Training and Research in Western and Central Asia (Ramsar, Iran)
Iraq: plans Mesopotamian marshes as Ramsar site (11/03/05); Ramsar/UNEP wetland training (22/06/05);training under Canada-Iraq Marshlands Initiative (07/07/05); World Wetlands Day and accession progress (23/02/06); marshland photo exhibition (29/05/06); joins Ramsar Convention (29/10/07)
Ireland: biodiversity cooperation with Northern Ireland (12/10/07)
Israel: becomes 95th Contracting Party (15/11/96); participation in Asian region, Iranian protest (10/5/99) and reply (10/5/99)
Italy: thanks to Italian hosts, Recommendation 1.11 (text); Ramsar Advisory mission to (7/11/98) and text of report ; Ramsar meeting in Venice (13/05/03); Venice lagoon report & meeting (21/04/04); Venice workshop on int'l conventions (09/12/05); four new Ramsar sites (09/03/07); Molentargius removed from Montreux Record (02/07/08)
IUCN: Resolution 3.1 on Ramsar secretariat (text) and agreement with IWRB, 1987; thanks for facilities, Recommendation 5.11 (text); marine policy described (16/06/98); names new DG (07/11/98); names Achim Steiner as new DG (02/03/01); MOC signed with Ramsar (13/09/03); 4th Asia Conservation Forum (11/10/07); name change (14/03/08)
IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management: project proposal (28/04/97); book on ecosystem approach (05/11/03)
IUCN Commission on Environmental Law: sponsors Ramsar seminar for Africa (06/04/06)
IUCN Environmental Law Centre: workshop (06/07/98)
IUCN Netherlands Committee: launches wetland grants programme (18/01/01)
IUCN Social Policy Group: project proposal (11/02/97); launches Participatory Management Networking Service, PMNS (21/12/00)
IUCN World Conservation Congress: Ramsar at 3rd WCC (22/11/04)
IWMI: see International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
IWRB: see Wetlands International, even for earlier periods
Jamaica: becomes 104th Contracting Party (18/11/97); Ramsar postage stamps (17/12/04); names second Ramsar site (24/03/05); names Portland Bight for List (02/02/06); WFF project on participatory management (05/11/07)
Japan: thanks to Japanese hosts, Recommendation 5.12 (text); National Ramsar Symposium, Niigata City (11/12/96); monitoring planned for Ishaya Bay (13/01/98); photos of SG's visit (13/03/98); space photos of Ishaya Bay (06/07/9); names Manko site (08/07/99); includes Ramsar in school curricula (13/11/00); landfill for Awase tidal flat (18/01/01); Secretary General's visit (13/09/01); Sanbanze landfill cancelled (27/09/01); names two new Ramsar sites (22/10/02); lawmakers' league for Ramsar (05/05/03); lagoons workshop in Kushiro (10/09/03); crane workshop in Kushiro (10/12/03); JAWAN update on wetlands (04/05/04); visit from Secretary General (01/06/04); plans new Ramsar Sites (26/07/04); honors for Mayor Wanibuchi (30/09/04); adds 20 Ramsar sites (06/01/06); Ramsar Manual in Japanese (07/05/08)
Japan Association for Wild Geese Protection (JAWGP): Web site for WWD (13/01/00)
Joint Web Site of the Biodiversity-related Conventions: announced (12/03/99)
Jordan: Azraq Oasis, Management Guidance Procedure summary (26/11/96), Recommendation 3.8 (text), Recommendation 4.9.3 (text), Recommendation 6.17.3 (text); Azraq update (