The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

6th Ramsar European Regional Meeting, Stockholm, May 2008 -- Photographs

Photographs

(photos of Milan Vogrin and Monica Zavagli)

European Regional Meeting Participants

Opening of the meeting plenary session

Mr Lars-Erik Liljelund, Director General Swedish EPA, and the Ramsar Convention Secretary General Mr Anada TIEGA

Tobias Salathé, Ramsar Senior Advisor for Europe, and Christiane Paulus, Ramsar Administrative Authority in Germany

Working group session preparation

Closing session. (from the left at table) Nick Davidson, Ramsar Deputy General, Karen Jenderedjian, AA in Armenia, and Tobias Salathé

Working group on “Using CEPA tools to change behavior”

Monica Zavagli, Ramsar Assistant Advisor for Europe, and Lucilla Spini, FAO and STRP expert, during the dinner kindly offered by the Swedish Ministry of Environment

Swedish authorities and co-organizers of the meeting

(from the left) Michael Steiner, STRP National Focal Point – Austria, Iwona Wagner, UNESCO European Regional Centre for Ecohydrology, and Tina Niikkonen, Ramsar Administrative Authority in Finland

View of the beautiful Stockholm city from the archipelago

(from left) Jane Madgwick, CEO of Wetlands International, Ward Hagemeijer, Wetlands International. and Tatiana Minayeva, Ramsar Administrative Authority in Russia…..for sure talking about either waterbirds or peatlands!

Eugen Draganovic, Ramsar Administrative Authority in Croatia, and Tobias Salathé

Torsten Larsson

Birdwatching from Angso NP

Fritillaria meleagris  blossom in Angso NP

Participants on the field excursion in Angso

Monica Zavagli and Tobias Salathé

The end of the meeting: the tired but satisfied and smiley organizers:  from the bottom anti clock wise: Ankie Malmfors, Swedish Environmental Protection Aagency, Sandra Hails, Ramsar Secretariat, Tobias Salathé, Ann Wahlstrom, Swedish EPA, Torsten Larsson, Monica Zavagli, and Nick Davidson

For further information about the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, please contact the Ramsar Convention Secretariat, Rue Mauverney 28, CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland (tel +41 22 999 0170, fax +41 22 999 0169, e-mail ). Posted 19 June 2008, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.