Gallery 0 Resultados Reiniciar búsqueda Close Ramsar Wetland Conservation Awards Ramsar Wetland Conservation Awards took place at the Conrad Hotel in Punta del Este, Uruguay Ramsar Wetland Conservation Awards. Ramsar Secretariat Head of Communications, Camilla Chalmers and Award Winner Giselle Hazzan COP12 delegates in the plenary room Ramsar Award Winners 2015 with Dr. Christopher Briggs, Secretary General Ramsar Convention and Mario Vazquez Gaytan, Director General SALUS Danone The Ramsar Convention Award for Wetland Wise Use presented to Giselle Hazzan, Ein Afek Nature Reserve (EANR), Israel A signing ceremony of the new Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) between the Ramsar Secretariat and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) The Ramsar Convention Award for Wetland Wise Use presented to Giselle Hazzan, Ein Afek Nature Reserve (EANR), Israel The Ramsar Convention Award for Young Wetlands Champions presented to Jorge Emmanuel Escobar Moreno, Fundación Humedales Bogota, Colombia Europe regional meetings. A delegate from Africa at the COP12 welcome reception. Americas regional meetings. Inger Andersen, Director General of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) speaking at the COP12 Opening Ceremony Asia regional meetings. Christopher Briggs, Secretary General of the Ramsar Convention speaking at the COP12 Opening Ceremony Africa regional meeting. Deputy Secretary General of the Ramsar Secretariat, Ania Grobicki, greeting the delegate from Madagascar Liva Ramiandrarivo. Uruguay's stand at COP12 in Punta del Este Delegates from Africa at the meeting for the African region. Europe regional meetings. Delegate, Jan Kadlecik, Slovakia. Ramsar Secretary General Christopher Briggs opened his address to the Committee with these words: “Wetlands are the source of sustainable development, they are the key to delivering sustainable goals” Ramsar Convention Secretary General Christopher Briggs handing in the Ramsar Site Certificate to the delegate from Chile, Nancy Céspedes, at the Americas regional meetings COP12 Americas regional meeting COP12 Asia & Oceania Regional Meeting. Ramsar Secretary General Christopher Briggs handing in the certificate for the newly designated Ramsar Site of the International Importance in Vietnam Over one hundred delegates participated in the 49th Meeting of the Standing Committee (SC49) to finalize details one day before the official opening of the conference. At over 12 000 feet above sea level, on the border of Peru and Boliva, Lake Titicaca Ramsar Site is the highest large navigable lake in the world. Paul Steyn The sacred wetland that has provided food, water and transport to the generations of humans, is now struggling with a massive pollution problem. Paul Steyn