Gallery 0 Resultados Reiniciar búsqueda Close 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. Thani Bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, UAE, receiving the Ramsar flag from Jorge Rucks, Vice Minister of Housing, Territorial Planning and Environment, Uruguay Franz Dejon| IISD/ENB COP13 plenary Thani Bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, UAE, receiving the Ramsar flag from Jorge Rucks, Vice Minister of Housing, Territorial Planning and Environment, Uruguay Franz Dejon| IISD/ENB L-R: Jorge Rucks, Vice Minister of Housing, Territorial Planning and Environment, Uruguay; and Facundo Etchebehere, Danone. Danone was recognized for its 20 years of commitment to conservation and sustainable management of wetlands of international importance. Franz Dejon| IISD/ENB Ramsar Wetland Conservation Awards Ceremony. L-R: Facundo Etchebehere, Danone; Cosme Morillo, Fundación Global Nature, Spain; Jorge Rucks, Vice Minister of Housing, Territorial Planning and Environment, Uruguay; Samantha Kwan, Youth Climate Action Network, Samoa; Martha Rojas Urrego, Ramsar Secretary General; and Ma Guangren, Director General, China Wetland Conservation Association Franz Dejon| IISD/ENB