Gallery 0 Results Reset All Close Delegates during the field trip to the Salus Nature Preserve. The area occupies a portion of the headwaters of two large river basins: the Santa Lucia River and the Solis Grande River basin. Delegates during the field trip to the Cabo Polonio National Park. Delegates during the field trip to the Cabo Polonio National Park. The park is preserving the characteristics of the original Atlantic Uruguayan coastline: sandy beaches, coastal native forest, scrublands, small wetlands and colonies of sea lions. Cabo Polonio National Park. The Salus Nature Preserve- The area occupies a portion of the headwaters of two large river basins: the Santa Lucia River and the Solis Grande River basin. Delegates during the field trip to the Cabo Polonio National Park. Delegate Ruamsub Kaneda, Thailand Delegate from Cameroon Ramsar Standing Committee Chair Doina Catrinoiu receiving a gift from the Ramsar Secretary General Christopher Briggs Christine Prietto, Australia Delegate Mehri Asnaashari, Iran Jorge Rucks, COP12 President and Christopher Briggs, Secretary General of the Ramsar Convention welcome members of the new Standing Committee Delegate Sibylle Vermont, Switzerland at the welcome reception for the new Standing Committee Delegate Sibylle Vermont, Switzerland Delegate Jari Ilmonen, Finland Welcome reception for the new Standing Committee members Delegate Abdou Salam Kane, Senegal Delegates Victor Fenchuk and Natalya Minchenko, Belarus The welcome reception for the new Standing Committee members The Japanese delegation. Delegate Elizabeth Kerstin, Samoa The Government of Uruguay presents to delegates a commemorative stamp introduced under the theme “wetlands for the future” Delegate, Nadia Hassan, Sudan. Entertainers from Americas Night organized to show the visiting delegates the rich cultures of the America's and the network of wetlands in the region Secretary Briggs presents Eneida de León with a commemorative photograph of Bañado del Este, Uruguay Delegate, Jan Kadlecik, Slovakia. Entertainers from Americas Night presenting the visiting delegates the rich cultures of the America's and the network of wetlands in the region