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. 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. Delegates during the field trip to the Eastern Rangers in Moldonado region. Local organizations promote sustainable management of natural grassland. The Japanese delegation. Delegate Elizabeth Kerstin, Samoa 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 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 Maria Ximena Alvarez, Uruguay. Delegate Nancy Cespedes from Chile speaking at the America's Night World Environment Day. Children from Uruguay joined the delegates at #RamsarCOP12 and made it clear that wetlands must be part of the future. Maria Rivera, Ramsar Regional Advisor for the Americas warmly welcomes delegates to the Americas Night. Jorge Rucks, Under-Secretary, Ministry of Housing, Territorial Planning and Environment, Uruguay, Eneida de León, Minister of Housing, Territorial Planning and Environment, Uruguay, and Christopher Briggs, Secretary General of the Ramsar Convention Elizabeth Mrema, UNEP delivers the World Environment Day message. The theme for 2015 Seven Billion Dreams, One Planet, Consume with Care. Healthy wetlands are part of the solution for sustainable development. Delegate Elizabeth Roberts from Canada speaking at the America's Night The Government of Uruguay presents to delegates a commemorative stamp introduced under the theme “wetlands for the future” Delegate, Kathleen Kutschenreuter, United States of America.