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Ramsar Convention Manual, 6th Edition

… The Conference of the Contracting Parties 3.2 The Standing Committee 3.3 The Secretariat 3.4 The Administrative … to a secretariat under the authority of a Standing Committee elected by the COP. The Ramsar Secretariat is … of Nature under the authority of the Ramsar Standing Committee. Its headquarters are located in Gland, …
16 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Document - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: its History and Development

… of the Conference of the Contracting Parties, the Standing Committee, and the Bureau Chapter 9 Legal and moral aspects … recalled. These have included the setting up of a Standing Committee to provide continuity of the Conference’s authority … participants received a telegram from the Soviet Steering Committee saying that the meeting would take place as …
16 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks

… June 2015); and the 39th session of the World Heritage Committee (Bonn, Germany, 28 June–8 July 2015). The delegates … of the three UNESCO instruments – the World Heritage Committee, the MAB International Coordinating Council … Reserves project (UNESCO) IACBR International Advisory Committee for Biosphere Reserves (MAB) IBA Important Bird and …
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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use

… activities are governed by a nine-member Standing Committee (established in 1987) which includes … The Panel provides advice to the Conference, the Standing Committee and the Bureau and meets at least once a year. It … Aid Recipients established by the Development Assistance Committee of the OECD are eligible to receive assistance from …
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Major components of the Ramsar Convention- extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… to further the application of the Convention. The Standing Committee includes Regional Representatives of Ramsar … http://leo.informea.org/terms/standing-committee http://www.informea.org/terms/secretariat/ 7. The …
16 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation

… Xonbuly. In 2011, the government established a National Committee for Wetland Management of the Ramsar Convention in … a survey of customary law in the country.3 The survey committee included representatives of the 49 ethnic groups … 21 February 2011, on the establishment of the National Committee for Wetland Management of the Ramsar Convention in …
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Securing the future for global peatlands

… the work of National Committees, such as the IUCN National Committee for the United Kingdom Peatland Programme, and the … as Wetlands International; GRATEFUL that the IUCN National Committee for the United Kingdom has pioneered procedures to …
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RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions

… by the 21st meeting of the Convention’s Standing Committee. The Standing Committee endorsed these documents going forward for … might consider establishing an inter- agency steering committee to ensure that all relevant governmental sectors …
16 Jun 2026 Document

Cultural Heritage Information Pack: 11 Wetland cultural heritage and the Ramsar Convention

… manage- ment of wetlands. Ramsar’s Mediterranean Wetlands Committee (MedWet/Com) has already made a beginning in the … Convention. Most significantly, the Convention’s Standing Committee has designated “Wetlands: water, life, and culture” …
16 Jun 2026 Document