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Ramsar Convention Manual, 6th Edition

… 3.1 The Conference of the Contracting Parties 3.2 The Standing Committee 3.3 The Secretariat 3.4 The Administrative … been entrusted to a secretariat under the authority of a Standing Committee elected by the COP. The Ramsar Secretariat …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

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

… roles of the Conference of the Contracting Parties, the Standing Committee, and the Bureau Chapter 9 Legal and moral aspects … are recalled. These have included the setting up of a Standing Committee to provide continuity of the Conference’s …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

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/ …
21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use

… Canada and the United States have retained their own long-standing wetland definitions, which are enshrined in … from soils, leaving behind salts in the topsoil and standing waters. This process of salinisation reduces the … activities are governed by a nine-member Standing Committee (established in 1987) which includes …
21 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

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 … the Convention. Most significantly, the Convention’s Standing Committee has designated “Wetlands: water, life, and … their water in a variety of ways. This close and long-standing relationship has resulted in the evolution of strong …
21 Jun 2026 Document

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 … years for the Conference of the Parties) and an 18-member Standing Committee, the inter-sessional executive body, which meets on an annual basis. The Standing Committee represents the Contracting Parties in the …
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RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions

… for consideration by the 21st meeting of the Convention’s Standing Committee. The Standing Committee endorsed these documents going forward for …
21 Jun 2026 Document

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

… Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) for its long-standing support of the IUCN and the provision of financial … Xonbuly. In 2011, the government established a National Committee for Wetland Management of the Ramsar Convention in … Xe Champhone and support the integration of peoples’ long-standing customary laws with statutory laws. The goal is to …
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