Reflections on the RAMSAR COP
I am just back from the 12th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (COP12) in, Uruguay (http://www.ramsar.org/about/cop12-punta-del-este-uruguay-1-9-june-2015). It was great to connect with many familiar faces who had attended wetlandsforum.net events. Paul Ouédraogo and Dede Amah of the Africa Ramsar secretariat , …
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