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Organisation Reference	The Ramsar Convention Bureau
Wildpro Referenced Responsibilities:- Conventions, Legislation, Codes of Conduct, Manuals	LI1 - Convention on Wetlands of International Importance
Notes	The Ramsar Bureau, the secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, is housed by IUCN - The World Conservation Union in its headquarters building in Gland, Switzerland, on Lac Léman (Lake Geneva). Although the treaty secretariat is an independent body answering to the Contracting Parties to the Convention, and to the Standing Committee, Bureau staff receive the benefits and services that IUCN staff members do and are legally considered as IUCN personnel. Cooperation between Ramsar and IUCN staff is extraordinarily close. The Convention on Wetlands is not part of the UN or UNEP system of environmental treaties, with many of the secretariats of which, however, Ramsar has established collaborative agreements.
Dates Referenced	February 2001
Contact Details	The Ramsar Convention Bureau Rue Mauverney 28 CH-1196 Gland Switzerland Tel. +41 22 999 0170 Fax +41 22 999 0169 e-mail ramsar@ramsar.org
Website Address	http://www.ramsar.org/
Email	ramsar@ramsar.org

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