The Fifth Oceania Regional preparatory meeting for the 11th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties (COP 11) to the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention) will be hosted by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP). The meeting will review the current implementation of the Convention and introduce the COP 11 Draft Resolutions. Ramsar COP 11 will take place from 6-13 July 2012, in Bucharest, Romania.  

dates: 26-30 March 2012   venue: Palau International Coral Reef Center [tentative]   location: Palau   additional: Koror   contact: Vainuupo Jungblut, Ramsar Officer Oceania   e-mail: vsinuupoj@sprep.org   www: http://www.ramsar.org/cda/en/ramsar-news-meetings-regionalmeetingoceania/main/ramsar/1-26-405%5E25623_4000_0__