The Ramsar Convention’s Scientific and Technical Review Panel (STRP) will hold midterm workshops prior to the seventh INTECOL International Wetlands Conference scheduled for nearby Utrecht from 25-30 July. The Working Groups involved are: WG 1 on Inventory & Assessment; WG 3 on Water resources; WG 4 on Ramsar site designation; and WG 6 on Assessment of the effectiveness of Convention implementation.  

dates: 20-24 July 2004  
venue: Wetlands International  
location: Wageningen, Netherlands  
contact: Ramsar Convention Secretariat  
phone: 41-22-999-0170  
fax: 41-22-999-0169  
e-mail: ramsar@ramsar.org  
www: http://ramsar.org/w.n.strp_workshops_2004.htm