The meeting will serve as final preparation for the Neotropics and North American regions’ position before the 8th Conference of the Contracting Parties, to be held in November 2002.  

dates: 1-5 July 2002  
location: Guayaquil, Ecuador  
contact: Julio Montes de Oca, Ramsar Convention Bureau  
phone: 41-22-999-0178  
fax: 41-22-999-0169  
e-mail: americas@ramsar.org  
www: http://ramsar.org/mtg_reg_panamerican2002_index.htm