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The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, in cooperation with
the Ramsar Secretariat, invites participation in the 6th European
Ramsar Regional Meeting, to take place in Stockholm, 3-7 May 2008.
The meeting is intended to bring together all 45 Contracting Parties
in the European region, as well as three countries that have not
yet joined (Andorra, Holy See, and San Marino), and it will focus
on implementation of the Convention in the region; progress with
regional initiatives; the need to improve implementation capacities
through CEPA, as well as project and financial support.
It will also serve to coordinate European positions on the issues
to be discussed at the 10th meeting of the Conference of the Parties
in the Republic of Korea in October-November 2008.
Other pre-COP10 regional meetings are set for Africa, 16-19 October
2007 (to be confirmed) in Yaoundé, Cameroon; for the Americas,
19-21 September 2007 in Mérida, Venezuela; and for Asia,
19-23 November 2007 (to be confirmed) in Bangkok, Thailand.
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