The Convention on Wetlands is central to our work. We aim to influence and enable the convention and its meetings every three years
- We base our strategy on the three-year cycle between Ramsar COPs.
- We communicate with the Ramsar Secretariat and the Ramsar Regional Initiatives and Centres.
We started our preparation for COP15 in April 2024, with a visioning workshop. See the agenda and summary.
News about WWN and the Convention
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Pre-COP15 online workshop
In April 2025 we held two online workshops by Zoom, using an online whiteboard to share and gather basic information. Fourteen workshop participants intend to be at COP15 in person. In particular Youth Engaged in Wetlands has received funding boosts to provide travel and accommodation for five people. WWN will operate a WhatsApp broadcast list…
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Understand COP!
WWN’s Latin American & Caribbean Regional Representative María Elisa Sánchez has made two great videos introducing Convention on Wetlands COP, especially for people hoping to attend. Maríá Elisa spoke to Tafadzwa Kurotwi of Emerald Climate Hub, Chris Rostron of MedWet, and Dylan Jones of the Australian Government, and others, creating both a short summary and…
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Standing Committee 63 meeting
The Convention on Wetlands has interim meetings between COPs, of the Standing Committee. This year’s Standing Committee meeting 63 was in Gland, Switzerland, in June 2024. Co-Chair of WWN, Chris Rostron, was present. Topics of discussion included the Convention’s next Strategic Plan, and CEPA (Communications, Education, Participation, Awareness). There is likely to be a new…
What is Ramsar and how does WWN work with it?
See 2022 resources on the COP14 page.
Learn about our 2018 activities at COP13.