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Description:
Ramsar member countries meet every three years to assess the progress of the Convention
and wetland conservation to date, share knowledge and experience on technical issues, and
plan their own and the Bureau's work for the next triennium. These are called Meetings of
the Conference of the Contracting Parties (COPs), and there have been seven since the
founding of the Convention. The 7th COP was held in San José, Costa Rica, 10-18 May
1999, and the eighth meeting of the COP will be held in Valencia, Spain, 18 to 26
November 2002.
Date received: November 14, 2001, revised November 16, 2001
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