Ecobreves – CENTRAL AMERICA: Protecting Wetlands

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SAN JOSE, Nov 25 2002 (IPS) - Central America is the first region in the world to adopt a unified policy for the conservation and sustainable use of its rich wetland ecosystems. The initiative was officially presented Nov 23 during the 8th Conference of Parties to the Ramsar Convention on the protection of internationally important wetlands, which took place in the Spanish city of Valencia.

The seven countries of the isthmus — Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama — achieved agreement on the unified strategy with the technical assistance of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) regional office for Mesoamerica.