Links to other wetland-related sites

• Conventions
• International organizations
• South African sites
• Other countries' Ramsar-related sites
• Other useful sites

Conventions

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• Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar Convention)
  
• Convention on Biodiversity
  • Clearing-House Mechanism
• Convention on Migratory Species (Bonn Convention)
  
• World Heritage Convention
  
• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)
  
• Convention to Combat Desertification
• United Nations Environment Programme

International organizations

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• Wetlands International
  • Africa, Europe and Middle East Region
  • Asia Pacific
  • Goose Specialist Group 5th Annual Meeting
• IUCN - World Conservation Union
• WWF International
• International Mire Conservation Group
• Mangrove Action Project

South African sites

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Government

• Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism
• Department of Agriculture
• Department of Water Affairs and Forestry
  • National Aquatic Ecosystem Biomonitoring Programme
• South African National Parks
• North West Parks and Tourism Board
• Coastal Management Policy Programme

Non-governmental organizations

• Friends of Nylsvley
• Rennies Wetlands Project
• South African Crane Working Group
• Highlands Crane Group
• Birdlife South Africa
• Save the Vaal Environment (SAVE)
• South African Environment Programme Wetlands Page
• Olifants River Forum
• Lower Wonderfonteinspruit Forum
• Southern African Society of Aquatic Scientists
• Hout Bay River Forum

Research organizations

• Water Research Commission
• Kruger National Park Rivers Research Programme
• National Research Foundation
• Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
• Council for Geoscience
• J L B Smith Institute for Icthyology

Universities

• University of Cape Town
  • Avian Demography Unit
  • Percy Fitzpatrick Institute of African Ornithology
  • Fresh Water Research Unit

• Rhodes University
  • Institute for Water Research
  • Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science

• University of Natal Pietermaritzburg
  • Computing Centre for Water Research

• University of Port Elizabeth
  • Institute for Coastal Resources

• University of the Free State
  • Centre for Environmental Management

• University of Transkei
  • Department of Zoology
  • MSc in Aquatic Resource Management

Collections

• South African Museum
• Albany Museum
• Transvaal Museum
• National Botatanical Institute
• J L B Smith Institute for Icthyology

Other countries' Ramsar-related sites

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• Australia
• Austria
• Brazil
• Georgia
• Italy
• Slovak Republic
• United States of America

Other useful sites

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• United States National Wetland Inventory
• Wetland Restoration Bibliography
• United States Environmental Protection Agency Wetlands Site
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre
• Society of Wetland Scientists
• Centre for Aquatic and Invasive Plants
• US Army Environmental Laboratory Wetlands Page
• The young scientist's introduction to wetlands
• List of general wetland links

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	If you have any comments on this page, or need more information, please contact John Dini at nat_jd@ozone.pwv.gov.za.
	This page is maintained by the South African Wetlands Conservation Programme and was last updated on 10 September 1999.

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