Global Mire and Peatland Conservation Brisbane 1996

Proceedings of an International Workshop

Compiled by Clayton D.A. Rubec

published by North American Wetlands Conservation Council, Canada

Report No. 96-1

Ottawa, Canada

ISBN 0-662-24881-3

A4, 58 pages

This report summarizes the discusssions of the International Workshop on Global Mire and Peatland Conservation held in Brisbane, Australia on March 18, 1996 in conjunction with the Sixth Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (the Ramsar Convention).

This document is produced to help implement multiparty objectives with regard to conservation and wise use of peatland and mire resources, particularly through the Ramsar Convention.