At the opening of the ninth Conference of the Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, held in Kampala in November 2005, the assembled delegates were confronted with international findings showing that the degradationof wetland ecosystems is happening at a faster rate than any other ecosystem type, including forests While giving attention to raising the status of wetlands issues among other governmental and donor priorities, the. COP also took note of several other key issues: increasing synergies among the multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) and continuous improvement of Ramsar's extraordinary package of technical tools and assistance for wetlands managers and decision makers.
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