RRC-EA

The Ramsar Regional Center - East Asia (RRC-EA) is one of the regional initiatives formally recognized by the Ramsar Convention. As a Ramsar Regional Initiative (RRI), the RRC-EA was established through the initiative of the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of the Republic of Korea to serve as a regional platform for capacity building, information exchange, and cooperation among governments, Ramsar Site and wetland managers and stakeholders, international and national non-government organizations, technical experts and business organizations... The RRC-EA works with the 18 countries in East, Southeast and South Asia that are Contracting Parties of the Ramsar Convention (Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, India, Indonesia, Japan, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Viet Nam) and collaborates also with non-Contracting Parties in the region for further implementation of the Ramsar..

Also known as: Ramsar Regional Center - East Asia

Primary location: Suncheon Rep. Of Korea