The 19th issue of MEA Bulletin includes reports on the signing of a joint work plan by the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Ramsar Convention, and the decision of the Parties to the Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North
Seas (ASCOBANS) to merge the Secretariats of UNEP/ASCOBANS and UNEP/Convention on Migratory Species (CMS). This issue also previews the January-June 2007 calendars for each of the MEAs we follow.
The guest article reviews the objectives and innovative features of the Protocol on Water and Health to the Convention on Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes. This article was written by Francesca Bernardini, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), and Roger Aertgeerts, Regional Office for Europe of the World Health Organization (WHO).
MEA Bulletin is a publication created by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), in cooperation with the United Nations Environment Programme's
Division of Environmental Law and Conventions (UNEP DELC).