the Mediterranean Wetlands Committee

The Mediterranean Wetlands Committee is composed of the following 25 countries of the Mediterranean basin, the Palestinian authority, the European Commission as well as five wetland centers, intergovernmental organisations and international conventions and international environmental NGOs.

Countries

• Total number of countries: 25
  Total surface area of wetlands designated as Ramsar: 4.583.172 hectares
  

  Countries	Ramsar sites	Surface (ha)
  Albania	2	33.500
  Algeria	26	2.791.992
  Bosnia Herzegovina	1	7.411
  Bulgaria	10	20.306
  Croatia	4	80.455
  Cyprus	1	1.585
  Egypt	2	105.700
  France	22	816.251
  FYR of Macedonia	1	18.920
  Greece	10	163.501
  Israel	2	366
  Italy	46	57.137
  Jordan	1	7.372
  Lebanon	4	1075
  Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	2	311
  Malta	2	16
  Monaco	1	10
  Morocco	4	14.350
  Portugal	12	66.096
  Serbia	5	40.837
  Slovenia	2	955
  Spain	49	173.126
  Syrian Arab Republic	1	10.000
  Tunisia	1	12.600
  Turkey	9	159.300

Wetland Centers

Intergovernmental organisations and international conventions

• Barcelona Convention

• Bern Convention

• Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

• Council of Europe

• United Nations Development Program

• United Nations Environment Program

Non governmental organisations

• BirdLife International

• IUCN

• Wetlands International

• WWF International

Honorary Members

         Dr Luc Hoffmann

         Mr Thymio Papayannis