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第5回ラムサール条約締約国会議 << 1993年(平成5年) 6月10日 >> 2-5-114

5th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties of the Ramsar Convention Issued on June 10, 1993 (Heisei 5)

5th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties of the Ramsar Convention Issued on June 10, 1993 (Heisei 5)
The Ramsar Convention is an international treaty on the conservation of wetlands. It came into effect in December 1975 with the aim of protecting the ecosystem of wetlands with waterfowl at the top of the food chain. Since 1980, the Conference of the Parties has been held regularly. The stamp was issued in commemoration of the 5th conference held in Kushiro in June 1993, and is designed with "Parent and child of Japanese crane".