The Convention’s CEPA Programme Developing Communication,
Education, Participation and Awareness (CEPA) as a powerful tool
for the conservation and wise use of wetlands Here we bring
together some of the many activities associated with
implementing the CEPA Programme, as adopted by Resolution X.8 at
COP10 in 2008 (superseding CEPA Resolutions in 1999 and 2002).
For a number of Contracting Parties (CPs), wetland
Communication, Education, Participation, and Awareness (CEPA) is
already a coordinated and targeted component of their programme
on wetland conservation and wise use. For most CPs, however,
implementing Resolution X.8 and the annexed Programme of Work is
an opportunity to focus on developing wetland CEPA as a
fundamental tool alongside the other more traditional management
tools of the Convention. It’s a tool that should be used at
national, regional and local levels, involving all sectors of
society from key decision-makers, to the public at large,
wetland users, the media, as well as teachers and sch