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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
Copyright of the Photograph remains with the Photographer. However, by uploading a photo, the Photographer grants a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual license to the Ramsar Convention Secretariat the right to include his/her photograph(s) in the Ramsar Photo Database. The Ramsar Photo Database is a central pool of royalty-free photographs and illustrations, to be used on a royalty-free basis by the Ramsar Convention Secretariat and its partners in hard copy, electronic or other medium and for non-commercial purposes. The Photographer hereby grants to the Ramsar Convention Secretariat a royalty-free, non-exclusive license to copy, distribute or otherwise use the photograph(s) in the context of Ramsar Convention's statutory mission and objectives for purposes including but not limited to the Ramsar Convention Secretariat website and internal network system, projections, PowerPoint presentations, publications (periodicals, reports, newsletters, catalogues in hard copy or electronic media) and for press releases, featured articles and fact sheets, but not for private or commercial purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all Photographs submitted will be used, in whole or in part and without compensation to the Photographer, at the discretion of the Ramsar Convention Secretariat in outreach products for the purpose of educating, raising awareness as well as promoting the wise use of wetlands in the regions around the world where the Ramsar Convention Secretariat is active.