Presentations of the PreCOP11 Africa Regional Meeting, October 2011
African Regional Preparatory Meeting
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 3-8 October, 2011
Presentations
Please see the tables below for PDF versions of the reports and presentations shared at the Africa Regional Meeting, October 2011.
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| 03 October 2011 | Speaker | Title of Presentation |
 | Paul Ouédraogo (SRA for Africa, Ramsar Secretariat) | Plenary Session 1: Presentation of the meeting objectives and adoption of the agenda |
 | William Darwall (Manager, IUCN Species Prog – Freshwater Unit) | Introduction of report: The diversity of life in African freshwaters: Underwater, under threat |
 | David A. Stroud (Senior Ornithologist, UK Joint Nature Conservation Committee) | Introduction of new format of Ramsar Information Sheet |
| 04 October 2011 | Speaker | Title of Presentation |
 | Paul Ouédraogo (SRA for Africa, Ramsar Secretariat) | Working Group Session on the progress made with the implementation of the Convention’s 2009-2015 strategic plan |
 | Paul Mafabi, Regional Coordinator | Ramsar Centre for Eastern Africa, RAMCEA |
 | Mr Guéladio Cissé, EHS Unit/EPH/Swiss TPH | Riverine Urban Ecosystem Services, Health and Local Governance against Poverty in Africa: Methodology and Recommendations |
| 06 October 2011 | Speaker | Title of Presentation |
 | Kathrin Weise (Jena-Optronik GmbH) | Introduction to GlobWetland II Project |
 | AfDB (African Water Facility) /Lawrence T. Narteh-FAO (Inlands Valleys) | Water Agriculture and Wetlands |
 | Kinrad Otto-Zimmermann (Secretary General, ICLEI | Urban Leadership for African Sustainability (ULAS): Wetlands and Urbanization |
 | Mr. Serge Riazanoff & Mr. Yves Barthelemy (Université Marne la Vallée) | Visio Terra Available data and reception of data for wetlands indicators monitoring in Africa |
| 07 October 2011 | Speaker | Title of Presentation |
 | Denis Landenbergue (Freshwater unit, WWF) | Mining and Extractive industries, threats and challenges for Africa wetlands |
 | Abdoulaye Ndiaye, Wetlands International Africa Florian Keil, Communications Officer, AEWA Secretariat Taej Mundkur, Wetlands International | Flyway Training Kit A resource tool to support ‘the flyway conservation approach’ |
| Additional Presentations | Speaker | Title of Presentation |
 | AEWA and CMS | Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) and African-Eurasian Mgratory Waterbird Agreement (AWEA) |
 | l’Université de Ouagadougou | Master en Conservation et Utilisation durable des Zones Humides (Master Zones Humides) |
