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Calls for application to the Asian Waterbird Conservation Fund (23/01/06)

Good morning everyone:

I’m passing on this message from Lew Young, WWF Hong Kong, which will certainly be of interest to list members in the Asian Region. The list of projects that the fund will support leaves plenty of scope for CEPA projects. Please follow the link below for more information and use the email address below if you wish to follow up on this.

Best wishes, Sandra Hails, Ramsar Secretariat
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Asian Waterbird Conservation Fund

The 'Asian Waterbird Conservation Fund' has been established to provide financial support to projects at site of importance for migratory waterbirds in the East Asia - Australasian Flyway.

Cathay Pacific placed an initial donation of HK$500,000 (approx. US$65,000) into the Fund which is administered by WWF Hong Kong, and further donations are actively being sought to increase the amount in the Fund so that a greater number of worthwhile projects can be supported in future.

Each year, up to 25% of the amount in the Fund will be earmarked for disbursement to support approved projects. At present, the maximum amount that can be applied for each project shall not exceed US$4,000.

There will be a single call for applications to the Fund each year with the deadline currently being 31 March 2006. For further information, please check http://www.wwf.org.hk/eng/maipo/awcf/ or contact the AWCF Administrator by e-mail awcf@wwf.org.hk.

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Sandra Hails, CEPA Programme Officer
Ramsar Convention Secretariat
Rue Mauverney 28, CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 999 0176; Fax: +41 22 999 0169
E-mail: hails@ramsar.org
Web Site: http://ramsar.org
CEPA mini-Web site: http://ramsar.org/outreach_index.htm

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