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Models for CEPA Action Planning - COP9 side event (16/03/06)

Good morning everyone:

Some of you may know that a number of CEPA side events took place during Ramsar’s COP9 under the broad heading CEPA in Action. I would like to draw your attention specifically to a report from one of these, Models for CEPA Action Planning, organised by the CEPA Specialist Group. This report will be of interest, I’m sure, to the many Ramsar CEPA National Focal Points on this elist and hopefully to other members too - the link below will take you to the report. The side event benefitted from presentations from six of Ramsar's CEPA National Focal Points on their experiences in CEPA action planning, showcasing a range of approaches at different scales rather than a single best model approach.

I’ve also provided links to reports from the other CEPA in Action side events or to other sources of information on these initiatives where a report is not available.

Models for CEPA Action Planning
WI CEPA Specialist Group, Contact Christine Prietto
Read the report here http://www.ramsar.org/outreach_nationalactionplans_cop9side_event.htm.

Wetland Management Training needs
RWS-RIZA/Wetlands International, Contact Tunde Ojei
Report available here http://www.ramsar.org/outreach_wi_trainingneeds_cop9side_event.pdf
Full information is available on the Wetlands Professionals Platform here http://www.wetlandprofessionals.org/. Look on the right under latest news - you will, however, have to register in order to access the reports.

Wetland Link International
Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Contact Malcolm Whitehead
Brief report here http://www.ramsar.org/cepa/outreach_cepanews_e101.htm with a link to the recent Memorandum of Cooperation signed between Ramsar and WLI.

Le Dispositif Pôle-Relais français
Ministère de l'Ecologie – France, Contact Julie Le Bihan
Further information on the Pôle-Relais system here http://www.ramsar.org/cepa/outreach_cepanews_f33.htm

With best wishes, Sandra Hails, Ramsar Secretariat

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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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