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Australia National Wetlands Update - an annual booklet keeping the wetlands community informed and inspired (15/02/08)

Greetings everyone:

Australia National Wetlands Update, produced annually by the Australian Government, is a glossy, readable booklet that aims to keep the wetland community throughout the country up-to-date with what’s going on in Australian wetlands – and who’s doing it. With over 30 articles from all Australia’s states and territories, it’s a comprehensive publication that will surely inspire the wetlands community, showcase their conservation efforts, and keep everyone well informed about what’s going on. Full contact details of each author are supplied for easy follow-up.

The diversity of articles is inspiring in itself– from fighting toxic soils in Tasmanian wetlands, to pilot projects on wetlands in farms, mapping wetlands in Western Australia, wetland communication in the Hunter region, a wetland training initiative (more on this in another email), wetland education through Conservation Volunteers Australia, using historical aerial photographs to map the invasion of an exotic species … and much more. Well worth a look.

You can download this booklet here (about 3.5MB): http://www.environment.gov.au/water/publications/environmental/wetlands/wa16.html.

Best wishes, Sandra Hails, Ramsar Secretariat

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