News from the CEPA e-mail list

NGO Conference to take place in the Republic of Korea just before COP10 (27/06/08)

Good morning everyone:

I'm certainly working hard at filling up your mailboxes this week! But this is an interesting one - news about an NGO Conference being organised in the Republic of Korea just before COP10. The two attachments include further information and a registration form. If you wish to complete and return the registration form, please remember to return it to the Korean NGO organisers and not to the Secretariat.

Best regards, Sandra Hails, Ramsar Secretariat
***********************************************************

World NGO Conference on Wetlands

NGOs for Healthy and Sustainable Wetlands

26 - 27 October 2008

Republic of Korea

Co-organized by: Korea NGO Network for Ramsar COP10 and Japan NGO Network for Ramsar COP10

Invitation

We are very pleased to invite you to attend the World NGO Conference on Wetlands to be held in Republic of Korea from 26 – 27 October 2008, immediately prior to the 10th Conference of the Contracting Parties of the Ramsar Convention.

The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands came into existence in 1971, to provide a framework for national actions and international cooperation for the conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources. The Conference of the Contracting Parties (COP) is the policy-making organ of the Convention, where government representatives from each of the Contracting Parties meet every 3 years to discuss and decide important matters on wetlands.

The World NGO Conference on Wetlands is organized by the Korea NGO Network for Ramsar COP10 (KNNRC10) in collaboration with the Japan NGO Network for Ramsar COP10 (JNNRC10). It will be an opportunity for NGOs around the world to examine issues related to conservation and wise use of wetlands and to come up with policy proposals which reflect the perspectives of NGOs. It will also provide an important opportunity for NGOs to discuss how to strengthen our own networks around the world.

In this regard, we would like to kindly invite your organization to be represented at the World NGO Conference on Wetlands and share your views on conservation and wise use of wetlands and possible ways to build NGO networks.

Attached herewith is the provisional agenda and other relevant information on the Conference. In order to ensure timely arrangements, it is highly appreciated if you could return the attached registration form by e-mail to Mr. Ma Yong-un (koreawetlands@gmail.com), International Contact Point, KNNRC10 and copy to ecoguide@hanmail.net by 31 August 2008.

With best regards,

Kim Deok-seong, Kim Jae-seung, Baek Yong-hae, Seo Ju-dal, Lee In-sik, Lee Jeong-ju, and Lee Pyeong-ju
Co-Representatives
Korea NGO Network for Ramsar COP10

Announcement