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InfoWetlands, vol 2 no. 1, is now available (11/02/07)

Hello everyone:

The third issue of INFOWETLANDS newsletter is now available. Produced quarterly in English and Spanish by CREHO (the Regional Ramsar Centre for Training and Research on Wetlands in the Western Hemisphere) this newsletter is directed to organizations, networks and the general public interested in wetlands.

This issue is dedicated to Ramsar's World Wetlands Day and includes articles on:

"Hold the anchovies! Magellanic Penguins need them"
(Rapid expansion of Argentina's new anchovy fishery may threaten the world's largest colony of Near Threatened Magellanic Penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) at Punta Tombo, Patagonia. Anchovies make up more than fifty percent of the Magellanic Penguin's diet.);

"Prevention and transformation of social environmental conflicts in Latin America"
(In November 2006, experts from all over Latin America met during the Second Regional Forum for Transformation of Social-Environmental Conflicts.);

"Participation and Dialogue for Conservation in Colombia"
(In 2003, more than 600 Afro-descendant indigenous families who live in the larger extension of mangroves in the Colombian Pacific Ocean drew the attention of the state authorities and the media to their social and environmental needs. . . ); and

"First MSC eco-label for scallop fishery goes to Argentina" (The Patagonian scallop fishery is the first scallop fishery in the world to be rewarded with certification to the Marine Stewardship Council's (MSC) environmental standard for well-managed and sustainable fisheries.); and more.

Read this issue in PDF at http://ramsar.org/creho/creho_info2-1_e.pdf

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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