2012 Ramsar Wetland Conservation Award Winners Announced

15/11/2011

Greetings CEPA people:

With the generous support of the Danone Group (France), the Ramsar Secretariat is happy to announce the 2012 Ramsar Award Winners, as agreed by Standing Committee 43.

For 2012, the laureates include: Ramsar Wetland Conservation Award – Education Award: The Wisconsin Wetlands Association, USA; Ramsar Wetland Conservation Award - Management: Ms Augusta Henriques, Secretary General, TINIGUENA, Guinea-Bissau; Ramsar Wetland Conservation Award - Science: Professor Tatsuichi Tsujii, Japan; Recognition of Achievement Award: MrThymio Papayannis, Greece; and a very special 40th Anniversary Honorary Ramsar Award for Dr Luc Hoffmann, France.

More Informationis here.  The Awards will be presented at the Ramsar COP11 Meeting in 2012.

Interviews with the Awardees will be posted soon, in English, French and Spanish and shared here as well.

For more information about the Ramsar Wetland Conservation Awards, please click here.

With kind regards, The Ramsar Secretariat
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Sandra HAILS
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