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Asian Wetland Symposium 2005 and CEPA (15/09/04)

Hello list members:

Here's some information on an up-coming meeting that will be of interest to CEPA people in Asia. The Asian Wetland Symposium 2005 with the theme "Innovative Approaches to Sustainable Livelihood" will be held on 6-9 February 2005 in Bhubaneswar and Chilika Lake, India, jointly organized by Ramsar Center Japan, Chilika Development Authority, the Department of Forest and Environment, the Government of Orissa and the Ministry of Forest and Environment, India.

The five technical sessions are very much CEPA oriented - Wise use, capacity building and education; Innovative partnership and networking for wetland conservation; Cultural values of wetlands as engine for sustainable livelihood; Community-based management of the wetland ecosystem; and Restoration and stakeholder participation - so there are plenty of opportunities for list members to consider submitting a paper.

Ms Reiko Nakamura (reiko.nakamura@nifty.com), Secretary-General of the Ramsar Center Japan, writes: "As informed on August 10, 2004 on the Ramsar website, Asian Wetland Symposium 2005 (AWS2005) is calling for papers. In the previous announcement, the deadline of submission of abstract was September 10, 2004. Since the first announcement, the secretariat has received a number of abstracts. But the International Steering Committee of AWS2005 decided on September 4 to extend the deadline to December 10 in order to invite more papers. The authors will be requested to send a full paper as well as an abstract by the above date. The door for AWS2005 is still open. The organizers encourage those who are interested in Asian wetland conservation and wise use to contribute to AWS2005. Please refer to detailed information on AWS website (www.aws2005.com)."

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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