About wetland centres and Wetland Link International

Greetings Everyone.

Many of you are already aware of the Wetland Link International network of wetland centres and know that this network is recognized as a valuable asset for implementing the Convention’s Programme of Work on CEPA (adopted under Resolution X.8 – download it here www.ramsar.org/CEPA-Res/).  Since 2005 we have had a Memorandum of Cooperation with WLI reflecting our strong belief in the value of centres for raising wetland awareness , for training about wetlands, and for encouraging people out of their armchairs and into the natural environment. Have a look at the member centres in the WLI network here www.wwt.org.uk/wli/regional-partners

Coming up soon will be a meeting of one of the regional branches of the network:  WLI –Asia. This will be their third meeting , taking place from the 22-25th November this year, and I encourage anyone working at a centre in this region or with an interest in developing centres to consider attending. Full details are available here www.wli-asia.org/conference2010/.  I’ll be there on behalf of the Ramsar Secretariat and making a keynote speech on wetland centres and Ramsar.

Wetland centre virtual tours is the latest innovation from WLI International. Have a look here www.wlisitevisit.org/ at the special web site set up for a ‘virtual’ visit to a wetland centre - it’s already populated with tours of a few centres  and it’s a great way to share your centre and to encourage people to visit such places. If you are from a centre or have a colleague at a centre please consider getting in touch with Chris (Chris.Rostron@wwt.org.uk) to find out more about the virtual tours and what you can do.

With best wishes, Sandra Hails, Ramsar Secretariat
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Sandra HAILS
CEPA Programme Officer
Ramsar Convention Secretariat
Rue Mauverney 28, 1196 Gland, Switzerland
hails@ramsar.org
Tel: +41 22 9990176
Fax: +41 22 9990169
www.ramsar.org/CEPA-Programme/