Crane Bank Ramsar Award (02/05/06)

Good afternoon everyone:

It is with great pleasure that the Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971) announces the creation of the Crane Bank Ramsar Award to promote the wise use concept of wetlands in the Africa region.

With the generous support of the Crane Bank, Uganda, the Crane Bank Ramsar Award will be awarded every two years to African young professionals and support the costs for two young wetland managers to travel to Uganda and have a tour of duty for two weeks with Uganda's Wetlands Inspection Division. The tour should allow the recipients to inspire themselves from the successful experience of Uganda in establishing institutional and technical support for wetlands management and bring their experiences back to their home institutions.

You can read more about this new award, and download the application form here http://ramsar.org/wn/w.n.cranebank_award.htm (deadline for applications is June1st 2006).

Best regards, 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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