Ramsar and MedWet inaugurate Ecocinema film prize (27/05/04)

Good morning CEPA people:

MedWet, the Mediterranean Wetlands Initiative of the Ramsar Convention, is a long-term collaborative initiative for the conservation of Mediterranean wetlands. Recognizing that environmental issues can effectively utilise the universal art of cinema in order to increase awareness, MedWet and Ramsar are establishing an award of an annual prize for a film on water or related ecosystems (especially wetlands) that will be entered in the competition segment of the Ecocinema international film festival (Greece). The films entering the competition for the Ramsar/MedWet award will have water and/or aquatic ecosystems as their overall theme and will be judged by a specific jury. The winner will be awarded a prize of €4.000 (four thousand euro) provided by the Ramsar Convention and MedWet. At the 4th Ecocinema festival, which will be held in Rhodes, Greece, from 1 to 6 June 2004, the award will be presented by the Secretary General of the Ramsar Convention, Dr Peter Bridgewater. Here is the MedWet press release on this new endeavour http://www.ramsar.org/w.n.ecocinema_medwet2004.htm.

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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