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Naturathlon for the CBD's COP 9 (12/03/08)
Good afternoon everyone:
Ever heard of a Naturathlon? No? Then read the message and follow the web link below from David Ainsworth, Programme officer for the CBD on CEPA issues. They are planning a Naturathlon for the CBDs COP 9 – a 10-km race involving as many nationalities as possible to represent global biodiversity. More details below.
Best regards,
Sandra Hails, Ramsar Secretariat
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Dear Colleagues,
I am excited to transmit to you the announcement of a sports event devoted to Biodiversity which will take place at [CBD] COP-9. The mayor of Bonn and Ahmed Djoghlaf will open the event, just prior to the first day of COP-9.
We hope to get participation from as many parties to the Convention as possible
Can you disseminate the application form to your networks? [Ramsar Note: available here http://www.naturathlon.de/index_naturathlon+M52087573ab0.html]
Regards,
David
M. Ainsworth (david.ainsworth@cbd.int), Programme Officer, Outreach and
Major Groups,
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity United Nations Environment
Programme, 413 St Jacques Street, Suite 800, Montréal, Québec,
Canada H2Y 1N9
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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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Posted 25 March 2008, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.
