Call for help - boardwalks and salinas! (08/11/04)
And a reply (08/11/04)

Good morning everyone:

I have two message from list members requesting help. If you have any help to offer please reply directly to the two people concerned.

This first message comes from Erin McLachlan working on wetlands in Ontario, Canada.

Erin writes "Hi, I hope that you can help me in my search for information. I am working on a project developing a wetland boardwalk trail. I am looking for information on how to make a low impact boardwalk or any possible impacts that boardwalks can have on the wetland environment. If you could point me in the direction of any articles or other sources of information, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thank you,
Erin McLachlan, Environmental Technician, Callander Bay Cranberry Marsh Trail, North Bay-Mattawa Conservation Authority, 15 Janey Avenue, North Bay, Ontario P1C 1N1, Canada, +01 474- 5420 X 2055, erinm@nbmca.on.ca"

The second message comes from Rahat Jabeen, the NGO CEPA Focal Point for Pakistan.

Rahat writes "I need information with the help of the CEPA network that anybody have experience/ information about the construction i.e. what material and methods are required for the construction of salinas from the estuarine/backwater of the sea.

What Steps are required for the construction of salt beds?
Required materials.
Environmental friendly techniques to extract.
What Precautions should be taken?

Kind regards, Rahat Jabeen (Ms.), Freshwater Ecologist, Wetlands Conservation Officer, WWF-Pakistan, Karachi Regional Office, 606-607, 6th Floor, Fortune Centre P.E.C.H.S, Block -6, Shahra-e-Faisal, Karachi 75400, Tel# +9221 4544791-92, Fax# +9221 4544790, E.Mail: rahat@hotmail.com; duaarahat@yahoo.com"

Hope some of you will be able to help or pass on this message to someone who can,

With best wishes, Sandra Hails, Ramsar Secretariat
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A reply from Mamuka Gvilava, of the ICZM Centre in Georgia on 08/11/2004:

We have at least one example of low impact boardwalk foundation construction technique, this was advised to us by US Fish and Wildlife Service people: www.pinfoundation.com.

I have kind request to Mr. Erin McLachlan to share with us the information which would be compiled on this subject from responses of CEPA list members.

Sincerely,

Mamuka GVILAVA, Director, ICZM Centre, 2nd Floor, 87 Paliashvili Street, Tbilisi, Georgia
+995 (32) 25-20-50 tel/fax; +1 (419) 791-6651 fax; PHASiS@ICZM.org.ge; www.ICZM.org.ge

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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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