Crane Bank awards for wetland study in Uganda
Ramsar Crane Bank Award finalized
July 10th 2007 saw
the Ramsar Crane Bank Award officially materialise at the Crane Bank chambers
in Kampala, Uganda, marked by a ceremony of presentation of the Crane
Bank support by the Managing Director of Crane Bank Ltd. The Government
of Uganda and the Ramsar Secretariat were represented by the Honourable
Jessica Eriyo (the Minister of State for Environment) and Mr.
Paul Mafabi (the Uganda's Ramsar
focal point and chair of the Ramsar Standing Committee).
The Ramsar Crane Bank Award is an outcome of the 9th meeting of the Conference
of Contracting Parties (November 2005 in Kampala, Uganda) aimed at promoting
the wise use concept for wetlands in the African region through a study
tour formulated for young African wetland managers, thanks to the generous
support from Crane Bank Limited. This should create a forum for learning
from the successful experience of the Ugandan wetland management department
in coordinating and managing wetland issues as well as create a medium
for exchange of information (for more information see:
http://ramsar.org/wn/w.n.cranebank_award.htm).
The first two recipients of this award, Engr. Herizo Andrianandrasana Tiana and Mr. Osiman Mabhachi of Madagascar and Zimbabwe respectively, will subsequently be contacted by the Ugandan Ministry of Water and Environment to organize their trip.
The Ramsar Secretariat expresses its gratitude to Crane Bank Limited for going through with this award and to the Ugandan Ministry of Water and Environment for its mediating and organizational role.
For more information
on the presentation ceremony, see
Mr. Mafabi's report (PDF)
For
further information about the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, please contact
the Ramsar Convention Secretariat, Rue Mauverney 28,
CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland (tel +41 22 999 0170, fax +41 22 999 0169,
e-mail 
).
Posted 16 October 2007, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.
