The Ramsar Convention on WetlandsThe Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
World Wetlands Day 2002: Australia
WORLD WETLANDS DAY
2-8 FEBRUARY 2002
WETLANDS: WATER, LIFE AND CULTURE
WHAT’S HAPPENING & WHERE
NORTHERN TERRITORY
Organisation: National Centre for Tropical Wetland Research and the Environment Centre for NT
Contact: Maria Grazia Bellio, Ph: (08) 8979 9704, mariab@eriss.erin.gov.au
Activities/Events: ‘People and Tropical Wetlands’
8 February: Seminar ‘People in Tropical Wetlands’ (including working with tropical wetlands, ecotourism in tropical wetlands and cultural heritage management of tropical wetlands), Darwin
9 February: Field trip to Fogg Dam, the Adelaide River Floodplain at ‘Window on the Wetlands and Knuckey’s Lagoon.
Booking/registration:Registration form available on the web (www.nctwr.org.au and www.ecnt.org)
Meeting place/venue & Time: Darwin, NTU Casuarina Campus
Further Information: Flier available at www.nctwr.org.au and www.ecnt.org
NEW SOUTH WALES
Organisation: The Wetlands Centre
Contact: Angela Brady, Ph: (02) 4951 6466
Activities/Events:
2 February 2002: Development and wetlands: building understanding and campaign skills
Seminar and Field visit to Hexham and Pambalong Swamp
Cost: $15 for field visit
Booking/registration: Register now on (02) 4951 6466
Meeting place/venue & Time: The Wetlands Centre, Newcastle
Further Information: See last page
MURRAY DARLING BASIN
Organisation: Australian Wetlands Alliance
Contact: Angela Brady, Ph: (02) 4951 6466
Activities/Events:
15 February 2002: Managing environmental flows to restore wetlands values in the Murray Darling
Field visit to Turkey Flats and Coonancoocabil Swamps.Cost:
Booking/registration: Register now on (02) 4951 6466
Meeting place/venue & Time: Leeton
QUEENSLAND
Organisation: Australian Wetlands Alliance
Contact: Angela Brady, Ph: (02) 4951 6466
Activities/Events:
3 February 2002: Where the River meets the Sea - development pressures in coastal QLD
Explore the Melaleuca wetland rehabilitation site
Booking/registration: Register now on (02) 4951 6466
Meeting place/venue & Time: Indigiscape
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Organisation: Australian Wetlands Alliance
Contact: Angela Brady, Ph: (02) 4951 6466
Activities/Events:
7-8 February 2002: Wetlands Policy in Western Australia: urban communities and wetland management
Booking/registration: Register now on (02) 4951 6466
Meeting place/venue & Time: Cockburn Wetlands Education Centre, Perth
TASMANIA
Organisation: Australian Wetlands Alliance
Contact: Angela Brady, Ph: (02) 4951 6466
Activities/Events:
7-8 February 2002: Launching the Tasmanian Rivers Network
Booking/registration: Register now on (02) 4951 6466
Meeting place/venue & Time: CSIRO Offices, Hobart
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Organisation: Australian Wetlands Alliance
Contact: Angela Brady, Ph: (02) 4951 6466
Activities/Events:
9-10 February 2002: Building capacity of community wetlands campaigners
Booking/registration: Register now on (02) 4951 6466
Meeting place/venue & Time: Adelaide
VICTORIA
Organisation: Australian Wetlands Alliance
Contact: Angela Brady, Ph: (02) 4951 6466
Activities/Events:
15-16 February 2002: Revegetation of farm wetlands: plant identification, propagation and managing wetlands.Weekend workshop on site
Booking/registration: Register now on (02) 4951 6466
Meeting place/venue & Time: Maffra district
-- This list is taken from an attractive PDF brochure provided by Alison Beard of the Wetlands Section of Environment Australia. The 185kb PDF can be requested either from the Ramsar Bureau or from Alison Beard alison.beard@ea.gov.au and can be found on their Web site as well, www.ea.gov.au/water/wetlands/bulletin/index.html .
For further
information about the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, please contact the Ramsar Convention Bureau, Rue
Mauverney 28, CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland (tel +41 22 999 0170, fax +41 22 999 0169, e-mail
ramsar@ramsar.org). Posted 10 January 2002, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.
