The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
World Wetlands Day 2003: Pakistan
sameer
[mailto:sameer@iucn.org.np] Dear Friends,
I am very pleased to send you details of how IUCN Nepal is supporting the
celebration of World Wetlands Day this year.
Regards, Sameer Karki
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Sl. No. |
Programmes |
Date |
Time |
Main Partners |
Venue |
1. |
Meet the Press on the role of media |
Jan 31, 2003 |
11 am |
Nepal Forum of Environment Journalists |
Hotel Greenwich |
1. |
A kaleidoscopic look of understanding Water and Wetlands |
January 31 |
8:30 - 8:50 pm |
Nepal Television |
Achel (TV Programme on Nepal Television) |
3. |
Wetland Day special features/anchors/supplements |
January 31, February 1 & February 2 |
Print media Awareness |
Various national newspapers |
The Rising Nepal, Gorkhapatra, The Himalayan Times, Space Time Today, The Kathmandu Post, The Nepali Times, Spotlight |
4. |
Wetlands Dohori Song in Deuda Style |
February 1 |
5:00 – 5:30 pm |
Nepal Television |
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5. |
IFY & Wetlands - A round table panel discussion |
February 1 |
7:15 – 7:45 pm |
Radio Sagarmatha FM |
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6. |
Radio Programme, Naso |
February 1 |
8:30-8:45pm |
Radio Nepal |
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7. |
Wetlands hard news |
February 1 & 3 |
Print media Awareness |
All major daily newspapers & tabloids |
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8. |
Prime time wetland news coverage |
February 1 & 3 |
Electronic media Awareness |
Nepal Television & Channel Nepal News |
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9. |
Billboard inauguration by Secretary Mr. Chandi Prasad Shrestha, MoFSC |
February 2 |
9 am |
Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation |
DNPWC premises, Babarmahal |
10. |
National level interaction programme on wetlands |
February 2 |
9 : 30 am |
Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation |
Hotel Narayani, Lalitpur |
11. |
Children’s Art Competition |
February 2 |
11 – 1 pm |
Friends of the Zoo (King Mahendra Trust for Nature Conservation) |
Central Zoo |
12. |
Wetlands Day Exhibition |
February 2 |
Day-long |
Central Zoo |
Central Zoo |
13. |
Celebrating Wetlands |
February 2 |
6:30 – 6:50 pm |
Hamro KathmanduNepal Television |
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14. |
Wetlands special by YA TV on Nature Calls |
February 2 |
6:55 - 7:25 pm |
Nepal Television |
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15. |
No Wetlands - No Water documentary |
February 2 |
8:00 – 8:30 pm |
Channel Nepal |
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16. |
IUCN Nepal National Committee Event to celebrate World Wetland Day |
February 2 |
IUCN Nepal National Committee |
Nagdaha, Lalitpur |
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17. |
Valuing wetlands in Aankhijhyal |
February 4 |
7:00-7:30pm |
Nepal Television |
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18. |
" Third Koshi Tappu Migratory Bird Festival" Ethic dance competition performance |
February 5 |
12:00 pm onwards |
Nepal Tourism Board, Aquabirds Unlimited Co., UNDP’s Participatory Conservation Programme and Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation |
Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve (Sponsored by IUCN Nepal, organized under the Third Migratory Bird Festival)) |
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 6 February 2003, Dwight Peck,
Ramsar.