October 2006 |
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Note
from the Editor
October 1, 2006
Dear Friends,
Many of us are
grieving the tragic, sudden deaths of 24 individuals
who went down in a helicopter crash in Nepal on September
23rd. Among the victims were colleagues working in conservation,
including 7 WWF employees. In the words of WWF-US's
President, Carter Roberts, "this is a time of profound
sadness...they are conservation heroes that will be
sorely missed by all of us." This terrible tragedy
is seen as a substantial setback to conservation efforts
in Nepal. On Wednesday September 27th the government
of Nepa declared a public holiday and a national day
of mourning. Our hearts go out to the many people and
communities who are affected by this sad news.
Until December,
Heidi
Heidi
Luquer, Editor
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News
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World
Bird Festival 2006 - October 7 & 8
World
Birdwatch weekend kicks off a month-long celebration
of birds. Activities include guided walks, festivals
of dance, music and poetry, and lectures, with the
celebrations aimed at young and old alike. Click
here
Birds
Korea - Latest News
The
local administrative authority in collaboration with
national government has proposed developing a major
marine resort at Seongsan Po, which will render the
site unavailable to the Black-faced Spoonbill. With
little time left, Birds Korea is gathering insights
and information to pass on to local authorities to
encourage a profound reconsideration of the present
plans. Click
here for more information and how you can help.
Ramsar
The
3rd Edition of The Ramsar Toolkit, Now Available.
The Ramsar Handbooks for the Wise Use of Wetlands,
3rd edition replaces the May 2004 version. It includes
relevant guidance adopted by several meetings of the
Conference of the Parties, in particular COP7 (1999),
COP8 (2002), and COP9 (2005), as well as selected
background documents presented at these COPs. Click
here
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- Position
of Intern/Assistant Advisor for the Americas Region,
a 12-month posting (see opportunities below.)
- World Wetland
Day 2007 Update Click
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- Sao Tome
and Principe joins the Ramsar Convention becoming
the 153rd Contracting Party!
Ramsar's New
Sites:
Liberia - 4 new sites
Peru - 1 new site
Uganda - 9 new sites
United Kingdom - 1 new site
Click
here for more information.
News from
the Western Hemisphere Migratory Species Initiative
(WHMSI)
A draft Terms
of Reference for WHMSI is circulating and feedback is requested
by October 31st. The newly revised draft will be an item on
the agenda at the next hemispheric WHMSi meeting (estimated
to take place in 2008 at a location to be determined), at
which point it will be discussed, revised and agreed on how
it will be used. For more information click
here.
News from Wetlands International
Wings Over Wetlands (WOW) Takes First Steps
WOW
aims to improve the conservation of African-Eurasian migratory
waterbirds by implementing measures that conserve the critical
network of sites that these birds require to complete their
annual cycle. Click
here
News from World Wildlife Fund
WWF Mourns Loss of Conservation Leaders in Nepal
25 September 2006, Washington, DC - WWF, the global
conservation organization, is grieving the loss of life in
Saturday's helicopter crash in the mountainous far-east of
Nepal. Seven WWF staff from its offices in Nepal, the UK and
the US were among those lost in this tragedy, as well as high-ranking
government officials, representatives of other agencies, journalists
and Russian crew members. Click
here
WWF-Australia
Announces Availability of Shorebird Conservation Toolkit
This
toolkit seeks to help protect and enhance shorebird habitat
across Australia and builds on the success of the national
Shorebird Conservation Project (2001-2005), drawing from over
31 on-ground and community-driven shorebird conservation projects.
Click here
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Bird & Wetland News
in the news -
from around the globe
most recent
news listed first
Wetlands
Mask China's Rising Role in Climate Change
28 September
2006, SciDev.Net by Catherine Brahic - Atmospheric levels
of a potent greenhouse gas whose concentration levelled
off in 1999 could rise in the near future, warns a study
published in Nature today. Its authors say China's booming
economy could be responsible for an increase in methane
emissions, and that this trend has been masked by a
simultaneous decline in natural emissions from wetlands.
Click
here
Drier
Wetlands Answers Methane Riddle
28 September
2006, Csomos, Erica Harrington - Drying wetlands across
the globe have been revealed as key players in the mystery
of why atmospheric levels of methane – the second
most important greenhouse gas – have stabilised
in recent years, a new international study shows. Click
here
Sri Airlines Chopper Crash: A National Tragedy
[Nepal]
24
September 2006, Nepal News - It was a national tragedy
when the country lost noted nature conservationists,
senior officials of the Ministry of Forest and Soil
Conservation and Kathmandu-based foreign missions in
one of the deadliest crashes in Nepalese aviation history,
which was officially confirmed after three days, on
Monday. Click
here |
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Researchers
Track Birds with GPS to Understand Spread of Avian Flu [Mongolial]
25 September 2006,
European Commission – We are familiar with the images
of large poultry farms being cordoned off where large numbers
of domesticated chickens are culled to stem the spread of
the devastating avian flu. However, little is known of the
extent to which wild migratory birds are involved in spreading
the virus over great distances. The FAO-led team of scientists
is hoping to change that by fixing tiny GPS units to swans
in Mongolia to monitor their winter migration patterns. Click
here
New Road Signs
Will Aid Visitors to Scenic Byway [Kansas]
24 September 2006,
LJWorld.com, Great Bend — Signs and brochures will soon
provide more information to wildlife enthusiasts visiting
a wetlands area in central Kansas frequented by hundreds of
thousands of migrating birds. Click
here
US Says Will
Pull Alaska Wetlands From Oil Drilling
23 September 2006,
Reuters, by Tom Doggett, Washington – In a win for environmentalists,
the U.S. Interior Department says it is willing to withdraw
sensitive wetlands from a large area in Alaska's western Arctic
region that it wanted to open next week to oil and natural
gas drilling. Click
here
Hunting on
Wild Migratory Birds Banned in 9 Regions in Ukraine
21 September 2006,
Itar-Tass, Kiev - The hunting on wild migratory birds was
banned in nine regions in Ukraine to prevent bird flu from
penetrating in the country, the press service of the Ukrainian
Ministry for Agrarian Policy told Itar-Tass. There are no
birds sick with bird flu in Ukraine now, the press service
said. Click
here
Time to Move
the Mississippi, Experts Say [USA]
19 September 2006,
New York Times, By Cornelia Dean - Scientists have long said
the only way to restore Louisiana’s vanishing wetlands
is to undo the elaborate levee system that controls the Mississippi
River, not with the small projects that have been tried here
and there, but with a massive diversion that would send the
muddy river flooding wholesale into the state’s sediment-starved
marshes. Click
here
Women
of Louisiana Storm Reign On Washington, DC [USA]
18 September 2006,
BayouBuzz - A group that has made a substantial impact will
be returning to the Capitol to urge Congress to support Coastal
Restoration in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Click
here
Saving the
Wetlands in South Asia [India]
18 September 2006,
LiveScience.com, by Bruce G. Marcot - This eerie scene in
a dawn mist is part of a vast, seasonally-flooded wetland
in northern India. Called terai such wetlands once ran along
the entire length of the southern base of the Himalayan Mountains.
But in recent decades, much of these wetlands have been drained
and converted to sugar cane or rice paddies or villages, endangering
an entire ecosystem as well as sources of clean water for
local inhabitants. Click
here
Eco-paradises
in Crossfire of Water Scarcity Fight [Botswana]
17 September 2006, Reuters, By Laura MacInnis, Geneva - Delicate
wetlands, coasts and wildlife sanctuaries could be ravaged
as part of a struggle to stretch the world's water supplies,
with the worst damage foreseen in poor countries. Achim Steiner,
executive director of the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP),
said precious ecosystems like the Okavango Delta in Botswana
-- the planet's largest inland delta, which hosts a diversity
of fish, game and birds -- may be targeted as a fresh water
source if scarcity becomes acute. Click
here
Migratory
Birds to Flock Cordillera Ranges During Cold Months
[Philippines]
14 September 2006,
Bayanihan - Migratory birds from China, Siberia and Vietnam
are expected again to flock the Cordillera Mountain ranges
to escape the freezing weather in these countries during the
winter months. In this hinterland town where most of the migratory
birds flock for shelter and food in the thick forests, Filipino
residents and officials are now prepared to give the travel-weary
birds a welcome which since 2005 been praised by international
groups upholding animal rights. Click
here
Tests Show
Alaskan Migratory Birds Clean of Avian Influenza
[USA]
13 September 2006,
Peter Ottesen - More than 13,000 wild migratory birds have
been tested since April for avian influenza in Alaska and,
according to scientists, no H5N1 virus has been detected in
any of the samples. The program has a goal to test 75,000
to 100,000 migratory birds across the United States this year,
including the Pacific Flyway, where the majority of its birds
winter in the Central Valley of California. Click
here
Flying Around
the Globe on a Time Machine
[Global]
12 September
2006 – Nairobi, 'Flying' around a virtual planet earth,
zooming in on environmental hotspots and comparing today's
crisis zones with yesterday's areas of natural beauty: All
this has become a reality today thanks to a partnership between
the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Google
Earth. Click
here
House Moves
to Extend Critical Wetlands Program [USA]
12 September 2006, Ducks Unlimited, Washington – In
a year when wetland conservation experienced setbacks in the
Supreme Court, the U.S. House of Representatives lent a helping
hand to conservation by acting to reauthorize the North American
Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA). Since 1989, NAWCA has successfully
fostered over 3,000 partnerships, both public and private,
and have implemented more than 1,500 projects to conserve
more than 22 million acres of wetlands and associated habitats
for North America’s waterfowl, other migratory birds
and wildlife. Click
here
Figuring
Out Birds' Migrations, Motivations
11 September 2006,
Washington Post, by Shankar Vedantam - Every spring, thousands
of birds, some weighing a pound or less, set off on a journey
of herculean proportions. They fly thousands of miles north,
to breeding grounds in Saskatchewan and Alberta in Canada
and to U.S. Why do they do this? Seasonal migrations of birds
have long been one of nature's great mysteries. Click
here
Action Plans
Needed to Conserve Wetlands: Chong [Malaysia]
10 September, 2006,
Kota Kinabalu - "Realistic goals and action plans must
be formulated to ensure the sustainable development and conservation
of wetlands in Sabah," said Deputy Chief Minister Tan
Sri Chong Kah Kiat. Towards this end, Chong believed the establishment
of the Sabah Wetlands Conservation Society (SWCS) was appropriate
and timely as another important strategy to strengthen the
institutional framework to enhance environmental conservation
and protection efforts in Sabah. Click
here
Court Blocks
Drilling in Alaskan Wetlands
8 September 2006, Environment News Service, Anchorage, Alaska
- The Bush administration's plan to open more than 1.7 million
acres of Alaska wetlands to oil drilling hit a roadblock Thursday
when a federal judge issued a preliminary decision temporarily
blocking the leasing proposal. They have "violated the
National Environmental Policy Act and abused their discretion,"
Singleton wrote. Click
here
Binational Crusade to Save Wetlands [Mexico/USA]
8 September 2006, IPS,
Tierramérica, Stephen Leahy, Toronto - With 20,000
hectares of bright green in a sea of sand in the state of
Sonora, the Ciénaga de Santa Clara is one of Mexico's
richest coastal ecosystems. Faced with the imminent reopening
of a desalinisation plant just across the border in the United
States, a binational team is working to protect the vast wetland.
Click
here
Swans Fitted
With Transmitters in Bird Flu Fight [Canada]
7 September 2006, Reuters,
Toronto - Outfitting swans with super-light Teflon backpacks
containing solar-powered GPS satellite transmitters is the
latest way scientists and researchers are trying to fight
the spread of avian influenza. Click
here
Bolsa Chica
Wetlands and the Pacific Meet Again [USA]
25 August 2006, Los
Angeles Times, by David Reyes - The marshland restoration
effort takes a major step with the opening of an inlet to
bring in seawater. In the foggy, predawn hours Thursday, bulldozers
and giant excavators shoved aside the remaining mounds of
beach sand and reunited the Pacific Ocean and the Bolsa Chica
wetlands for the first time in more than a century. Click
here
Interior to
Open Wetlands to Oil Rigs [USA]
21 August 2006, The Washington Times - The Interior Department
is set to open a vast area of environmentally sensitive wetlands
in Alaska to oil drilling, even as opponents point to corroding
pipelines to the east at Prudhoe Bay as a reason to keep the
area off limits. Click
here
Precious Wetlands
Rapidly Disappearing [USA]
21 August 2006, The
Japan Times on Line, by Hiroaki Sato, Sunset Beach, North
Carolina - Back to the barrier island where my wife and I
spend two weeks of every summer, I think of the U.S. Supreme
Court decision in June that dealt with the disposition of
wetlands. The justices' opinions -- in what was called the
most significant environmental case under new Chief Justice
John Roberts -- were so splintered that one commentator described
the decision as a 4-1-4, rather than a 5-4, split. Click
here
Bringing Wetlands
to the Farm [South Carolina, USA]
21 August, 2006, By
Luis Pons, USDA Agricultural Research Service - Most farmers
and ranchers aren't near any wetlands, which are nature's
tool for filtering impurities out of waterways—and would
help keep excess crop nutrients and livestock waste out of
rivers and streams. That's why scientists at the Coastal Plains
Soil, Water and Plant Research Center of the Agricultural
Research Service in Florence, S.C., are exploring the use
of constructed wetlands as a way to bring these natural filters
to farmers. Click
here
Burning Northern Wetlands Release Increased Quantities
of Sequestered Mercury
21 August 2006, Innovations Report - Climate change appears
to be contributing to the waking of a toxic sleeping giant
in the most northern wetlands of North America. Mercury, released
into the atmosphere most prodigiously with the launching of
the industrial age, falls back onto Earth and accumulates,
particularly in North American wetlands. Researchers at Michigan
State University, the U.S. Geological Survey, the National
Center for Atmospheric Research, and the Canadian Forest Service
find that wildfires, which are becoming more frequent and
intense, are unleashing this sequestered mercury at levels
up to 15 times greater than previously calculated. Their report
was published 19 August in Geophysical Research Letters. Click
here
Cash to Restore
Wetlands [Australia]
19 August 2006, Matthew
Warren, The Australian - Taxpayer funds will be used to buy
back environmental water flows from irrigators to help restore
one of Australia's most environmentally significant wetlands.
There will be an allocation of $13.4 million from the Water
Smart Australia scheme to free about 15,000 megalitres of
water for the internationally recognised Macquarie Marshes
in central NSW. Click
here
Dying Salt
Marshes Puzzle New England Scientists [Massachusetts,
USA]
12 August 2006, Associated
Press, by Ray Henry, Wellfleet, Massachusetts - Ecologists
warn that saltwater marshes from Maine to Connecticut are
suddenly and inexplicably dying, leaving behind land resembling
honeycombs, Swiss cheese or an eroded desert landscape. Click
here
Bateleurs
Help Rehabilitate Wetlands [South Africa]
8 August 2006, Citizen.co.za,
By Kim Helfrich, Johannesburg, The Bateleurs hobby pilots
have flown lions and wild dogs all over southern Africa, surveyed
elephants in Tsavo and are helping monitor illegal developments
on the Wild Coast. This winter they are contributing to wetland
rehabilitation throughout South Africa by flying catchment
surveys for Working for Wetlands. Click
here
On the Web (& PDF documents)
Western
Hemisphere Migratory Species Initiative - Pathway
From the Rainforest
Alliance, find up-to-date information that intends to
help decision-making processes when it comes to migratory
species management in the Americas. Free email monthly
updates are available. In English
and in Español.
Audubon Offers Search Tool for Important Bird
Areas (IBAs)
Comprehensive
information about IBAs is now available online through
the IBA Search
Tool. This tool allows users to search for particular
IBAs, based on species, state, conservation issues,
habitat, land use, ownership, IBA criteria, site status,
bird conservation region, area, and site name.
The Communication
Initiative & Avian Influenza
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The Communication Initiative
has developed a list of core messages, examples of communication
actions, strategies to be considered, guidance notes, resources
and trends to assist communicators and journalists in addressing
prevention and outbreak communication. Click
here for a full listing.
Rice, Water
and Birds Working Group Announces Website
Under the auspices
of the Waterbird Council, http://www.waterbirdconservation.org
this group was created to promote conservation of aquatic
birds using habitats associated with rice cultivation, by
addressing needs associated with research, identification
and promotion of best management practices, and outreach.
Click
here for more information.
Tracking Greater
Shearwaters... out of Canada's Bay of Fundy
"For a fascinating
educational experience concerning seabirds, take a look at
this study which monitors the diet and track the movements
of Greater Shearwaters coming through the Bay of Fundy (Canada)
each year." This project is being conducted by the Grand
Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station (GMWSRS). Click
here
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Publications
Eden: Marshlands of Mesopotamia
This publication
by MedWet is now online. It took place at the Rodos
Ecofilms Festival in June 2006. Produced in English,
French and Greek, the booklet contains about 15 of the
37 color prints. It is available as a 1 MB PDF file.
Click
here
The Biology of Freshwater Wetlands
By Arnold G van der Valk. Series: Biology of Habitats
Series. Concise introduction to wetlands. Oxford University
Press. 173 pages. 2006. Approx. $105/€82. Click
here
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Funding Opportunities
Asian
Waterbird Conservation Fund
Established to
provide financial support to projects at site of importance
for migratory waterbirds in the East Asia - Australasian
Flyway. Project grants do no not exceed US$4,000. Click
here for further information. or contact the AWCF
Administrator: awcf@wwf.org.hk
Wetlands
International Seed Funding Facility
This Facility,
of The Wetlands and Poverty Reduction Project, provides
funds to support the collaborative work of conservation
and development/aid organizations which seek to engage
in the development of project proposals that address
wetlands-poverty issues. Click
here for more details.
North
American Wetlands Conservation Act Small Grants
[Deadline December
1, 2006]
The Small Grants Program is a competitive, matching
grants program that supports public-private partnerships
carrying out projects in the United States that further
the goals of the North American Wetlands Conservation
Act. Click
here
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Calendar for
2006 & beyond...
October
2 – 7
October
4th North American Ornithological Conference
(NAOC)
Veracruz, Mexico. Other associated meetings: American
Ornithologists' Union, Association of Field Ornithologists,
CIPAMEX (Sección Mexicana de Consejo Internacional
para la Preservación de las Aves, A. C.) , Cooper
Ornithological Society, Raptor Research Foundation,
Society of Canadian Ornithologists / Société
des Ornithologistes du Canada, The Waterbird Society,
Wilson Ornithological Society. Click
here
9
- 15 October
International Conference on Water, Ecosystems, and Sustainable
Development in Arid and Semi-Arid Zones
Urumqi, China. The conference is organized around four
major themes: water and environment; agricultural practices;
water and civilization; and issues and perspectives
for the future. Click
here |
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NEW
16 - 20 October
3rd International Tropical Marine Ecosystems Management Symposium,
Cozumel, Mexico. Click
here
26
- 27 October
5th
Annual 2006 Seabird Conservation & Management Workshop
in the Hawaiian Islands sponsored by The Hawaii Chapter of
The Wildlife Society. The workshop will focus on bridging
the gap between managers and researchers to enhance the base
of knowledge regarding seabirds and their conservation. For
more information contact David Smith: viking@hgea.org Christina
R. McGuire: mcguirec@hawaii.edu of The Wildlife Society Hawaii
Chapter.
NEW
27 October - November 6, 2006
11th Living Lakes Conference - Balancing Agriculture
and Lake Protection
Nanchang City near Lake PoyangChina. Topics for discussion
include lake protection, water quality, avian influenza and
agriculture in this part of China. Click
here
NEW
29 October - 3 November 2006
Tenth Congress of the Mesoamerican Society for Biology
and Conservation
Antigua, Guatemala. Mailto:smbc_guatemala@yahoo.com
29
- 31 October
International
Workshop on Groundwater for Emergency Situations
Tehran, Iran. The main objective of this workshop is to discuss,
deliberate and present experiences and successful case studies
for supplying potable water from groundwater resources during
emergency situations and adapting new policies for similar
situations in the future. Click
here
November
1 - 3 November
3rd International Conference on Water Resources in
the Meditteranean Basin
Tripoli, Lebanon. This conference will seek to review
and compare the state of water resources in the Mediterranean
basin, including interrelationships between global change,
drought and desertification. Click
here
4 - 24 November
North-west Australia Wader & Tern Expedition 2006
Organized by the Australasian Wader Studies Group.
To take place in Broome and 80 Mile Beach, Australia. For
more information download their first announcement. Click
here to find link to a full PDF description.
28 - 30 November
Second International Conference on Estuaries and Coasts
Guangzhou, China. Topics include advancing estuarine
and coastal engineering research to enhance the ecological
environment. Other topics include: estuarine and coastal processes;
estuarine eco-environment and its protection; and maintenance
and management of waterways in estuaries and harbours. Click
here
December
NEW
5 - 6 December
10th
Western Sandpiper Workshop
Simon Fraser University, Vancouver BC. Special Participant:
Dr. Will Cresswell, St. Andrews, Scotland. For more information
contact David Lank at: dlank@sfu.ca
UPDATED
9 – 13 December
3rd National Conference and Expo on Coastal and Estuarine
Habitat Restoration
"Forging the National Imperative for Restoration."
Hosted by Restory America's Estuaries. New Orleans, Louisiana,
USA, Hilton Riverside Hotel. A Ramsar panel will include Maria
Rivera (CREHO), Clayton Rubec (Environment Canada and Canada-Iraq
Marshlands Initiative), and Mike McCoy (Tijuana River Estuary).
Click here
NEW
12
- 14 December
First International Conference on the Management of
Natural Resources, Sustainable Development and Ecological
Hazards, The Ravage of the Planet
Wessex Institute of Technology, Bariloche, Argentina. Click
here
2007
NEW
January
26 - 27 January
9th International Wildlife Law Conference
Gulfport/St. Petersburg, Florida, hosted by Stetson
University College of Law. The Ramsar Panel will include Dave
Pritchard (BirdLife International), Svitlana Kravchenko (University
of Oregon School of Law), and Joseph Dellapenna (Villanova
University School of Law). For more information, please contact
Royal Gardner at gardner@law.stetson.edu, or visit the website.
Click
here for the 5-page PDF program.
February 2007
New
1
- 2 February
12th Annual Wetland Science Forum, Riverine Wetlands:
Connections, Corridors and Catchments
La Crosse, Wisconsin. Click
here
2 February 2007
World Wetland Day
This year's theme is "Fish for Tomorrow?" Click
here for details and resources.
March 2007
12 - 14 March 2007
International Conference on Water and Flood Management
Organized by The Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM)
of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET),
held in Dhaka, Bangladesh. For further information, please
visit the conference
website.
April 2007
15
- 18 April
Carbon in Peatlands: State-of-the-Art and Future Research
Wageningen, The Netherlands. Click
here
May 2007
REVISED
13 - 19 May
2007 Neotropical Ornithological Congress, together with the
Unión Venezolana de Ornitologos
Maturín,
Mongas, Venezuela. Click
here
June 2007
NEW
10 - 15 June 2007
2007
Society of Wetland Scientist International Conference: Water,
Wetlands and Wildlife - Resolving Conflicts and Restoring
Habitats
Sacramento, California. Click
here
July 2007
1 - 7 July 2007
21st Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation
Biology
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth,
South Africa. The conference will be hosted by the Terrestrial
Ecology Research Unit (TERU) of the NMMU. Click
here
August 2007
5 –- 10 August
92nd Annual Meeting of The Ecological Society of America
San Jose McEnery Convention Center, San Jose, California
8 – 11 August
2007
A meeting of The American Ornithologists' Union
to take place at the University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.
15 - 23 August
International Ethological Conference, IEC 2007
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Click
here
October 2007
28 October - 2 November
2007
12th
World Lakes Conference
Organised by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government
of India, New Delhi, and co-hosted by the Government of Rajasthan.
The Conference will be held at Jaipur (Rajasthan) the Pink
City, 260 km from New Delhi. Click
here
September
2007
12 - 16 September
2007
Annual Meeting of the Raptor Research Foundation
Hosted by Hawk Mountain Sanctuary and the Hawk Migration Association
of North America. Click
here
2008
Date-to-be-determined
10th Conference of the Parties to the Ramsar Convention
Changwon, Republic of Korea. Click
here
June 2008
9 – 15 June
2008
13th International Peat Congress After Wise Use
- The Future of Peatlands, Tullamore, Ireland.
Click
here
14
June - 14 September 2008
Expo
Zaragoza 2008: Water and Sustainable Development
Zaragoza, Spain. For more informat about this three-month
public event, featuring a specially-constructed “Water
Tower” click
here
July 2008
13 -
18 July 2008
22nd Annual Meeting of the Society
for Conservation Biology
To be held at the Chattanooga Convention Center, Chattanooga,
Tennessee, USA. Hosted by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences. More
information to come.
The End
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