“2008 Hanoi Call to Action on Wetlands: Heart
of Asia”
The 2008 Hanoi Call to Action on Wetlands is released and available for
download here. [pdf]
A symposium to reflect on the importance of wetlands to the daily life of people in Asia and to look into the progress and challenges in wetlands management and conservation.
Introduction
The
Asian Wetland Symposium provides a single platform for discussions among
various sectors including, national and local governments, NGOs, scientific
experts, the private sector, and local and indigenous people engaged
in wetland management to discuss issues, approaches and priorities in
wetland management in the Asian Region.
This will be the 4th Asian Wetland Symposium. Previous AWS meetings were held in Japan, Malaysia and India. These previous AWS bought together thousands of people to focus their efforts identifying priorities in wetland management in the Asian region and the recommendations of the previous Asian Wetland Symposiums have provided valuable guidance to the Conference of Parties to the Ramsar Convention on three occasions.
The importance of the Asian Wetland Symposium has been recognized by the parties to the Ramsar Convention and at the last meeting of contracting parties the passed Resolution IX.19 that states “requests Contracting Parties, in cooperation with the Ramsar Secretariat and international NGOs, to facilitate the support to and participation in the Asian Wetland Symposia by a wide range of stakeholders, including but not limited to local governments, NGOs, the private sector, and local communities…. “
Key dates
Registration opens for AWS – December 2007
Deadline for submission of abstracts– 14 March 2008
Notification of selected papers – 31 March 2008
Visa assistance application deadline – 30 May, 2008
PowerPoint presentation due – 31 May, 2008
Final full papers to be submitted to the Secretariat – 31 May, 2008
Registration deadline (international participants) - 6 June, 2008
Registration deadline (national participants) – 15 June, 2008
Hotel booking requests, flight arrival/departure details, and dietary requirements registration form – 10 June, 2008
Notification to AWS Secretariat of poster presentation – 13 June, 2008
Asian Wetland Symposium – 22-25 June, 2008
Conference Announcements
First Announcement [pdf]
Second Announcement [pdf]
AWS Brochure — English [pdf] Vietnamese [pdf]
AWS Flyer [pdf]