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  Asian Wetland Symposium on Human Well-being and Wetlands (AWS Wuxi 2011, China)
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    Dates: 11-13 October 2011

Venue: Xizhou Garden Hotel, Wuxi, China

Organizers:
State Forestry Administration, P.R. China
Jiangsu Provincial Government
Wetlands International
Ramsar Center Japan

Co-organizers:
・Office of Wetlands Conservation and Management, State Forestry Administration, P.R. China
Jiangsu Province Forestry Department (Chinese only)
Ministry of the Environment Japan etc.

Partners:
KNCF (Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund)
JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency)
SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
OECC (Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center, Japan)
WWF (World Wide Fund For Nature)
・International NGOs
・private corporations (accepting solicitation)

Participants: Around 450 people (300 from China, 150 from abroad) including wetland related government agencies, Ramsar registered sites managers, environmental conservation officers, researchers, international and domestic NGO staff, and students.

VIP speakers:

・Mr. Jia Zhibang (Minister of SFA)
・Dr. Anada Tiega (Secretary-general, Ramsar Convention)
・Ms. Jane Madgwick (CEO, Wetlands International)
・Mr. Martin Spray (Chief Executive, Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT))
・Mr. Max Finlayson (Professor, Charles Sturt University, Australia)
・Ms. Alison Russell-French (President, Birdlife Australia, Wetlands International-Oceania)
・Ms. Christine Prietto (Wetlands Environment Education Centre, Australia)
・Mr.Reiji Kamezawa (Director of Wildlife Division, Nature Conservation Bureau, Ministry of the Environment, Japan)
・Ms. Fumiko Nakao (Deputy Director, International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative Secretariat (IPSI), Japan)
・Mr. Koichiro Takano (Mayor, Sado City, Niigata, Japan)
・Mr. Muneharu Nakagai (Mayor of Toyooka City, Japan)
・Prof. Motokazu Ando (President, Ramsar Center Japan)
       
       
       
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