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A research centre for the conservation of Mediterranean wetlands
Closing Conference of the MedWet CODDE project
Published the 13/03/2008
The closing conference of the MedWet/CODDE project will be held on the 17-18 March 2008, in Athens, Greece.
The MedWet/CODDE project
Undertaken between 2005-2007, the MedWet/CODDE project addresses the urgent need of policy makers, wetland managers and researchers for having easy access to up-to-date and standardized data in order to assess and monitor the current status and trends of Mediterranean wetlands and their surroundings. The project was launched under the INTERREG IIIC programme. At a time when the conservation of wetland ecosystems is being emphasized, MedWet believes that the inventorying tool provided by the MedWet CODDE project can be a catalyst to support better site management. By updating the Pan Mediterranean Wetland Inventory with information on inventories of a number of countries the project helps to build a common knowledge base on wetlands in the Mediterranean. By adopting the tool it is hoped that national governments and managers of wetland sites will be able to address priority issues and ensure regional development coupled with conservation of wetlands in the Mediterranean region.
The conference is open to scientists and technical staff from public authorities or institutes and organisations working on wetland conservation and management, and in particular in the fields of wetland inventory, monitoring and assessment.
Conference registration
You can download the draft agenda, a registration form as well as information on the venue of the conference at: http://www.medwet.org/medwetnew/en/03.PROJECTS/03.proj_02codde09.html.
Please note that the registration form should be returned to the MedWet Secretariat by fax (+30-210-8089274) or email (
mantziouSPAMFILTER@medwet.org
).
Working languages of the Conference will be English and French. Simultaneous translation will be provided to and from both languages.