Asian Wetland Symposium 2005
Report
| Asian Wetland Symposium 2005(AWS 2005) was held from 6th to 9th February
2005 at Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India, and 400 participants from 32 countries
attended. The symposium was organized by RCJ, Chilika Development Authority(CDA),
Department of Forest & Environment Government of Orissa, India and
other partners with the collaboration and sponsorship of following organizations. |
| ORGANIZERSF | Ramsar Center Japan/Chilika Development Authority/Department of Forest & Environment Government of Orissa, India |
| CO|ORGANIZERSF | Department of Environment & Forest Government of India/Ministry of the Environment Government of Japan/Wetlands International/Wetlands International-Japan |
| SPONSORSF | Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund(KNCF)/Sekisui Chemical Co. Ltd./RICOH Company Ltd./Foundation of Hokkaido River Disaster Prevention Research Center/Institute for Global Environment Strategies(IGES)/Ramsar Convention Secretariat/Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) |
| Unfortunately, the Asian Regional Meeting on the Convention on Wetlands
(9th-12th Feb.) was unexpectedly postponed at the last minute. However,
AWS2005 became a magnificent international symposium with government ambassador
from various countries; India, Japan, Vietnam, Myanmar, Nepal, Afghanistan,
Iran, etc. as well as international organization, NGOs, researchers, local
people, woman, students came from the all over the world especially south
Asia. Some of them have met before, the others are new faces and all of
them enjoyed this international forum. The symposium adopted "Chilika Statement" and "TSUNAMI Recommendations" as the result of this symposium and the symposium finished with a great success. |
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| There are a lot of banners in Bhubaneswar. | Ms. Reiko Nakamura told about the purpose, meaning and task of AWS2005. |
| With a main theme "Innovative approaches to sustainable livelihood", 80 papers were presented at five technical sessions, a special session "Tsunami and Coastal Wetlands", poster sessions, and side events. |
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| Dr. Sansanee Choowaew (Mahidol University, Thailand) "Wetland-Related Cultural Diversity and Sustainable Livelihood of the Thai People" |
Ms. Noriko Moriwake (The Ministry of the Environment, Japan) "Nature Restoration In Japan - Recovery of lost future" |
Mr. Kimihiko Maekawa (Aquaculture Cooperation of Lake Saroma, Japan) "Conservation and Management of Saroma Lake through Aquaculture Cooperative" |
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| Dr. Guangchun Lei (The Ramsar Convention Secretariat) "Wetlands, and Its Inter-Linkages with Culture and Biodiversity" |
Ms. Mina Yoshikai (Hokkaido University, Japan) "Hokkaido, City, Japan, Rekingling the "Memory of the cultural assests of coastal wetlands" |
Mr. Toshifumi Sakai(JICA India Office) Address at the side event on Chilika. |
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| Dr. Taej Mundkur(WI-South Asia) "Regional Overview of the Tsunami and role of natural ecosystems in protection of coastlines" | Dr. Tatsuichi Tsujii (WI-J) "The Kiritappu Mire: Regional Warning Systems and Emergency Procedures in the only known Tsunami affected wetland in Japan" |
| @International Steering Committee (ISC) was consisted of RCJ Asia members, and took key role to prepare and carry out the symposium. |
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| Dr. Sundari Ramakrishna (WI-Malaysia) presentated the 'Chilika Statement'. | Hon'ble Chief Minister, Orrissa Sj. Naveen Patnaik participated in the closing ceremony and the symosium was successfully finished with a thunderous applause. |
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| Traditional dancing of Orissa was performed at the welcome party. | The booth of RCJ, we sold RJC T-shirts, bags and etc. |