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Subject: South American Wetland Assessment
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The following is an announcement of web site access to the South American
Wetland Assessment from Wetlands International.


>Dear Colleagues
>
>I am delighted to inform you that today we launched the web site for the
>1000 page + South American Wetland Assessment - see announcement below:
>
>Within the next week or so we will be mailing out the CD Rom Version and
>printed Executive Summary throughout the region.
>
>Regards
>
>Simon
>
>Launch of the South American Wetland Assessment website
>
>In March 1994, Wetlands International began a most ambitious project: to
>catalogue the biological, social and economic importance of wetlands in
>South America. In partnership with US AID and several public and private
>foundations, this initiative aimed to secure enough information to guide the
>development of an agenda for wetland conservation in the region. Over the
>ensuing five-year period, a massive amount of information was gathered and
>analysed by a diverse team of more than 20 wetland experts from across South
>America. While vast areas remain relatively intact, the Assessment confirmed
>that South America's wetlands were under increasing threat.  The Assessment
>presented a broad series of recommendations for promoting the conservation
>and wise use of these increasingly threatened areas.  The full 1000+ page,
>limited edition, Assessment report was launched at the 7th Meeting of the
>Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention in Costa Rica, in 1999.
>
>The Assessment provided the incentive for a series of important regional and
>national wetland publications. These included the first wetland distribution
>map of South America; a compilation of environmental legislation related to
>the wetlands of South America (Solano, 1997; published in partnership with
>IUCN and the "Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental" Peruvian Society of
>Environmental Law); and a national wetland inventory for Argentina (Canevari
>et al. 1998).
>
>Now, to make the Assessment widely accessible, the entire report has been
>redesigned for presentation over the World Wide Web.  This no-nonsense
>digital version also includes a new Executive Summary, and incorporates
>updated information from the aforementioned wetland inventory work by
>Wetlands International. The new website is http://www.wetlands.org/SAA/.
>
>We trust that increased awareness availed by web publishing of the
>Assessment will provide further incentive to policy and decision makers
>towards the sustainable management of South America's amazing wetland
>wealth.
>
>
>
>Simon Nash
>International Director
>Wetlands International
>tel: + 31 317 478851
>nash@wetlands.agro.nl
>www.wetlands.org
>
>Join Wetlands International in celebrating World Wetlands Day all year!
>2001 is the 30th anniversary of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands.
>See www.wetlands.org/wwd.htm
>or http://www.ramsar.org/wwd2001_index.htm


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