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Wetland symposium registration now open!
See our Restoration Symposia page for detailsWork for Ramsar in Switzerland
Applications are open for the position of Intern/Assistant Advisor for
the Asia/Oceania region, a 12-month posting (possibly extendable up to
18 months) in the Ramsar Secretariat in Switzerland to begin on 1 June
2012. The Ramsar Secretariat supports work related to the Ramsar
Convention on Wetlands of International Significance.You must:
- Be under 30 years old.
- Have a university degree (preferably a post-graduate qualification) in a subject relevant to wetland conservation and sustainable use, such as, biology, hydrology, marine sciences, natural resources management, land use planning, geography or anthropology/sociology.
- Be are a national of countries in Asia or Oceania and have lived most of your life in the region.
- Have perfect fluency in English, written and spoken. Knowledge of French would be an advantage.
The deadline for applications is 16 February 2012.
International Globe Awards - now open for votes
The International Wetland Globes awards scheme recognises best practice and wetland restoration.If you are an NGO or community group, you can vote for a wetland you know right now. Voting is open from July 2011 to March 2012, and the results will be announced at the next Ramsar international wetland conference in June 2012. If your wetland gets an award, you could be invited along to receive it!
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Stunning greeting cards
The Trust has produced a set of greeting cards showcasing our stunning wetland scenery and wildlife captured by photographer Neil Fitzgerald. Great for thank you notes, Christmas cards to send overseas, and gifts for nature lovers. Proceeds go towards the National Wetland Trust, to help us help wetlands. Email us to order a set. Free P&P.
Science in the Swamp: Monitoring your wetland restoration project
Do you want to be part of a trial to test out a new toolkit designed especially for community groups?A new community-friendly toolkit is currently being developed as a part of the NZ Landcare Trust’s ‘Community Wetland Restoration and Enhancement’ project. The toolkit will be designed to help you get a clearer picture of whether your restoration work is successful and meeting your aims, or needs to be modified.
A draft version of the toolkit will be ready in time for trialing with community groups and interested individuals at Invercargill during a free afternoon workshop on March 20 next year, a day before the National Wetland Restoration Symposium starts. Your feedback during the practical field trial of the toolkit will help shape the final version and ensure that it’s easy to use and understand, and provides really useful results.
If you’d like to take part in the trial, please email Monica Peters 07 859 3725 for further information and to register your interest.
Planning to design a wetland interpretation panel?
The
NWT has produced a series of generic interpretation panels for several
wetland types (lowland swamp, kahikatea swamp forest, peat lake and
restiad bog). These have been designed for our members and community
groups who wish to install interpretation panels without incurring a
design cost. Take a look, and if you are keen to have some of these
made for your wetland let us know.
Take a look at our interpretation
panels (2.4 mb file).Tell us about your wetland restoration project
Help us improve wetland restoration science by telling us about wetland restoration projects you are aware of/ involved in.
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the information sheet (229 kb)Download the spreadsheet
Funding support
The Waikato Regional Council has supported the NWT and our projects from day one, and has recently given us a real boost with a grant of $40,000 per year over three years to progress our National Wetland Centre project. We are delighted to have this support from the Council.
The Trust
was also thrilled to be recently awarded $100,000 towards a
predator-proof fence for Serpentine (site of the proposed National Wetland
Centre)
from the Waikato
Catchment Ecological Enhancement Trust. A fence will
allow re-introduction and maintenance of many wetland species lost from
the peat lake complex. The grant is conditional upon the Trust securing
the remaining funds to build the fence.
Stephen Marr
has become a regular donor to the National
Wetland Trust. The company, which owns and operates three top Auckland
hair and beauty salons, is committed to environmental
sustainability. It also produces a new beauty product range, Sans,
specially formulated to be free of harmful ingredients and based on
environmental responsibility. We also recieved a grant from the Mazda Foundation towards our Southland Wetland Trail - we'll be launching the trail at the next Wetland Restoration Symposium.
Golden Plover winner announced
Bridget Johnson of Victoria University is the 2011 Golden Plover Award recipient. Bridget is studying the processes influencing the establishment and survival of native vegetation at Wairio Wetlands in the Wairarapa. Her findings will have relevance for wetland restoration in other New Zealand wetlands. The Golden Plover Award is offered annually to students of any New Zealand university who are undertaking post-graduate research into wetland functioning and restoration.Future pages
We will be regularly updating this site with- progress on our wetland centre development
- new information on wetlands
- wetlands you can visit in New Zealand
- wetland events in New Zealand, and
- additional useful links
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“The
lasting benefits that society derives from wetlands often far exceeds
the immediate
advantages their
owners might get from draining or filling them. Their destruction
shifts the
economic and
environmental cost to other citizens…who have no voice in the decision
to alter
them”
- Jimmy Carter, President of the United States of America.
1977.
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