"Wai Wetlands?" Symposium 2008

 
The 2008 Wetland Symposium, “Wai Wetlands?", was a joint venture between the National Wetland Trust, NIWA, University of Canterbury, Christchurch City Council, Environment Canterbury, Ngai Tahu, Department of Conservation, Landcare Research, Fish & Game, the University of Waikato,  Meridian Energy, Waihora Ellesmere Trust and Banrock Station Wines &  Wetland Care New Zealand.

This was the third time that the event was held (after Wellington in 2004 and Hamilton in 2006), but the first time in the South Island. 

The aim of the Symposium was to provide a highly practical, participant-driven forum for knowledge exchange, training and networking for landowners, iwi, people committed to wetland biodiversity and restoration, policy makers and wetland scientists from all over New Zealand. The programme catered for all, including plenary and technical sessions, as well as soapbox, practical sessions and fieldtrips with practical training on site and environmental education.

Another aim of the Wai Wetlands? 2008 Symposium was to document best practice restoration techniques for a wetland restoration handbook (due 2009). 

Keynote Presentation