Recognising the major role that wetland ecosystems play in European biodiversity, the Wetlands aLive organisers are asking the public, decision makers and scientists to meet current challenges and learn more about the constraints on conservation and restoration of Europe's ecosystems, while focusing on their central significance. In particular, we aim to present a practitioners' perspective from LIFE-Nature project managers, and to assess current public-sector involvement in financial mechanisms and wetlands conservation.
The Wetlands aLive conference will be the main event of Warsaw's World Wetlands Day 2010 celebrations, and is the final LIFE-Nature project conference on wetlands butterfly conservation. The organisers have also invited managers of similar wetlands projects in Central Europe to share practical experiences and to jointly recognise current challenges involved in protecting wetlands biodiversity.
The conference organisers, with support from the Ramsar Office, welcome the participation of anyone that cares for European biodiversity and feels a responsibility and/or has the potential to take meaningful action.
TAKING FLIGHT: A lovely Lycaena-helle spreads its wings. Photo: Dariusz Gatkowski
Major themes of the Wetlands aLive conference are as follows:
1. Wetlands conservation for threatened species
2. Involving the public
3. Developing instruments for wetlands conservation
4. Multiple use of wetlands as chance for biodiversity
5. The role of wetlands restoration in biodiversity and climate change
6. Wetlands and agriculture
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