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Opening Lecture: Peter Bridgewater, Secretary General Dr. Bridgewater served as Chief Scientist with the UK Nature Conservancy Council from 1989-1990; Chief Executive at the Australian Nature Conservation Agency from 1990-1999; Chief Science Adviser with Environment Australia, and Supervising Scientist with the Alligator Rivers Region from 1997-1999; Director of the Division of Ecological Sciences at UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and as Secretary of the UN Man and the Biosphere Programme from 2000-2003. He has served as a Member of the Science and Technology Advisory Panel to the Global Environment Facility, UN Environment Programme (1998-2000); as Chairman of the International Whaling Commission (1995-1997); and as Commissioner of the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (1995-98). Dr. Bridgewater has published more than 170 publications on nature conservation, vegetation science and biodiversity issues. His current research interests include linkages between cultural and biological diversity, conservation and management of the coastal zone, and landscape ecology – especially its role in sustainable development. He became Secretary General of the Ramsar Convention in 2003. The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands is an intergovernmental treaty which provides the framework for national action and international cooperation for the conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources. It was adopted in the Iranian city of Ramsar in 1971 and came into force in 1975, and it is the only global environmental treaty that deals with a particular ecosystem. The Convention's member countries cover all geographic regions of the planet. For additional information about the Ramsar Convention and the Ramsar Secretariat, which has its headquarters in Gland, Switzerland, please see www.ramsar.org. |
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