The year of 2011 was declared the International Year of
Forests by the United Nations to bolster efforts to
promote sustainable management, conservation and development
of forests worldwide. In line with this, World
Wetlands Day was celebrated this year with the theme
Forests for Water and Wetlands. The 6th CLEAR Youth Network Congress
has chosen the same theme which focused on the connection
between forests and wetlands and the role of forests to our
wetlands.
The Congress, which was attended by 80 youth from lakeshore
communities of Laguna de Bay, was held on 13-14 of August 2011
at the Vincentian Hills Seminary and Retreat House in Angono, Rizal. The participants
had an exposure trip to the Angono-Binangonan Petroglyphs. |
A
Living Lakes Network Forum was held in Denmark, Western Australia on
the 17th of February 2011. The forum aimed to raise awareness
on Living Lakes Network, and at the same time promote Living Lakes -
Australia. Ms. Amy M. Lecciones,
Vice-President of the Society for the Conservation of Philippine
Wetlands, attended the event representing the CLEAR
Partnership. Invited as one of the resource persons, she
presented the "Wetland Conservation in the Philippines".
Right after the forum, a Seminar-Workshop on Migratory Shorebirds
Conservation in Western Australia was conducted on 18-20 February
2011. The seminar aimed to bring together people concerned
about the crisis facing shorebirds in the East Asian- Australasian
Flyway. And also, to increase networking of concerned
individuals in the South West and South Coast, exchanging information
about wetland and estuary management relevant to shorebird conservation. A range of speakers, one of whom is Ms. Lecciones, addressed the challenges
that migratory shorebirds faced each year in its visit to Australia.
Shorebird conservation, identification and monitoring were the activities
focused in the workshop.
The event was organized by the Green Skills Inc. of Denmark, Western
Australia.
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