MESSAGE CROSS-POSTED. APOLOGY FOR DUPLICATION ============================================= Good day, An International Conference on Wetlands & Development held in Selangor, Malaysia, from 9 - 13th. October, 1995 was hosted by the Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment, the Selangor State Government and the Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Malaya, and opened by the Prime Minister of Malaysia, YAB Dato' Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamad. The Conference was organised by the Asian Wetland Bureau (AWB), the International Waterfowl & Wetlands Research Bureau (IWRB) and the Wetlands for the Americas (WA), and supported by other organisations, with 278 participants drawn from 60 countries. This conference was also co-sponsored by the Malaysian Timber Council. Arising from this Conference, the Kuala Lumpur Statement on Wetlands and Development was tabled and adopted. The Conference requested that Wetlands International should seek the support of the Government of Malaysia and convey this Statement to the 6th Conference of the contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention to be held in Australia in March, 1996. Following-up from the Conference, the Asian Wetlands Bureau (AWB) made a written request to the Malaysian Timber Council, to make this Statement available over the Internet for informational purposes. Therefore, the Kuala Lumpur Statement on Wetlands and Development is now available for viewing at: http://www.mtc.com.my/press_release/wetlands.htm Nelson Wong Malaysian Timber Council NB. Any complains regarding this posting should be forwarded to the respective organisers, not to MTC.
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