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The Staff of the Ramsar Convention
Secretariat

Lew Young

Joined the Secretariat in 2008

Hong Kong-born Chinese holding British citizenship, Lew has been Manager of the WWF Hong Kong Mai Po Nature Reserve since 1991, and was actively involved in the listing of the Mai Po Inner Deep Bay Ramsar site in 1995. Since then he has worked closely with the Hong Kong government to develop the management plan and monitoring programme for the Site.

Lew has considerable experience in CEPA issues through his work at the Mai Po Marshes Wildlife Education Centre (with approximately 40,000 visitors annually) and his involvement in the establishment of Wetland Link International-Asia in 2005, a network that has been promoting greater communication and cooperation between wetland centres across Asia. Lew holds a MSc degree in Ecology from Aberdeen University in Scotland and a Ph.D from Hong Kong University, Department of Zoology.

For further information about the Convention on Wetlands, please contact the Ramsar Convention Secretariat, Rue Mauverney 28, CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland (tel +41 22 999 0170, fax +41 22 999 0169, e-mail ). Posted 19 June 2008, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.