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Wetland Ambassadors for the Mekong region and Yangtze basin, 2004

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Wetland Ambassador Campaign for 2004 launched in Lijiang, China

Dr. Guangchun Lei from the Ramsar Convention Secreteriat filmed by Yunnan Television giving a speech at the launch ceremony

Mr. Christophe Lefebvre from the Danone-Evian Fund for Ramsar providing a speech at the launch ceremony

Photographers at the Wetland Ambassador Launch ceremony

(from left) Hans Guttman from the Mekong River Commission, Denis Landenbergue from the WWF International Living Waters Programme, and Ms. Haitang Liang from WWF China

The Wetland Ambassador Campaign organising group

Traditional Na Xi dance performance following the launch ceremony

-- reported by Denis Landenbergue, WWF; photos by Denis Landenbergue,
Zhang Yifei (WWF China), and Tan Xipeng (Xinhua News Agency)

For further information about the Ramsar 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 ramsar@ramsar.org). Posted 10 June 2004, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.