Antea™ Group (Belgium) work awarded at the Ramsar convention on Wetlands
Belgium,
March 2011
During the latest wetlands convention, The Ramsar Convention, held in Geneva, Antea Group was appointed as coordinator of EU 7FP-project WETwin in the expert team.
The appointment was made during the Scientific and Technical review panel (STRP). Together with this invitation, the Ramsar Convention agreed to publish WETwin work as a full Ramsar report.
More specifically, it has been agreed that WETwin work will be published by Ramsar on two topics;
- The vulnerability analysis of wetlands to global change from a livelihood and biophysical point of view
- The integration of wetlands into river basin management with application to African wetlands.
Further international interest for WETwin is shown by the World Health Organization (WHO) for our work on the health impact assessment of wetland management solutions and the Group on Earth Observations (GEO).
With respect to the latter, Antea Group was invited as an expert for the 2nd African water cycle event, which took place in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia.
For further information contact Kris Van Malderen at Kris.vanMalderen@anteagroup.com