Webinar
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4th International Symposium
on Conservation and Management of Wetlands 2020
15th March 2021, Monday
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
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Theme
Wetlands and Biodiversity: Conservation Status and Actions Beyond 2020
ISCMW2020 will bring leading experts, academicians and practitioners to speak on their experiences and expectations on Wetlands beyond the super year 2020. We will begin with a serious reflections of what works and what not to move forward, and taking a bottoms-up approach from sub-national boundaries to national, regional and global jurisdictions.
PURPOSE
The ISCMW is a biennial event organized by the Sabah Society of Wetlands to raise awareness of the importance of wetlands through sharing of scientific findings. Lessons learnt from the Symposium shall be incorporated into the Kota Kinabalu Wetlands to close-out scientific or management gaps.
ABOUT
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Increase knowledge on the current status of wetlands conservation and management.
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Stock-take of conservation gaps and challenges in wetlands.
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Review the status, targets and goals for the conservation of wetlands beyond 2020.
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Increase networking, partnerships and collaboration in wetland works.
OUTCOMES
Symposium Speakers
Session 1 : Wetlands Status and Trends
Keynote Speaker
Prof. Emeritus Tan Sri Dr. Zakri Abdul Hamid
United Nations Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
Session 2 : Wetlands Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Chairperson
Datuk Darrel Webber
Global Forest Strategies
Session 3 : Moving Forward Beyond 2020
Chairperson
Dr. Rahimatsah Amat
Sabah Wetlands Conservation Society
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Panelist
Dr. Robert Ong
Sabah Forestry Department
Panelist
A/P Dr. Harinder Rai Singh
Universiti Teknologi MARA
(UiTM)
Panelist
Mr. Gerald Jetony
Sabah Biodiversity Centre
Panelist
Prof. Emeritus Tan Sri Dr. Zakri Abdul Hamid
United Nations Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
Panelist
Dr. Annadele Cabanban
Wetlands International, Philippines
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Panelist
Mr. Suh Seung Oh
Ramsar Regional Centre - East Asia
Speaker
Mr. Raphael Glemét
Water & Wetlands Asia, IUCN
Programme
15th March 2021 (Monday)
0800
Online registration
0900
Welcoming speech by YBhg. Datuk President, SWCS
0920
Speech by Guest of Honour
0935
Keynote Address
1150
Session 2: Wetlands Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
1020
Session 1: Wetlands Conservation Status and Challenges
1320
Break
1400
Session 3: Wetlands and Biodiversity : Moving Forward Beyond 2020
1520
Symposium Resolutions
1550
Closing Remarks
1530
Tea Break/End of Day
Organising Committee
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Publication
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Most of the teams that BEFF work with are involved in championing issues for their community. For them, the Suara process enables them to create a visual and compelling interface to communicate their side of the story and engage their target stakeholders. The storylines are diverse. They range from historical cultures of indigenous communities, personal stories of overcoming hardships, to complex issues that threaten the ecological and cultural resilience of these communities and the environments they live in. Several teams, particularly those at the intermediate level, are now actively producing high quality short films that carry the voices of their communities to engage audiences all over in dialogue and bridge our understanding of the challenges communities face in seeking sustainable solutions for their people and the environments they live in.
THE SUARA COMMUNITY FILMMAKING PROGRAMME is Borneo Eco Film Festival's flagship training programme that supports Indigenous and local communities living in rural areas to make short films about their people and the environments they live in using their own images and in their own voice. SUARA aim is to harness the power of film and storytelling to enable communities to tell their side of the story and compel action for a shared sustainable future. Since Borneo Eco Film Festival inception in 2011, the Suara Programme has trained more than 200 Indigenous and local community participants and their partners from across Malaysia. In Sabah, BEFF participants represent the marine, coastal, riverine, interior lowland and highland peoples who have been interacting with their land- and sea-scapes for generations.
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