Notification
Pitch for the Grant 2022: Danone and the Convention on Wetlands announce the winner
Date: 08.06.2022
The Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands and Danone are pleased to announce the project idea to restore the Govan wetlands in Glasgow, Scotland, submitted by BlueGreen as the winner of the Pitch for the Grant 2022. BlueGreen will receive the EUR 10,000 grant prize provided by Danone.
The Convention on Wetlands and Danone also announce three top finalists in recognition of their project ideas to advance actions for wetlands;
- Fundacion Cosmos, for their project to develop a restoration plan for the Maipo Wetland in Chile
- Asters, Conservatoire d’Espaces Naturels de Haute- Savoie for their project, Ice and Life to create an inventory of newly created wetlands following the recent melting of the glacier in Haute Savoie, in France
- Kenya Wetlands Biodiversity Research team, for their restoration, management and conservation project of mangroves in the Tana Delta Estuary in Kenya
Pitch for the Grant 2022, received over 140 project proposals from 54 countries proposing a raft of ideas and actions key for wetland conservation and improving people’s livelihoods and wellbeing,
The Secretariat takes this opportunity to thank you for sharing your ideas and demonstrating enthusiasm to conserve, restore and promote wise use of wetlands.
For more information visit www.worldwetlandsday.org
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Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
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