Organizations

Organizers
Ministry of the Environment, Japan
Wetlands International Japan
Ramsar Center Japan
Japan Wetlands Society

Co-organizers
Ramsar Regional Center - East Asia
Saga Prefecture
Saga City
Kashima City
Arao City
International Lake Environment Committee Foundation
Wetland Link International Asia

International Steering Committee

Ajit Pattnaik (Government of Odisha, India)
Bishnu Bhandari (Nepal Wetland Society, Nepal)
Chen Kelin (Wetlands International – China, China)
Chris Rostron (Wetland Link International, UK)
Gea-Jae Joo (Pusan National University, Korea)
Gunji Aramaki (Local Organizing Committee, Japan)
Hiroji Isozaki (Sophia University, Japan)
Kazuaki Hoshino (Kagoshima University, Japan)
Lew Young (Ramsar Convention Secretariat, Switzerland)
Masaru Horikami (Ministry of the Environment, Japan)
Mashhor Mansor (Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia)
Motokazu Ando (Ramsar Center Japan, Japan)
Naoya Furuta (Taisho University, IUCN Japan Liaison Office, Japan)
Reiko Nakamura (Ramsar Center Japan, Japan)
Sanowar Hossain (Bangladesh POUSH, Bangladesh)
Sansanee Choowaew (Mahidol University, Thailand)
Seung-Oh Suh (Ramsar Regional Center – East Asia, Korea)
Yoshihiro Natori (Wetlands International Japan, Japan)
Yuki Arai (Japan Wetland Society, Japan)
Yukihiro Shimatani (Kyushu University, Japan Wetland Society, Japan)