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Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands – part 2

C. Max Finlayson https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9991-7289 A B C * , S. Fennessy https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8753-837X D , P. Grillas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7448-148X E and R. Kumar https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5731-0734 B F
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A Faculty of Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW, Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia.

B Gulbali Institute for Agriculture, Water & Environment, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2650, Australia.

C IHE Delft, Institute for Water Education, PO Box 3015, NL-2601 DA Delft, Netherlands.

D Biology Department, Kenyon College, 202 North College Road, Gambier, OH 43022, USA.

E Tour du Valat, Research Institute for Mediterranean Wetlands, Le Sambuc, F-13200 Arles, France.

F Wetlands International South Asia, A, 25, 1-2 Floor, Defence Colony, New Delhi, 110 024, India.

* Correspondence to: mfinlayson@csu.edu.au

Marine and Freshwater Research 74(3) 173-176 https://doi.org/10.1071/MF23007
Submitted: 17 January 2023  Accepted: 19 January 2023   Published: 2 February 2023

© 2023 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing


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