This will be the third time that the event is held (after Wellington in 2004 and Hamilton in 2006), but the first time in the South Island. The Wetland Symposium will be held at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, 14-16 February 2008.

The aim of the Symposium is to provide a highly practical, participant-driven forum for knowledge exchange, training and networking for landowners, iwi, people committed to wetland biodiversity and restoration, policy makers and wetland scientists from all over New Zealand. The programme caters for all, including plenary and technical sessions, as well as soapbox, practical sessions and fieldtrips (1/2 and one day) with practical training on site and environmental education.

Another aim of the Wai Wetlands? 2008 Symposium is to document best practice restoration techniques for a wetland restoration handbook (due 2009). Your information will also be entered on to a searchable database WETlink (this will be up and running sometime in December 2007) aimed primarily at community wetland restoration practitioners.
If you are involved in a wetland restoration project and have not already filled out a survey form (from the 2006 Wetland Symposium), please complete the following Wetland Restoration Best Practice Survey. This form will also be included in the Symposium registration pack.