Conference focuses on wetlands

Meetings in Wuhan and Geneva offer vision for coexistence of nature, humans

The 14th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (COP14) opens in Wuhan, Hubei province, on Saturday, and runs to Nov 13 in Wuhan and Geneva, Switzerland with a declaration to be released and dozens of wetland forums to be held, forestry officials said.

The main sessions in Wuhan include an opening ceremony, wetland tours and an achievements exhibition for the 30th anniversary of China's implementation of the treaty, according to the National Forestry and Grassland Administration.

Sideline meetings in Geneva include a standing committee meeting, an international wetland exhibition and a closing ceremony.