Thank you for your email to the Ramsar Secretariat regarding the health
of the Coorong, Lake Alexandrina and Lake Albert Ramsar site. We
appreciate receiving up to date local information on the condition of
Lake Albert and the management actions underway.
The Secretariat is keeping in regular contact with our Ramsar National
Focal Point in Australia, Mr Ian Krebs, to monitor the situation at this
site. We will write to Mr Krebs to seek more information on the specific
points you raise in your email. I will write to you again following his
response.
Should you wish to contact him also, his details are:
Mr Ian Krebs
Assistant Director, Wetlands Section
Environmental Water & Natural Resources Branch Water Reform Division
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
Phone: (02) 6274 2526
Fax: (02) 6274 2268
Email: Ian.Krebs@environment.gov.au
Please contact either myself or Dr Lew Young (Senior Regional Advisor
for Asia-Oceania young@ramsar.org) if you wish to discuss this further,
and I look forward to being in contact with you soon.
With kind regards,
Ann Aldersey.
Ann Aldersey (Ms)
Assistant Advisor for Asia-Oceania
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Secretariat
Rue Mauverney 28
CH-1196 Gland Switzerland.
Tel: +41 (0) 22 999 0138 Fax: +41 (0) 22 999 0169
Website: www.ramsar.org
Email: asia@ramsar.org