Participants from various countries visited the Negros Occidental Coastal Wetlands Conservation Area (NOCWCA) – the seventh Ramsar site of the Philippines located in southern Negros – as part of the 2nd East Asian-Australasian Flyway (EAAF) Congress on Research and Development for Wetlands and Migratory Waterbirds. The 2nd EAAF Congress drew around 200 delegates from countries such as Russia, India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, the United States of America, Cambodia, Japan, and Pakistan. “The Philippines, as part of the EAAF, believes in the importance of international collaboration as impetus for conservation of migratory birds,” Environment secretary Roy Cimatu said in his message delivered by assistant secretary for field operations Jim Sampulna here on Tuesday.

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