The programme for the South African wetlands Indaba has been updated. The Indaba will occur from Monday 16th to Thursday 19th of October 2017 will be “Wetland Communities: Networking Towards Better Practice”. The Indaba will occur at the Wild Coast Sun, Port Edward on the southern coast of the beautiful KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa. See first announcement
Programme details see below
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