wise use of mires and peatlands - Peatland Ecology Research Group

180 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSTurunen, Jukka, Department ofBiology,University of Joensuu, Joensuu,Finland.Van de Griendt, Henk, former director ofGriendtsveen B.V.Wichtmann, Wendelin, Botanical Institute,University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.Zingstra, Henk, Wetlands International,Wageningen, The Netherlands.They would also like to thank all those whoparticipated in the various meetings andworkshops, in particular those in Freising in1999, in Heathrow in 2000, and in Wageningen2001. These participants are listed below.Warm thanks also to those who sogenerously provided written commentaries onthe various drafts. The drafters would like topay tribute to the late Antoni Damman,Chairman of the International MireConservation Group, who died on 27December 2000. He was a considerable sourceof support in drafting the document. Finally,they would like to thank Bernie Smyth of Bordna Móna for her administrative supportthroughout the project.The participants in the three joint IPS-IMCGmeetings which considered successive draftsof the Wise Use Document were:FREISING27-28 November , 1999Co-ordinatorC Rubec.International Mire Conservation GroupJ Couwenberg, H Diemont, A Grünig, HJoosten, R Lindsay, J Sliva.International Peat SocietyJ-D Becker-Platen, J Blankenburg, D Clarke,G Hood, H Höper, P Ilnicki, J Päivänen, RPettersson, J Rieley, A Shaw, R Sopo, CWeissmann.Wetlands InternationalM Risager.Global Environment NetworkF Parish.Biodiversity ConventionA Moen.RamsarR Milton.3 December 2000Co-ordinatorC Rubec.HEATHROWInternational Mire Conservation GroupO Bragg, H Diemont, K Jenderedjian, HJoosten, R Lindsay, C MacAlister, TMinayeva, L Papaèkova, M Risager, J Schulz,GM Steiner.International Peat SocietyM Brandel, T Brandyk, G Caspers, D Clarke,G Hood, P Ilnicki, J Rieley, A Shaw, R Sopo.30 March 2001Co-ordinatorC Rubec.WAGENINGENInternational Mire Conservation GroupO Bragg, J Couwenberg, H Diemont, KJenderedjian, H Joosten, P Julve, R Lindsay,C MacAlister, T Minayeva, L Papaèkova, FParish, J Schulz, A Sirin, J Sliva, GM Steiner.