為響應6月8日的世界海洋日，世界自然基金會將於6月舉行海洋十寶多媒體創意展覽。精彩內容包括「Gift to Ocean's 10多媒體創作比賽」頒獎典禮、得獎短片及數碼圖像創作展覽，你可以把海洋十寶摺紙模型帶回家、更可將十寶蹤影留於面上。

展覽場內更設有「海洋之最」選舉投票站，讓你投選心水十寶。

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扶輪百周年紀念濕地研究院與香港工程師學會將於2007年7月14日（星期六）上午9時15分至下午1時正，聯合舉辦名為「修復、闢建和改善香港濕地」的工作坊。

香港擁有多元化的濕地生境，但因為本港地小人多，許多濕地都受到發展的嚴重威脅。在過往，由於本港並無積極保育濕地，而政府或有關方面亦無就破壞濕地作出賠償，故這類壓力最終都會導致大量濕地流失。然而，在過去十年間，本港發展了一系列修復、闢建和改善本港濕地的技術，以保護這些逐漸消失的生境。我們希望可透過工作坊內的簡報和討論，增加工程師及公眾對濕地重要性的知識、關注和了解，並且幫助他們認識有關的保育技術。我們已邀請了環保團體、商業機構及政府的代表，在工作坊內討論他們有關修復、闢建和改善香港濕地的工作。

查詢詳情，請參閱活動簡介。欲報名參加的人士，請填妥報名表格，並傳真至2482 0369或電郵至 rciwc@wwf.org.hk。報名截止日期為2007年7月11日。其他查詢，請致電3193 7509，聯絡卓宇媛小姐。

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以往，綠海龜的繁殖季節為六月至十月，但近年來綠海龜回港繁殖的數目已跌至極度嚴重的低水平。自2003年起，已再無綠海龜（Chelonia mydas）在南丫島深灣繁殖，有關海灘是綠海龜近數十年的唯一定期繁殖地。

由於棲居南中國海的海龜未能得到妥善的保護，如透過跨國保育行動方案，現正受到絕種威脅。科學家估計在1,000隻小海龜中，只有一隻可活至成年。由於海龜天生習慣回到自己出生的海灘產蛋，但經過三年仍未見海龜回來，情況實在令人擔憂。

To echo the World Ocean Day on 8 June, WWF is proud to present our Ocean's 10 Multimedia Creativity Exhibition. Program highlights include: "Gift to Ocean's 10" Multimedia Creativity Competition Award Ceremony, Multimedia Creativity Exhibition showcases award-winning short films and digital images, an Origami Workshop for you to create your Ocean's 10 origami and bring it home or even carry one of the 10 species on your face at the Face Painting corner.

Concurrently, the Ocean's 10 polling station will also be setup for you to vote on your favorite Ocean's 10.

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The Rotary Centennial Institute for Wetland Conservation will be co-organizing a workshop on "Restoration, creation and enhancement of wetlands in Hong Kong" with the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers on 14 Jul 2007 (Saturday) from 9:15am to 1pm.

Hong Kong has a diversity of wetland habitat types but many of these habitat types are under severe pressure from infrastructure developments due to limited land supply. In the further past, such pressure has often resulted in the loss of large wetland areas as little incentive or interest has been given to conserving wetlands or compensating the wetland lost.

However, during the past decade a range of techniques for the restoration, creation and enhancement of local wetlands has been developed to protect/restore these disappearing habitats. Through presentations and discussions in the workshop, we hope to educate engineers and the public about the importance of wetlands and relevant techniques for their conservation. Representatives from green groups, the private sector and Government have been invited to share their experience on the restoration, creation and enhancement of wetlands in Hong Kong.

For registration, please fill in the registration form and fax it to 2482 0369 or email to rciwc@wwf.org.hk before the deadline on 11th Jul 2007. For more details, please refer to the program outline or contact Ms. Eva Cheuk at 3193 7509.

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The Green turtle nesting season has run from June to October in the past but numbers returning have dropped to perilously low levels in recent years. Ever since 2003, no Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) have nested at the Sham Wan beach on Lamma Island, which is the only site where Green turtles have nested regularly in recent decades.

Without better protection, such as a multiple-juristiction action plan for conservation, marine turtles in the South China Sea are at risk of extinction. Scientists estimate only one of 1,000 baby green turtles lives into adulthood. These signs are worrying as marine turtles have the inborn habit of going back to their original natal beach where they are born, for nesting.