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Students in Professor Royal Gardner\u2019s winter break course took a walk\u00a0through a cypress swamp and camped in the Western Everglades earlier this month. Stetson offered the intersessional course, “Topics in Biodiversity Law: The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands,” Jan. 5-9.<\/p>\n

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Stetson Law students walked through wetlands in Big Cypress National Preserve as part of a winter break course on biodiversity law. Photo by 3L Joshua Moses.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Students in the course learned\u00a0about the international efforts to protect wetlands, including the swamps, bogs, marshes and other aquatic ecosystems that provide habitat to endangered species and multiple benefits to people.<\/p>\n

“Very\u00a0few law school classes can actually take you outside of the classroom to get your feet dirty in a place existing largely due to the laws working to protect it,” said student Joshua Moses.<\/p>\n

Professor Royal Gardner, director of Stetson’s Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy and\u00a0an expert in wetlands policy, taught the class.<\/p>\n

Professor Gardner\u00a0is presently chair of\u00a0the Ramsar Convention\u2019s scientific advisory body. He has participated in Ramsar meetings across the globe: in Canada, Korea, Mexico, Oman, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Uganda and the United States.\u00a0The Ramsar Convention is an environmental treaty with 168 countries that promotes the conservation of wetlands worldwide.<\/p>\n

Stetson’s Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy<\/a>\u00a0serves as an interdisciplinary focal point for education, research and service activities related to global, regional and local biodiversity issues. The institute coordinates courses, seminars and internships on a variety of topics, including wetland law and policy, environmental law, natural resources and international environmental law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Students in Professor Royal Gardner\u2019s winter break course took a walk\u00a0through a cypress swamp and camped in the Western Everglades earlier this month. Stetson offered the intersessional course, “Topics in Biodiversity Law: The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands,” Jan. 5-9. 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