Chartered Institution for Water & Environmental Management (CIWEM)'s photographer of the year award,2008

20 Mar, 2008 . 1 min read

forwarded to the Portal by Nagasreenivas====== The Chartered Institution for Water & Environmental Management (CIWEM) based in UK has constituted awards this year for photography. More details here: http://www.ciwem.org/20080222_EPOTY.doc

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