WWF's annual Wetland Ambassador Action Campaign encourages university students across China to spread the concept of wetland conservation to the public through visits to the field and conducting survey work.

The theme of the 2003 campaign is "Tracing the lost lakes of the Yangtze." WWF's aim for this year's campaign is to raise public awareness on the importance of re-connecting now disconnected lakes with the Yangtze.

This summer, 12 teams from universities across China participated in the campaign. This e-tour follows the trip taken by the Central-South Forestry University (CSFU) team to Hong and Huanggai lakes in Hubei and Hunan provinces.

* Zhou Xizhou, a junior majoring in Environmental Studies and International Studies at Yale University, is a native of Changsha, Hunan Province. As an intern for WWF's Yangtze Programme, he assisted the team leader in coordinating various activities.