THE Shanghai International Nature Conservation Festival, which launches on Saturday, will feature a variety of events.

These include lectures, films, a photo exhibition, water environment protection activity and a walking tour to raise public awareness of nature and environmental protection.

About 20 experts and scholars from home and abroad will share their experiences in water conservation, animal and plant research, urban wetland construction and ecological planning, and museum education at the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum on Saturday.

They will also participate in a conference in Chongming District on Sunday to discuss building Chongming into a world-class ecological island.

The festival, which is in its third year, will screen nature-themed documentaries before closing on October 27.