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The African-Eurasian Flyways Project
Enhancing Conservation of the Critical
Network of Sites required by Migratory Waterbirds
on the African-Eurasian Flyways
FIRST SUMMARY OF MEDIA WORK BEHIND
& COVERAGE OF THE
FIRST WOW PRESS CONFERENCE
at the
United Nations Premises in Bonn
on
- 20 November 2006 -
MEDIA WORK PRIOR TO THE EVENT:
INVITATION TO PRESS CONFERENCE in English, French and German was produced and disseminated on Wednesday, 15 November to:
ca. 1200 Press contacts in Germany using the UNRIC distribution
list
sent to all WOW project communication focal points for further dissemination
sent to BMU press unit for further dissemination
sent to UNEP Division for Communication in Nairobi and UNEP contact in New
York for further dissemination
The WOW Press Conference was advertised in:
Presseamt der Stadt Bonn/Überregionaler Informationsdienst / 17. November 2006
Bundespressekonferenz e. V / Außenstelle Bonn
The WOW Project Website was used to announce the press
conference and to feature the actual press releases and guide to other existing
resources on WOW at Wetlands Int, BirdLife, Ramsar and AEWA.
http://www.flywaysproject.org/
Photos from the Press Conference:
(by Sergey Dereliev - UNEP/AEWA)
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Dr. Elsa Nickel
- Head of the Directorate for Nature Conservation, German Federal
Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
(BMU) Edoardo Zandri - Project Chief Technical Advisor, UNOPS/ UNEP-GEF Bert Lenten - Executive Secretary, The African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (UNEP/AEWA) Dr. Tobias Salathe - Senior Adviser for Europe, The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971) Dr. Leon Bennun - Director of Science, Policy and Information, BirdLife International Ward Hagemeijer – Head of Biodiversity and Ecological Networks, Wetlands International |
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PRESS RELEASE WAS DISSEMINATED on 20 November 2006 in English, French and German using the same channels as were used with the Press Invitation (above)
The WOW press release was disseminated along with a WOW PROJECT FACT SHEET - which was also featured on www.flywaysproject.org
BELOW IS A SELECTION OF FEATURED STORIES ON THE LAUNCH OF WOW:
UNEP:
UNEP Biodiversity Website: (under "latest
news" - on the right)
http://www.unep.org/themes/biodiversity/
(screen
shot)
UNEP Biodiversity Website: (under "information
materials" and "press releases")
http://www.unep.org/Themes/Biodiversity/Information_materials/index.asp
(screen
shot)
BirdLife International:
'Wings over Wetlands' launches (20-11-2006)
http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2006/11/wow_launch.html
UN launches project on bird migration
routes in Africa and Eurasia (20-11-2006)
http://www.birdlife.org/news/pr/2006/11/wow_project_launch.html
Wings over Wetlands (WOW) BirdLife
International Project page
http://www.birdlife.org/action/ground/wow_project/index.html
Wetlands International:
Press conference on launch Wings Over Wetlands
Project (Invitation to Press )
http://www.wetlands.org/event.aspx?ID=1752a43f-a147-48aa-8dd0-f56df491d23c
Wings over Wetlands (WOW) Wetlands International
Project page
http://www.wetlands.org/articlemenu.aspx?id=7cb3f402-3ab2-4f3e-9e53-7a50abc750dd
RAMSAR Convention:
Headline story: "Wings Over Wetlands"
launched, 20 November
22 November
http://www.ramsar.org/index_bulletin.htm
Wings Over Wetlands project launched
20 November
http://www.ramsar.org/wn/w.n.wow_launch_press_e.htm
UNEP/AEWA:
Featured the Press Release
20 November 2006
http://www.unep-aewa.org/news/latest_news.htm
OTHER PRESS COVERAGE:
IPS Inter Press Service - News Agency (German
version) / Inter Press Service The Global News Agency
20 November at 17:00
UMWELT: Projekt
zum Schutz der afrikanisch-eurasischen Zugvogelrouten gestartet (screen
shot) (word doc)
Horizon International (press release)
Wings over Wetlands: New Protection for Birds from Wetland and Waterbird Conservation
Initiatives
Nov 22, 2006
http://www.solutions-site.org/artman/publish/article_304.shtml