World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) 2009 celebrated by thousands of people around the world
The fourth World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) took place on 9-10 May 2009 and motivated thousands of people in over 50 countries to conduct special events and activities to mark this global celebration. [read on]
Sociable Lapwing action planning workshop in Almaty, Kazakhstan
A workshop to revise the AEWA Sociable Lapwing Single Species Action Plan took place on 30 March - 1 April 2009 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. This workshop was also the closing event for a 3-year project on the species led by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB, BirdLife in the UK) and financed by the UK’s Darwin Initiative. [read on]
AFRING: Connecting ringers in Africa and around the world
Over three decades have passed since the concept of AFRING - an African bird ringing scheme - was raised. Experts agreed that gaps in the knowledge of bird population dynamics, movements and migration in Africa limited the ability to implement effective science-backed conservation action, and that a coordinated approach was necessary to fill these gaps. However, limited trained personnel and lack of funding prevented the formalization of a continent-wide coordinated scheme; however, the concept never died. [read on]
The Regional Coordinator for the WetCap project has been appointed
The AEWA Secretariat is pleased to announce that Mr. Sidi Imad Cherkaoui has entered on duty as Regional Coordinator for the 3-year project on "Strengthening waterbird and wetland conservation capacities in North Africa (WetCap)" as of 15 June 2009. The WetCap project, which was developed under the umbrella of AEWA, in cooperation with its project partners SEO/BirdLife, BirdLife International, Wetlands International and the Ramsar Convention, is closely linked to the ongoing Wings over Wetlands UNEP-GEF African-Eurasian Flyway Project (WOW). Within the framework of the WetCap project, capacity building activities will be implemented in Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt and Mauritania. [read on]
WOW Project features flyway news from across Africa and Eurasia
The latest edition of the Wings Over Wetlands (WOW) Project "E-News Update" was sent out to the WOW Partnership network in May 2009. The electronic newsletter provides an overview of all project-related news currently being featured on the WOW Project website. The newsletter also features a link to the special FLYWAY NEWS SECTION being maintained by the project, which contains a collection of waterbird and wetland conservation related news from across Africa and Eurasia. Please take a moment to browse through the latest edition of the "WOW E-News Update". To receive future additions of the electronic digest automatically by email, please subscribe here.
Coordinator for the African Initiative has been recruited
The fourth Meeting of the Parties (MOP4) to the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA), September 2008, Madagascar, adopted Resolution 4.9 on the African Initiative for the Conservation of Migratory Waterbirds and their Habitats in Africa. Resolution 4.9 foresees the development of an Action Plan for Africa and the establishment of a post for an Officer based at the AEWA Secretariat to coordinate AEWA activities in Africa. [read on]
Proceedings of MOP4 and three new International Single Species Action Plans now published
The Proceedings of The Fourth Meeting of the Parties (MOP4) to the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) which took place in Antananarivo, Madagascar in September 2008 have now been published and are available (in English and French) on the AEWA website and as hard copy from the AEWA Secretariat. [read on]
AEWA Implementation Review Process - information sheet on possible cases now available
The AEWA Implementation Review Process (IRP) was established by the Parties to the Agreement at their 4th meeting (MOP4) in September 2008 through Resolution 4.6 in order to support the implementation of AEWA. [read on]
In Focus: AEWA Conservation Guideline No. 4 - Guidelines on the management of key sites for migratory waterbirds
In Article III, paragraph 2 (c) of the Agreement, Parties are required to encourage the protection, management, rehabilitation and restoration of sites and habitats for migratory waterbirds, occurring within their territory. [read on]
The Wader Atlas - shows wader populations declining faster than ever
Launched in London by Wetlands International on 20 May 2009, "The Wader Atlas - An Atlas of Wader Populations in Africa and Western Eurasia" shows that more than half the populations of waders in Europe, West Asia and Africa are declining at an accelerated rate. This milestone publication, co-sponsored by AEWA, is the first comprehensive overview of current knowledge of the numbers, distribution and movements of one of the most remarkable groups of birds in the region covered by the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA). For more information on the Wader Atlas and its launch in London please see www.wetlands.org/waderatlas.
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