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The
4th session of the Meeting of the Parties was initially scheduled to take
place from 23 to 27 November 2008. However, due to the agendas of other
international biodiversity meetings also taking place in 2008, the dates
for MOP4 have been reconsidered in order to give delegates more time between
meetings. In close cooperation with the Government of Madagascar, the new
dates for MOP4 have been set for 7-11 September 2008. The venue will be
the Hilton Hotel in Antananarivo, Madagascar. [read
on]
On the request of BirdLife
International, the Standing Committee (StC) of the
Bern Convention opened a so-called case file (Recommendation
no. 117 (2005)) against the Government of Bulgaria concerning
the construction of wind farms in the vicinity of Balchik and Kaliakra along
the Black Sea coast. Governments confronted with such case files are expected
to fully implement the recommendations made by the StC and to inform the
StC of the progress made. Bulgaria's report to the StC in 2006 raised serious
concerns. The StC decided to send an appraisal mission consisting of representatives
of the Bern Convention Secretariat and an independent expert. On behalf
of the CMS Family, Bert Lenten, the Executive Secretary of AEWA, participated
in this mission which took place from 20-22 June 2007. [read
on]
Bird flu experts from 15 countries have been sharing their experiences in
the two-day Avian Influenza workshop ‘Practical Lessons Learned’
on how to monitor and contain the deadly H5N1 virus in both wild and domestic
bird populations. The meeting was convened by the
Secretariat of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) and
the Scottish Natural
Heritage (SNH) and held by the Scientific
Task Force on Avian Influenza and Wild Birds in Aviemore,
Scotland, from 26 to 27 June 2007. [read
on]
In
cooperation with BirdLife International, AEWA is trying to prevent the extinction
of the Sociable Lapwing (Vanellus gregarius) - one of the most
threatened bird species. This small migratory wader is one out of 189 bird
species that are part of the world’s most ambitious bird conservation
project launched by BirdLife International. The project called “Preventing
Extinctions: Saving the World’s Most Threatened Birds” was launched
in August 2007 and aims to save 189 bird species that are critically endangered.
This status describes species that have reached the highest category of
extinction risk on the IUCN Red List. [read
on]
The AEWA Secretariat is pleased to announce the release of its 13th and
14th Technical Series publications. Both publications can be downloaded
from the AEWA website and hardcopies will in due course be available from
the Secretariat. [read
on]
The
Newsletter on lead poisoning in waterbirds through the ingestion of spent
lead shot summarises the issue of lead poisoning in waterbirds and evaluates
possible difficulties that arise when addressing the issue. Most importantly
it aims to provide policy-makers and hunters' organisations with practical
solutions and ideas through experiences of people around the world who are
involved in and concerned about the issue of lead poisoning in waterbirds.
[read
on]
The 12 nominees of the 2007 World Migratory Bird Day Painting Competition
have now been selected. During the course of summer this year, the AEWA
Secretariat received 157 drawings from children from all over the world,
who took part in the Drawing Competition. The children up to the age of
16 years were requested to portray their thoughts on this year's WMBD theme
“migratory birds in a changing climate” and to express their fears and visions
on paper. [read
on]
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