[ AEWA E-Newsletter: Issue #29 ]
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Recruitment of the new AEWA Executive Secretary and interim arrangements
As
already indicated in the previous E-News issue, Mr. Marco Barbieri was
recently appointed as Acting Executive Secretary of the UNEP/AEWA Secretariat
following a selection
process among eligible internal candidates. This interim solution was put
in place to fill the gap that was left behind by the former Executive Secretary,
Mr. Bert Lenten, when he left the Secretariat in May to become the Deputy
Executive Secretary of the UNEP/CMS Secretariat. Mr. Barbieri will lead
the AEWA
Secretariat Team until the new Executive Secretary has been recruited.
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A brief profile of Marco Barbieri, Acting Executive Secretary of the UNEP/AEWA Secretariat
Marco
Barbieri, who took up the post of Acting Executive Secretary of the UNEP/AEWA
Secretariat on 2 May 2011, has nearly 20 years of working experience with
the UN and UNEP. He joined the UNEP/ CMS Secretariat in September 2000
as
Scientific Officer. In that capacity, he facilitated the work of the CMS
Scientific Council, notably by organizing and servicing six meetings of
that body, as well as several other meetings and workshops. In June 2008,
he became CMS Agreements Officer, mainly in charge of negotiating new
agreements
and memoranda of understanding (MoUs) under CMS and the servicing of several
MoUs already in place. He also served as ASCOBANS Senior Advisor between
2007 and 2010. [read
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AEWA accession meeting and Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus) workshop held in Azerbaijan
The
Republic of Azerbaijan is host to an amazing variety of migratory waterbirds.
More than 50 of the waterbird populations covered by AEWA concentrate in
internationally important numbers in the Kizil Agach Nature Reserve which
borders the Caspian Sea in southern Azerbaijan, making it one of the most
important sites for migratory waterbirds in the Agreement area. As Azerbaijan
is not yet a Party to the Agreement, the UNEP/AEWA Secretariat organized
a meeting at the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of
Azerbaijan in Baku on 26 May to follow up on accession discussions
launched with the country several years ago. [read
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Preparations for AEWA MOP5 in full swing
The
UNEP/AEWA Secretariat is pleased to report that preparations are well underway
for the 5th Session of the Meeting of the Parties to AEWA (MOP5)
which will take place from 14 - 18 May 2012 in La Rochelle, France. In late
May 2011, a joint visit to La Rochelle was undertaken by representatives
of the AEWA Secretariat and the French Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable
Development, Transport and Housing. Among other things, the one-day visit
included a tour of the conference venue and meetings with representatives
of both La Rochelle Town Hall and the local tourist office. The visit offered
an excellent opportunity to scrutinize the professional facilities offered
by La Rochelle Conference Centre, discuss specific logistic requirements
related to MOP5, and explore various accommodation, transport and excursion
possibilities. [read
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RECAP Committee for the Lesser White-fronted Goose in Fennoscandia holds 4th meeting at UN Campus in Bonn
The Committee for Captive Breeding, Reintroduction and Supplementation of
Lesser White-fronted Geese in Fennoscandia (RECAP) was convened by the UNEP/AEWA
Secretariat for its fourth meeting on 16 June 2011 at the UN Campus in Bonn,
Germany. Committee members Finland, Norway and Sweden as well as observer
country Germany were all represented. The meeting was chaired by AEWA Acting
Executive Secretary, Dr. Marco Barbieri. [read
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WOW Flyway News: CSN Tool wins ESRI award and FTK now available in other languages!
The
Wings Over Wetlands (WOW) Project is the largest international, flyway-scale
waterbird and wetland conservation initiative ever to have been carried
out in the African-Eurasian region. While the project officially ended
in December 2010, especially its two main products, the Critical Site Network
(CSN) Tool and the Flyway Training Kit (FTK) continue to be highly relevant
and critical tools for the implementation of AEWA.
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World Migratory Bird Day 2011 breaks all records!
An
amazing 205 registered events in 64 countries worldwide made World Migratory
Bird Day (WMBD) 2011, which was celebrated on 14-15 May 2011, an absolute
record breaker!
WMBD is a global initiative devoted to celebrating
migratory birds and for promoting their conservation worldwide. It is jointly
organized by the Secretariats of the Convention on the Conservation of
Migratory Species (CMS) and the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement
(AEWA). [read
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AEWA Waterbird Conservation Award 2012 – deadline for nominations extended!
All
across the Agreement area people and organizations are working selflessly
towards the conservation of migratory waterbirds. The AEWA Waterbird Conservation
Award honours their efforts and their dedication. The Award will be presented
in two categories - institutional and individual. In addition each of the
winners will receive a cash prize of USD 5,000. [read
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In Focus: AEWA Conservation Guidelines No. 12 – Guidelines on the measures needed to help waterbirds adapt to climate change
Climate
change is today considered to be the world’s biggest environmental
challenge. The warming of the climate is an undisputed fact and it is very
likely that the Earth’s rising temperature over the last half-century
has been induced largely by anthropogenic activities. The latter now also
extend to other climate-related aspects such as sea-level rise, temperature
extremes and wind patterns. Wetlands, and hence the waterbirds which depend
on them, are particularly sensitive to climate change. [read
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