AEWA stands for "Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds" and is a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - backed treaty dedicated to the conservation of migratory waterbirds such as ducks, waders, storks, flamingos and many others which use the major bird migration routes along the African-Eurasian Flyways.

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Over 150 representatives of government and non-governmental organisations as well as waterbird experts from 80 countries met in Antananarivo, Madagascar, 15-19 September 2008 to discuss urgent conservation responses necessary to reverse the declines of many migratory waterbird species along the African-Eurasian Flyways.

• Please visit our MOP4 Press & Mulitmedia Page for more information on this important meeting

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Florian Keil (AEWA)
Information Officer

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E-mail: aewa@unep.de

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Video Address to AEWA MOP4 by Achim Steiner, Execitive Director of UNEP
Introduction to AEWA
WOW Project trailer
Word Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) Trailer

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DW Interview with Bert Lenten on World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) 2008