A ground-breaking awareness-raising campaign spanning the entire migration route of the Bewick’s Swan from its breeding grounds in Arctic Russia to its wintering areas in north-west Europe, will likely be making headlines this autumn. The expedition coined Flight of the Swans being led by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) in cooperation with a number of international partners, will be taking paramotorist Sacha Dench across 11 countries along the migration route of the Bewick’s Swan (Cygnus columbianus bewickii) starting in September 2016.

New Action Plan for Seabirds, Eurasian Curlew, Grey Crowned Crane, Long-tailed Duck, Northern Bald Ibis, Shoebill and Taiga Bean Goose Adopted

One lesson that has been well and truly learned in nature conservation is that for policies to be really effective countries have to collaborate to address common problems.

Waterbird populations across the African-Eurasian flyway are on a downward trend, with declining populations outstripping growing ones by almost 50 per cent, shows the latest conservation status report compiled for the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) – an inter-governmental treaty administered by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Bonn, 16 June 2015 –Today marks the 20^th anniversary of the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA).

At the end of 2013, the United Nations General Assembly declared 3 March as World Wildlife Day as a global commemorative day to celebrate the world’s wild fauna and flora and to raise awareness of the many benefits that wildlife provides to people.