International Coordination Meeting Agrees on Plan of Action to Address Issue of Bird Trapping Along the Mediterranean Coasts of Egypt and Libya
A one-day coordination meeting focusing on the issue of bird trapping in Egypt and Libya took place at the UN Campus in Bonn, Germany on 29 November 2013.The meeting was organized and facilitated by the UNEP-administered Secretariat of the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA). [Read on]
9th Meeting of the AEWA Standing Committee, Trondheim, Norway
The AEWA Standing Committee came together for its 9th Meeting on 18 – 19 September 2013 in Trondheim, Norway hosted by the Norwegian Environment Agency. In addition to Standing Committee Members, representatives from AEWA Range States as well as other stakeholders attended the meeting as observers. [Read on]
Change of Management at the UNEP/AEWA Secretariat
Marco Barbieri completed his interim assignment as Acting Executive Secretary of the UNEP/AEWA Secretariat as of 18 October 2013. He left the Secretariat to take up new challenges at the UNEP/CMS Secretariat after leading the UNEP/AEWA Secretariat on an interim basis for over 2,5 years. In his letter to AEWA National Focal Points, Mr Barbieri expressed his gratitude. [Read on]
AEWA Action Planning Workshop for the Taiga Bean Goose
An AEWA International Single Species Action Planning Workshop for the Taiga Bean Goose (Anser f. fabalis) took place on the 12 – 14 of November 2013 in Tuusula, Finland. The meeting was hosted by the Finnish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the Finnish Wildlife Agency and was attended by representatives from 11 of the 14 principal range states. [Read on]
AEWA African Initiative Update on Recent Activities
The African Initiative of AEWA, which aims at promoting the implementation of AEWA in the African region - continues to bustle with activity. Among the latest highlights are a Botswana Accession Workshop which took place in Gaborone from 5-6 November 2013 as well as a sub-regional African Initiative meeting of AEWA National Focal Points for countries from Eastern and Southern Africa [Read on]
AEWA Black-tailed Godwit International Working Group Regional Meeting Held in Ukraine
A second regional meeting under the AEWA Black-tailed Godwit International Working Group of the Eastern European Breeding range states took place from 23-25 October 2013 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Representatives from Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Poland, Russia and Ukraine as well as the Netherlands and the UNEP/AEWA Secretariat came together. [Read on]
Progress in the Conservation of the Eurasian Curlew
Progress towards an AEWA International Single Species Action Plan (ISSAP) for the Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata) was made in early October, when the UK BirdLife partner, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), organised a stakeholder planning workshop in Wilhelmshaven, Germany. [Read on]
"Migratoy Birds for People" Meeting Held at Lake Takern in Sweden
The annual meeting of the “Migratory Birds for People†(MBP) Programme took place from 29 September to 1 October 2013 at the recently opened NATURUM visitor centre near Lake Takern, Sweden. Lake Takern is one of Sweden's primary wildlife lakes and one of the most important breeding and resting places for waterbirds in Northern Europe. [Read on]
A Plan To Secure the Future of Grey Crowned Cranes in Africa
Grey Crowned Cranes Balearica regulorum, icons of Africa’s grasslands and wetlands, were once considered the most common of Africa’s cranes and in no way threatened. However, less than 45 years later, the species has declined by around 80% across its range, and is now the fastest declining of the world’s 15 crane species. [Read on]
Outlook: Red-breasted Goose and Long-tailed Duck on the AEWA Agenda in 2014
The Red-breasted Goose (Branta ruficollis) and the Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) will be in the focus of AEWA Single Species activities in the beginning of 2014. The first meeting of the AEWA Red-breasted Goose International Working Group will take place on the 18 – 20 February 2014 in Kavarna, Bulgaria. [Read on]
World Migratory Bird Day 2014 - Save the Date!
The World Migratory Bird Day 2014 will take place on the weekend of 10-11 May 2014. Please save these dates in your calendars! World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) is a global initiative devoted to celebrating migratory birds and for promoting their conservation worldwide. It is being organised by the Secretariats of the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) [Read on]
In Focus: AEWA Conservation Guidelines No. 11 – Guidelines on How to Avoid Minimise or Mitigate the Impact of Infrastructure Developments and Related Disturbance Affecting Waterbirds
Infrastructure developments such as dams, railways, roads or mines can have a variety of impacts on waterbirds and their habitats, including direct mortality, habitat loss or degradation. Careful planning and implementation of infrastructure developments is therefore vital in order to avoid biodiversity losses and ensure that viable populations of waterbird species can be maintained across their ranges. [Read on]
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