Ghana hosts 11th Meeting of the AEWA Technical Committee

Accra /Bonn, 29 August 2012 - The 11th Meeting of the AEWA Technical Committee (TC11) took place in Accra, Ghana from 27-30 August 2012. The meeting was hosted by the Forestry Commission of Ghana-Wildlife Division and was attended by around 30 participants including several thematic and invited experts and observers from 16 countries.

The Technical Committee is the AEWA body that provides scientific and technical advice and information to the Meeting of the Parties and, through the Agreement Secretariat, to the signatory countries of AEWA. It makes recommendations to the Meeting of the Parties concerning the AEWA Action Plan, implementation of the Agreement and identifies priorities for further research to be carried out.

The guiding document for the meeting was the AEWA Technical Committee Work Plan 2012-2015. The plan outlines the major tasks to be fulfilled by the Technical Committee during the triennium 2012-2015. Ten working groups covering a wide range of topics including on issues relating to hunting and trade, impact of climate change, disturbance, Single Species Action Plans (SSAPs), Conservation Guidelines, national reporting, Communication Education and Public Awareness (CEPA) and on other emerging issues have been established. The TC11 meeting was used to get input from all working groups so as to allow the Technical Committee to determine how best to implement the different tasks outlined in the current work plan.

TC11 will be directly followed by a workshop to develop an Action Plan on migratory landbirds in the African-Eurasian region, which is being organized by the Secretariat of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) and which will take place back-to-back in Accra from 31 August until 2 September 2012. The landbirds workshop is based on CMS Resolution 10.27 “Improving the Conservation Status of Migratory Landbirds in the African Eurasian Region”, which was adopted by the 10th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP10) to CMS in Bergen Norway in December 2011.

Further Resources

• AEWA TC 11 Meeting Page (Meeting Documents and Information)





• AEWA TC Workspace (Restricted Online Working Area of the AEWA Technical Committee)





• Forestry Commission of Ghana -Wildlife Division Website





• CMS Migratory Landbirds in the African-Eurasian Region Working Group Website