New website on the Northern Bald Ibis launched _ have a look!

Launched on 2 February 2009, the website of the International Advisory Working Group of the Northern Bald Ibis is now accessible to the public. The new website provides information on different topics dealing with the biology and the conservation of the Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita).

The Northern Bald Ibis is a highly endangered species with populations in Morocco, Syria and Turkey. Formerly it was widespread throughout North Africa and in some parts of the Middle East (Morocco to Algeria, Turkey, Syria and Iraq). Very little is known about where the remaining wild populations of the Northern Bald Ibis migrate to and where they spend the winter.

The new website contains background information on the International Advisory Working Group and the various wild populations of the Northern Bald Ibis and includes several pages on ongoing research projects and information on captive populations.

The website was developed and is being hosted by the International Advisory Group for the Northern Bald Ibis (IAGNBI), a team of people who dedicate their work to this highly endangered species. The international expert group supports scientific research, field projects and helps to bring governments and non-government organizations together to develop and implement the conservation and rehabilitation of the Northern Bald Ibis.

The AEWA Secretariat welcomes the launch of the new website, as it supports ongoing conservation efforts for one of the Agreement’s most threatened birds.

This new online resource will help bundle information and will also support the implementation of the International Single Species Action Plan for the Conservation of the Northern Bald Ibis, which was developed by SEO (BirdLife Spain) and adopted by the AEWA’s Contracting Parties at the Third Meeting of Parties to AEWA (MOP3) in Dakar, Senegal in October 2005.

Further Resources:

IAGNBI Website

SSAP for the Northern Bald Ibis

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