Two new species of freshwater fishes discovered in Vanua Levu now internationally recognized. Two new scientific papers have been published in the last several months highlighting the discovery of two new species of freshwater fishes unique to Fiji and only known from two river systems in Vanua Levu. Wetlands International –Oceania staff Aaron Jenkins and Kinikoto Mailautoka, made the new discoveries as part of surveys for the Ecosystem Based Management project over the last several years. For more information, click here. 
Hippichthys albomaculosus
Redigobius lekutu
Upcoming event: the Freshwater Fish Specialist Group is organising the 4th International Zoo and Aquarium Symposium - Global Freshwater Fish Conservation: linking in situ and ex situ actions. For more information, click here.
Upcoming event: 13th Goose Specialist Group Meeting (March 2011), for more information click here.
The 13th meeting of the Goose Specialist Group will be held jointly with the Goose, Swan and Duck Study Group (GSDSG) of northern Eurasia in Elista, Kalmykia (Russian Federation) from Thursday 24 March to Tuesday 29 March 2011 with a mid-conference excursion to the Manych Lake on Saturday 26 March 2011.
If sufficient numbers of people are interested, a 5-day post-conference excursion will be organized.
The scientific programme is in the capable hands of Aleksandr (Sascha) Kondratyev. Konstantin Litvin is the central link between the GSG-board and the GSDSG, and Sonia Rozenfeld and Petr Glazov are responsible for local organisation and all practical arrangements. More extensive information and the registration form can be found on http://onlinereg.ru/Elista2011 (Russian) or http://onlinereg.ru/site.php?go=153&lang=ENG (English).
Wetlands International regrets the loss of Fang Fang Kullander. As Freshwater Fish SG Regional Vice Chair for China, Fang was a very active and energetic member of the group dedicated to fish conservation. Recently, Fang was fundamental to the success of the National Training Course on Identification and Conservation of Freshwater Fishes, held in the Philippines. She passed away late May. To read on, please click here.
WORLD MIGRATORY BIRD DAY (8-9 MAY 2010). World Migratory Bird Day focuses on globally threatened migratory birds. For more details, please click here.
Congratulations to Bart Ebbinge, Goose SG Chair, who has been awarded the Golden Brent Goose Feather Award
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Wetlands International regrets the loss of Herby Kalchreuter
Wetlands International regrets the loss of one of its greatest supporters, Heribert (Herby) Kalchreuter. Herby was the Woodcock and Snipe Specialist Group Chair some years ago. He passed away the 14th of March. Wetlands International will very much miss his sense of humour, enthusiasm and dedication to waterbird conservation.
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"Follow the Bird Project"
Satellite tracking of Purple Herons that breed in the Netherlands and migrate to Western Africa. For more information, click here.
"Invisible Connections-Why Migrating shorebirds need the Yellow Sea"
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