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African Waterbird Census Newsletter No. 4

June 2010 Issue
Language(s): English , Contact person: Oliver Nasirwa , Author(s): Oliver Nasirwa

This newsletter covers outcomes that have resulted from the UNEP-GEF African-Eurasian Flyways Project also known as the Wings Over Wetlands Project (WOW). The newsletter highlights the signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation between the lead project partners to strengthen the conservation of waterbirds and wetlands, the launch of the Flyway Training Kit which is a capacity building resource that provides a flyway approach to conservation of migratory waterbirds and their habitats and the Critical Site Network tool that provides an access to information on waterbird species and their sites covered by the African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA).


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There is also an update on the development of the web-based database, and reports on training and surveys in northern Sudan and Mauritania, among other articles.

Publication

State of World's Waterbirds 2010

This booklet summarises what is known about the status of waterbird populations in different parts of the world. It shows how numbers and population trends compare from region to region, and how they changed between the 1970s and the 2000s.

Video

Tierra del Fuego peatlands & climate change (video)

This video tells the story how Tierra del Fuego's peatlands in Argentina function, are degraded due to peat mining and how this all relates to global climate change. The video includes beautiful sceneries, local experts and much more. 

 

Scientific article

Eco-Virological Approach for Assessing the Role of Wild Birds in the Spread of Avian Influenza H5N1 along the Central Asian Flyway

 A unique pattern of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 outbreaks has emerged along the Central Asia Flyway, where infecti...

Presentation

Ecosystems and Community Based Climate Change Adaptation Training Kit

Wetlands International and its partners have taken the initiative to develop a Training Program on the different aspects of ‘ecosystem and community based climate change adaptation...