The attached Wetlands International Field Protocol provides methodological guidance and common standards for counting waterbirds.

Contents include:

1. What are waterbirds?
2. Why count waterbirds?
3. What is the International Waterbird Census?
4. Where to count waterbirds
5. How to count waterbirds
6. When to count waterbirds
7. Record keeping
8. Linking waterbird monitoring with other conservation and research
activities

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