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Leica commits to supporting waterbird monitoring

A significant new collaboration between the African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) and Leica Camera AG will provide multi-year support to important waterbird monitoring activities such as […]

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Wetlands – A vital lifeline for migratory birds

Every spring and autumn over 77 million migratory waterbirds and many more wetland-dependent other bird species migrate across the Mediterranean between their European breeding grounds […]

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International Waterbird Census coordinators meet to discuss counts, 2023 plans

Coordinators for the International Waterbird Census met in November to share updates from their 2022 counts and plans for the upcoming 2023 surveys. The coordinators […]

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Jean-Yves Mondain-Monval retires

Jean-Yves Mondain-Monval retires on 9 November from the French Biodiversity Agency (OFB) after a long carrier in waterbird research and management. In the late-1980s, Jean-Yves […]

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Guidelines on climate change adaptation measures for waterbirds

The Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) adopted new “Complementary guidelines on climate change adaptation measures for waterbirds” during their MOP (Meeting […]

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8th Meeting of the Parties to the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds

The  8th Session of Meeting of the Parties (MOP8) to the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) is taking place between 26-30 September 2022 […]

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Conservation status in decline for 40% of migratory waterbirds – AEWA review

The 8th Session of Meeting of the Parties to the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) is taking place between 26-30 September […]

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IWC coordinators meeting

A meeting of International Waterbird Census coordinators of the Western Palearctic was held in Lucerne, Switzerland on 9th April 2022. Presentations from the meeting and […]

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Future BirdScenarios

Future BirdScenarios: The impact of climate change on our bird conservation policies webinar The Biodiversa+ funded Future BirdScenarios project has focused on integrating citizen science […]

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Successful International Waterbird Census and training in Tunisia

The Association “Les Amis des Oiseaux” AAO/BirdLife in Tunisia completed the international count of wintering waterbirds (IWC 2022) in Tunisia on 31 January 2022. This […]