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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 […]

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Managing Natura 2000 protected areas matter to help waterbirds to shift their range during climate change

New research suggests that the management of protected area can advance range shifts of wintering waterbirds towards north as the climate warms Climate warming push […]

Site monitoring framework draft

Target 3.2 of the AEWA Strategic Plan 2019-2027 sets out that “The status of, the threats to, and the effectiveness of conservation measures implemented at […]

AEWA waterbird monitoring priorities

In June 2021, the AEWA Standing Committee has approved the draft report on Monitoring priorities for waterbird species and populations of AEWA written by Wetlands […]

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EU trend analysis of wintering waterbirds 2021

We have published the trend of waterbirds wintering in the European Union for 7 species listed on Annex I of the Bird Directive, 18 species […]

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Lithuania to take up MoorFutures Carbon Standard

It is increasingly recognised that peatlands aren’t valued enough. Despite the many gifts that healthy peatlands offer us, like the long-term storage and sequestration of […]

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African-Eurasian Waterbird Census 2022

January 2022 will be the 56th count season of the annual International Waterbird Census in the African-Eurasian flyway. The IWC is a vital data source […]

Trends of breeding waterbird populations in Europe based on the Pan-European Common Bird Monitoring Scheme data, 2020

Trends of breeding waterbird populations in Europe based on the Pan-European Common Bird Monitoring Scheme data, 2020