DOCSLIB.ORG

PAZHOC Newsletter No. 3

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
PAZHOC Newsletter No. 3 Plan of action for coastal wetlands Visit our website NEWSLETTER and bird populations TABLE OF CONTENT 3 Mauritania: Long-term changes in seagrass and News benthos at Banc d’Arguin, the premier intertidal system along the East Atlantic Flyway 1 Avian flu kills several pelicans in Mauritania and Senegal 2 MigrationJet fighter’ godwit breaks world record for Update from projects non-stop bird flight 4 DIOE Project (WIACO): From mapping the use of 2 World Migratory Bird Day An overview of key sites in Senegal to establishing networks of celebrations in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis counters for waterbird census 4 Capacity building for managers in Mauritania: Training in Ramsar sites information system and Scientific publications update of Ramsar datasheet 2 Mauritania: Changes in the waterbird community of 4 Publication: the 2020 global report on international the Parc National du Banc d’Arguin waterbird census is out 3 Guinea-Bissau: What fuels shorebird food webs 4 Saloum Delta: Directorate of National Parks in in a pristine mangrove-bordered West African Senegal develops 8 protocols on the monitoring of intertidal ecosystem key species in biosphere reserve 3 Guinea-Bissau: Creating linkages between shorebirds and people through traditional shell hunting in the Bijagós 5 Agenda Avian flu kills several pelicans in Mauritania and Senegal On 23 January 2021, an ecological tragedy unfolded at the large Djoudj National Park of Senegal in which 750 pelicans (740 offspring and 10 adults) died, as reported by the Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Abdou Karim Sall. Read more News Newsletter PAZHOC - March 2021 Page #1 The Regional Partnership Plan of action for coastal wetlands for Coastal and Marine and bird populations - PAZHOC Conservation MIGRATION Jet fighter’ godwit breaks world record for non-stop bird flight A bird said to have the aerodynamic build of a “jet fighter” has been tracked flying more than 12,000km (7,500 miles) from Alaska to New Zealand, setting a new world record for avian non-stop flight. The bar-tailed godwit set off from south-west Alaska on 16 September and arrived in a bay near Auckland 11 days later, having flown at speeds of up to News 55mph. Read more WORLD MIGRATORY BIRD DAY An overview of celebrations in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis Every year around the world, a break is taken to celebrate the World Migratory Bird Day. This celebration takes place twice in a year, i.e. on the second Saturday of May and October. First established in 2006 as part of the Convention on the conservation of migratory species of wild animals, this World Day can be seen as an awareness-raising campaign focusing on the need to preserve migratory birds and their habitats. News Although the COVID-19-related global health crisis has disrupted initial plans, conservation stakeholders were nevertheless keen on leaving an imprint on this year’s edition, the selected theme of which was “Birds connect the world”. The objective of this year’s edition was to show the role of birds as representing shared resources and shared responsibilities in terms of environmental protection. Hence the interest in protecting them along with their habitats. A look back at the highlights of the World Migratory Birds Day in Senegal, Mauritania and Guinea-Bissau. Read more MAURITANIA Changes in the waterbird community of the Parc National du Banc d’Arguin Authors: Thomas Oudman et al. The Parc National du Banc d’Arguin in Mauritania hosts the largest concentrations of coastal waterbirds along the East Atlantic Flyway. In spite of this importance, a review of the changes in the numbers of waterbirds in the area is lacking since the first complete count in 1980. Here we analysed the seven complete Scientific publications waterbird counts made since then, and the additional yearly counts made in one subunit (Iwik region) since 2003. Read more Newsletter PAZHOC - March 2021 Page #2 The Regional Partnership Plan of action for coastal wetlands for Coastal and Marine and bird populations - PAZHOC Conservation GUINEA-BISSAU What fuels shorebird food webs in a pristine mangrove- bordered West African intertidal ecosystem Authors: Mohamed Henriquesa et al. Mangrove forests are dominant elements in many tropical and sub-tropical coastal and estuarine ecosystems and are among the most productive ecosystems in the world, providing a wide variety of services benefiting both the human well-being and nearby ecological systems. Africa is the continent with Scientific publications the second largest extent of mangroves, and Guinea-Bissau, in west Africa, is currently among the 15 countries with the largest extent of mangrove forest in the world, and the second in Africa. Read more GUINEA-BISSAU Creating linkages between shorebirds and people through traditional shell hunting in the Bijagós Authors: Ana P. Coelho et al. The Bijagós archipelago stands as a major overwintering site for migratory shorebirds on the East Atlantic flyway where several bird populations are currently declining. The archipelago is also home to the Bijagós people, known for their rich cultural heritage and their complex land management systems Scientific publications designed to protect natural resources, based on sacred rules and woods. To better understand the modes of shellfish harvesting, their cultural and economic importance, and how local conservation actions can protect the benthos, interviews with female shellfish farmers were conducted on islands where management is different due to their engagement in traditional practices. Read more MAURITANIA Long-term changes in seagrass and benthos at Banc d’Arguin, the premier intertidal system along the East Atlantic Flyway Authors: El-Hacen et al. The benthic communities of soft-sediment intertidal ecosystems trophically underpin the migration of birds and fish. Within the East Atlantic Flyway, along the coast of West-Africa, the intertidal mudflats of Banc d’Arguin, Mauritania, host over 2 million migratory waterbirds. Despite the protected status of the Banc Scientific publications d’Arguin, geographical remoteness and seemingly benign human exploitation, we show that large changes have taken place in the intertidal benthic macrofauna across an interval of 28 years... Read more Newsletter PAZHOC - March 2021 Page #3 The Regional Partnership Plan of action for coastal wetlands for Coastal and Marine and bird populations - PAZHOC Conservation DIOE PROJECT (WIACO): From mapping the use of key sites in Senegal to establishing networks of counters for waterbird census As part of the activities for the transition to phase II, the capacity development project for the conservation and monitoring of waterbirds along the West Africa coast (DIOE) engaged key players (park workers and volunteers) in September 2020 to collect information on the use of the sites located in the areas of the Saloum Delta and of the lower delta of the Senegal River. Update from projects Read more CAPACITY BUILDING FOR MANAGERS IN MAURITANIA Training in Ramsar sites information system and update of Ramsar datasheet The managers of the Banc d’Arguin National Park and of the Diawling National Park in Mauritania attended a five-day training seminar (7-13 December 2020) on the access to and use of the Ramsar sites information service (RSIS). The training was part of the strategies developed under the Plan of action for wetlands and coastal areas (PAZHOC) which seeks to build stakeholders’ capacities. Update from projects Read more PUBLICATION the 2020 global report on international waterbird census is out Countries ranging from Iceland to Estonia and from Norway to South Africa, along the East Atlantic flyway, were invited to participate on 15 January 2020 in the census of waterbirds using that flyway. A total of 250 species of waterbirds were counted. The 95 priority species of the East Atlantic flyway were found to have a population of over 14 million individuals. Update from projects Download the report SALOUM DELTA Directorate of National Parks in Senegal develops 8 protocols on the monitoring of key species in biosphere reserve As part of the harmonisation of biodiversity monitoring systems (for sea turtles, red colobuses, hyenas, manatees, waterbirds, waterbird colonies, dolphins) under the PAZHOC project (Saloum Delta), the Directorate of the National Parks of Senegal, in partnership with the Directorate of Marine Protected Areas, Update from projects developed eight protocols on the monitoring of key species in the biosphere reserve of the Saloum Delta. Download the protocols Newsletter PAZHOC - March 2021 Page #4 Plan of action for coastal wetlands and bird populations - PAZHOC AGENDA International Day for 22 Biological Diversity may 2021 World Oceans 08 Day june 2021 Partners This action plan is implemented with the financial support of The Regional Partnership for Coastal and Marine Conservation (PRCM) Sacré coeur 3, Villa no. 9866 - Dakar, Senegal Tel: +221 33 867 97 66 Website: www.prcmarine.org Facebook: prcmarine Twitter: @prcmarine.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Migratory Initiative
    TheArctic Migratory Birds Initiative African-Eurasian Flyway Crosswalk December 2018 Summary Results Acknowledgements The Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) is a Working Group of the Arctic Council. CAFF Designated Agencies: • Norwegian Environment Agency, Trondheim, Norway • Environment and Climate Change Canada, Ottawa, Canada • Faroese Museum of Natural History, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands (Kingdom of Denmark) • Ministry of the Environment, Helsinki, Finland • Icelandic Institute of Natural History, Reykjavik, Iceland • • Ministry of Nature and Environment, Government of Greenland • Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia • Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Stockholm, Sweden • United States Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska CAFF Permanent Participant Organizations: • Aleut International Association (AIA) • Arctic Athabaskan Council (AAC) • Gwich’in Council International (GCI) • Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) • Russian Indigenous Peoples of the North (RAIPON) • Saami Council Report prepared by Sergio Rejado Albaina with guidance from the AMBI African-Eurasian Flyway Committee. Funding for the preparation of this document received from the Arctic Council Project Support Instrument (PSI), managed by the Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO). Cover photo: Red Knot. Photo: Don Faulkner/Flickr.com CC2.0 Layout: Courtney Price More information on CAFF’s Arctic Migratory Birds Initiative (AMBI): www.caff.is/ambi For more information please contact: CAFF International Secretariat Borgir, Nordurslod 600 Akureyri, Iceland Phone: +354 462-3350 Fax: +354 462-3390 www.caff.is Facebook @CAFFS Twitter @CAFFSecretariat Instagram @caff_arctic_biodiversity This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- ShareAlike 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/.
    [Show full text]
  • A Bird's EYE View on Flyways
    A BIRD’S EYE VIEW ON FLywayS A brief tour by the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals IMPRINT Published by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) A BIRD’S EYE VIEW ON FLywayS A brief tour by the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals UNEP / CMS Secretariat, Bonn, Germany. 68 pages. Produced by UNEP/CMS Text based on a report by Joost Brouwer in colaboration with Gerard Boere Coordinator Francisco Rilla, CMS Secretariat, E-mail: [email protected] Editing & Proof Reading Hanah Al-Samaraie, Robert Vagg Editing Assistant Stéphanie de Pury Publishing Manager Hanah Al-Samaraie, Email: [email protected] Design Karina Waedt © 2009 United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) / Convention on Migratory Species (CMS). This publication may be reproduced in whole or in part and in any form for educational or non-profit purposes without special permission from the copyright holder, provided acknowledgement of the source is made. UNEP would appreciate receiving a copy of any publication that uses this publication as a source. No use of this publication may be made for resale or for any other commercial purpose whatsoever without prior permission in writing from the United Nations Environment Programme. DISCLAIMER The contents of this volume do not necessarily reflect the views of UNEP or contributory organizations.The designations employed and the presentations do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNEP or contrib- utory organizations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area in its authority, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.
    [Show full text]
  • Summary of Knowledge on the Status of Waders And
    SUMMARY OF KNOWLEDGE ON THE STATUS OF WADERS AND COASTAL SEABIRDS ON KEY NATURAL SITES OF THE WEST AFRICA’S COASTLINE Knowledge synthesis written by Pierre Campredon Within the framework of the MAVA Action Plan for the conservation of wetlands and coastal birds in West Africa Thanks to the following contributors: Amadou Diam Ba Paul Ndiaye Mohamed Henriques ©2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT ............................................................................................................................ 4 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................... 6 INFORMATION AND DATA SOURCES ................................................................................... 8 CENSUS MODALITIES AND SCOPE ....................................................................................10 RELEVANT BIRD POPULATIONS .........................................................................................12 Waders ..............................................................................................................................................12 Coastal seabirds ..............................................................................................................................16 STATUS OF COASTAL WATERBIRDS ON KEY SITES ..........................................................18 Banc d’Arguin National Park ........................................................................................................18 Senegal
    [Show full text]
  • A Bird's EYE View on Flyways
    A BIRD’S EYE VIEW ON FLywayS A brief tour by the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals Second edition IMPRINT Published by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) A BIRD’S EYE VIEW ON FLywayS A brief tour by the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals UNEP / CMS Secretariat, Bonn, Germany. 64 pages. Produced by UNEP/CMS Text based on a report by Joost Brouwer in collaboration with Gerard Boere Coordinator Hanah Al-Samaraie, E-mail: [email protected] Editing & Proof Reading Hanah Al-Samaraie, Robert Vagg, Darinka Blies, Tracy Johnston Publishing Manager Francisco Rilla, CMS Secretariat, E-mail: [email protected] Design Karina Waedt, E-mail: [email protected] Second edition © 2012 United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)/Convention on Migratory Species (CMS). This publication may be reproduced in whole or in part and in any form for educational or non-profit purposes without special permission from the copyright holder, provided acknowledgement of the source is made. UNEP would appreciate receiving a copy of any publication that uses this publication as a source. No use of this publication may be made for resale or for any other commercial purpose whatsoever without prior permis- sion in writing from the United Nations Environment Programme. DISCLAIMER The contents of this volume do not necessarily reflect the views of UNEP or contributory organizations.The designations employed and the presentations do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNEP or contri- butory organizations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area in its authority, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.
    [Show full text]
  • Waterbird and Site Monitoring Along the Atlantic Coast of Africa Strategy
    Waterbird and site monitoring along the Atlantic coast of Africa Strategy and manual Waterbird and site monitoring along the Atlantic coast of Africa: © BirdLife International, Wetlands International & Common Wadden Sea Secretariat Any part of this publication may be copied, used or adapted for training or awareness-raising purposes, providing the sources are referenced and relevant authors / photographers are acknowledged. strategy and manual Compilation: Marc van Roomen1,2, Simon Delany3, Tim Dodman1, Lincoln Fishpool4, Szabolcs Nagy5, Ademola Ajagbe4, Geoffroy Citegetse4 & Abdoulaye Ndiaye6 in cooperation with the participants of the CMB/WSFI workshop in Dakar June 2012. 1 Wadden Sea Flyway Initiative 2 Sovon, Dutch Centre for field ornithology 3 Delany Environmental 4 BirdLife International 5 Wetlands International 6 AEWA African Initiative, Technical Support Unit This publication should be cited as: van Roomen M., Delany S., Dodman T., Fishpool L., Nagy S., Ajagbe A., Citegetse G. & Ndiaye A. 2014. Waterbird and site monitoring along the Atlantic coast of Africa: strategy and manual. BirdLife International, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, Wilhelmshaven, Germany, and Wetlands International, Wageningen, The Netherlands. Lay-out: Blue Robin dtp / Arnold Meijer Photographs: Dave Montreuil, Bernd de Bruijn, Barend van Gemerden, Peter de Boer & Arnold Meijer Production: Doorwerk / Nadja Jansma Printing: GrafiServices Photographs cover: front: Bar-tailed Godwit, Greater Flamingo (Arnold Meijer), Royal Tern (Dave Montreuil) back: Great White Pelican (Dave Montreuil) This publication is also available in French and Portuguese Developed by the Conservation of Migratory Birds (CMB) project as supported by MAVA Foundation and Vogel- bescherming Nederland and the Wadden Sea Flyway Initiative (WSFI) as supported by the governments of The Netherlands (Ministry of Economic Affairs through the Programme Rich Wadden Sea) and Germany (Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety).
    [Show full text]
  • An Atlas of Movements of Southwest Siberian Waterbirds
    An atlas of movements of Southwest Siberian waterbirds J. Veen1, A.K. Yurlov2, S.N. Delany3, A.I. Mihantiev2, M.A. Selivanova2 & G.C. Boere4 1 VEDA consultancy, Wieselseweg 110, 7345 CC Wenum Wiesel, The Netherlands 2 Institute for Systematics and Animal Ecology, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 11 Frunze Street, Novosibirsk 91, Siberia, Russian Federation 3 Wetlands International, Droevendaalsesteeg 3A, PO Box 471, 6700 AL Wageningen, The Netherlands 4 Dorrewold 22, 7213 TG Gorssel, The Netherlands Wetlands International – 2005 Atlas of movements of Southwest Siberian waterbirds Garganey – Chirok-treskunok Anas querquedula sites (circles), in India and Africa, (2) moulting sites (tri- angles) in Kazakhstan and (3) sites where the species was ringed during summer or migration (squares) in western Europe and Iran. Birds ringed in Europe and Iran (mainly ringed in March and August) may refer to passage migrants moving between Southwest Siberian breeding areas and African winter quarters, as sug- Ringing data gested by Cramp et al. (1977). Figure 24 shows recoveries of Garganeys ringed within Figure 26 shows the distribution of recoveries within the the study area as breeding birds (adults and their young) study area of birds ringed in western Europe, Africa- or during wing moult. There are 22 recoveries (9 breed- Caspian Sea, and India. Recoveries of European ringed ing birds and 13 moulting birds) within the study area, birds have an unexpected mean longitudinal position which have not been depicted. They refer to individuals between African and Indian ringed birds (see mean lati- recovered in the post-breeding, post-fledging or post tudinal positions indicated on map).
    [Show full text]
  • Arctic Species Trend Index: Migratory Birds Index
    CAFF Assessment Series Report September 2015 Arctic Species Trend Index: Migratory Birds Index ARCTIC COUNCIL Acknowledgements CAFF Designated Agencies: • Norwegian Environment Agency, Trondheim, Norway • Environment Canada, Ottawa, Canada • Faroese Museum of Natural History, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands (Kingdom of Denmark) • Finnish Ministry of the Environment, Helsinki, Finland • Icelandic Institute of Natural History, Reykjavik, Iceland • Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Greenland • Russian Federation Ministry of Natural Resources, Moscow, Russia • Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Stockholm, Sweden • United States Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska CAFF Permanent Participant Organizations: • Aleut International Association (AIA) • Arctic Athabaskan Council (AAC) • Gwich’in Council International (GCI) • Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) • Russian Indigenous Peoples of the North (RAIPON) • Saami Council This publication should be cited as: Deinet, S., Zöckler, C., Jacoby, D., Tresize, E., Marconi, V., McRae, L., Svobods, M., & Barry, T. (2015). The Arctic Species Trend Index: Migratory Birds Index. Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna, Akureyri, Iceland. ISBN: 978-9935-431-44-8 Cover photo: Arctic tern. Photo: Mark Medcalf/Shutterstock.com Back cover: Red knot. Photo: USFWS/Flickr Design and layout: Courtney Price For more information please contact: CAFF International Secretariat Borgir, Nordurslod 600 Akureyri, Iceland Phone: +354 462-3350 Fax: +354 462-3390 Email: [email protected] Internet: www.caff.is This report was commissioned and funded by the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), the Biodiversity Working Group of the Arctic Council. Additional funding was provided by WWF International, the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS). The views expressed in this report are the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Arctic Council or its members.
    [Show full text]
  • CMS Scientific Council: Flyway Working Group Reviews Review 2
    CMS Scientific Council: Flyway Working Group Reviews Review 2: Review of Current Knowledge of Bird Flyways, Principal Knowledge Gaps and Conservation Priorities Compiled by: JEFF KIRBY Just Ecology Brookend House, Old Brookend, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, GL13 9SQ, U.K. September 2010 Acknowledgements I am grateful to colleagues at BirdLife International for the input of analyses, technical information, advice, ideas, research papers, peer review and comment. Thus, I extend my gratitude to my lead contact at the BirdLife Secretariat, Ali Stattersfield, and to Tris Allinson, Jonathan Barnard, Stuart Butchart, John Croxall, Mike Evans, Lincoln Fishpool, Richard Grimmett, Vicky Jones and Ian May. In addition, John Sherwell worked enthusiastically and efficiently to provide many key publications, at short notice, and I‘m grateful to him for that. I also thank the authors of, and contributors to, Kirby et al. (2008) which was a major review of the status of migratory bird species and which laid the foundations for this work. Borja Heredia, from CMS, and Taej Mundkur, from Wetlands International, also provided much helpful advice and assistance, and were instrumental in steering the work. I wish to thank Tim Jones as well (the compiler of a parallel review of CMS instruments) for his advice, comment and technical inputs; and also Simon Delany of Wetlands International. Various members of the CMS Flyway Working Group, and other representatives from CMS, BirdLife and Wetlands International networks, responded to requests for advice and comment and for this I wish to thank: Olivier Biber, Joost Brouwer, Nicola Crockford, Carlo C. Custodio, Tim Dodman, Muembo Kabemba Donatien, Roger Jaensch, Jelena Kralj, Angus Middleton, Narelle Montgomery, Cristina Morales, Paul Kariuki Ndang'ang'a, Paul O‘Neill, Herb Raffaele, Fernando Spina and David Stroud.
    [Show full text]
  • East Atlantic Flyway
    /Flickr chuqui © East Atlantic Flyway No. of migratory species 297 0 1 6 9 281 Flyway area 45,606,202 Km 2 No. of countries 75 IBAs triggered by migrants 1948 Fully protected 349 Partially protected 986 Not protected/status unknown 613 Sites with over a million birds 4 Migration remains one of the most compelling aspects of the avian world. Twice a year, billions of birds migrate vast distances across the globe. Typically, these journeys follow a predominantly north- south axis, linking breeding grounds in arctic and temperate regions with non-breeding sites in temperate and tropical areas. Many species migrate along broadly similar, well-established routes known as flyways. Recent research has identified eight such pathways: the East Atlantic, the Mediterranean/Black Sea, the East Asia/East Africa, the Central Asia, the East Asia/Australasia, and three flyways in the Americas and the Neotropics. The East Atlantic flyway links a discontinuous band of arctic breeding grounds that stretch from Canada east to central Siberia with wintering grounds in Western Europe and West Africa. Each autumn, huge numbers of arctic migrants, especially waterbirds, converge on western Europe from the far north. Coming from the Western Hemisphere (Canada, Greenland and Iceland) are arctic breeders including “Light-bellied” Brent Geese Branta bernicla hrota , “Greenland” White-fronted Geese Anser albifrons flavirostris and “Greenland” Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe leucorhoa . Arriving from the Eastern Hemisphere (Scandinavia, Arctic Russia and northwest Siberia) are the Eurasian equivalents: “Dark-bellied” Brent Geese B. b. bernicla , “European” White-fronted Geese A. a. albifrons and “Scandinavian” Wheatear O. o. oenanthe .
    [Show full text]
  • AEWA Plan of Action for Africa (Poaa) 2019-2027
    AEWA Plan of Action for Africa 2019-2027 A Guide to the Implementation of the AEWA Strategic Plan 2019-2027 Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) AEWA Plan of Action for Africa 2019-2027 Adopted at the 7th Session of the Meeting of the Parties (4-8 December 2018, Durban, South Africa) Published by the UNEP/AEWA Secretariat This document is also available in French. 2 | AEWA Plan of Action for Africa 2019-2027 Table of Contents Photo Credits .......................................................................................................................................... 2 List of Acronyms and Abbreviations ......................................................................................................... 3 1. Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 5 2. AEWA Plan of Action for Africa 2019-2027 .......................................................................................... 6 3. Implementation of the AEWA Plan of Action for Africa .......................................................................10 4. Actions for Implementing the AEWA Strategic Plan 2019-2027 in Africa .............................................12 Species Conservation ..........................................................................................................................13 Sustainable Use ................................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Together for Migratory Birds the Biggest Threats That Coastal Wetlands Face Are (Mauritania)
    North Arctic America Asia Europe Atlantic Wadden Sea photography: photography: Birds without RED KNOT Doñana South deKam/Buiten-Beeld, Janvan America borders Banc d’Arguin South Bijagós EURASIAN SPOONBILL EURASIAN America Together for Africa Marc Guyt/Agami, Guyt/Agami, Marc migratory birds ^ The East Atlantic Flyway is the network of sites used by millions of birds migrating LESSER FLAMINGO LESSER between their breeding grounds in the Arctic and Marathon Migrants their non-breeding sites in Western Europe and Africa. Unen/Buiten-Beeld, van Dirk-Jan Since time immemorial, migratory More than 12 million water birds pass through the birds have braved mountains, seas, Wadden Sea annually, making deserts and storms on their journeys it the most important site in the East Atlantic Flyway. between Europe and Africa. Reliant INBIRDMONITORING PARTICIPANT only on wing power, millions of birds East Atlantic Flyway navigate breeding grounds in Europe Key sites for migratory shorebirds: to wintering grounds in Africa, up to > 1 million birds > 500,000 birds 10,000 kilometres, twice a year! > 100,000 birds Barend van Gemerden van Barend World Heritage Site Migratory shorebirds During their migration shorebirds are especially vulnerable as they need to stop for food and rest between their long flights. Missing links in the chain of stopover sites can affect the survival of the whole population. Roughly one third of the populations of European and African shorebirds are declining. Among them long- range migrants such as Red Knot, and intra-African migrants such as Lesser Flamingo. Key sites in Africa Some 2,5 million shorebirds spend northern winter at the Banc d´Arguin in Mauritania, and more pass Eurasian Spoonbill through on their journeys further south.
    [Show full text]
  • International Wader Migration Studies Along the East Atlantic Flyway During Spring 1985
    INTERNATIONAL WADER MIGRATION STUDIES ALONG THE EAST ATLANTIC FLYWAY DURING SPRING 1985 SECOND PROGRESS REPORT by Theunis Piersma This, the first report on the project after the Portugal period of fieldwork during spring 1985, can During the first 3 weeks of May, 490 waders of only give a preliminary summary of the extent the target species were caught and dye-marked of the data collected at the various study in the Algarve, southern Portugal. Most sites. The aims and methods of the project are birds} were Dunlins. A number of counts were fully described in Bulletin 42: 5-9. At the made between March through until the first half time of writing (July 1985> some of •the data of May. sets are certainly incomplete, and we are continuing to receive reports of dye-marked France birds. More comprehensive reports will appear From 23 March to 2d May, 13d6 waders of the in future Bulletins, and a more exhaustive target species were caught and dye-marked on summary will be given at the WSG Annual Meeting the Atlantic coast of France between the Loire at La Rochelle, France in October 1985. Also at and the Gironde. Sightings of these dye-marked this meeting several of the main participating birds further north have been reported to date teams will give detailed reports of their work. from the Netherlands and the west coast of Great Britain. In addition to the target species, 242 other waders were caught. Detailed Target species for this co-operative study are series of counts have been made on the •endee Ringed Plover Charade{us h{aticu•a, Grey Plover coast and in the Somme estuary, Picardie.
    [Show full text]