“湿地之羽”计划最新进

“湿地之羽”计划最新进

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New agreement gives boost to Africa's migratory waterbirds

19-04-2007

http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2007/04/wow_partnership_launch.html

Efforts to conserve Africa’s waterbirds have been given a significant boost with the launch of an innovative partnership aimed at conserving the critical areas used by migratory birds throughout Africa and Eurasia.

Today’s agreement between BirdLife International and Kenya Wildlife Service unites the organisations’ efforts in flyway-scale monitoring and conservation in eastern and southern Africa, and will strengthen capacity and increase knowledge on migratory waterbirds within the region.

“We are delighted to announce the signing of this agreement which reaffirms our working relationship between Kenya Wildlife Service and the BirdLife Africa Partnership.” said Hazell Shokellu Thompson, Head of BirdLife’s Africa Partnership Secretariat.

The agreement will become a basis for regional work on the Wings Over Wetlands (WOW) Project, the largest international wetland and waterbird conservation initiative ever to take place in the African-Eurasian region.

WOW is unique in combining a flyway-level perspective with an emphasis on practical conservation at the site and regional level.

The project will help foster international collaboration along the entire flyways, build professional capacity, and demonstrate best practice in the conservation and wise use of wetlands in twelve selected countries.

“Today’s agreement lays the groundwork for developing capacity within Eastern and Southern Africa to combine a flyway-level perspectives with practical conservation at site and national levels within eastern and southern Africa.” said Thompson.

BirdLife International’s Africa Secretariat in Nairobi (hosted by Nature Kenya, BirdLife in Kenya) will act as a sub-regional coordinating hub for the project. KWS will collaborate with the BirdLife Partnership in Africa in implementing the “capacity development component” of the project.

The WOW Project is sponsored by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) through the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the German Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, the Secretariat of the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (UNEP/AEWA Secretariat) and several other donors.

Wings over Wetlands is a collaborative project between BirdLife International, Wetlands International, UNEP-GEF and the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS). For more information visit: Wings Over Wetlands