📢 Don't miss the 3rd webinar series on “How to protect wildlife from avian flu in UNESCO World Heritage sites, Biosphere Reserves and Ramsar sites”. Be a part of the first session on May 14, 09:00 CEST by registering here: buff.ly/3WnKpyf

🏞 Big news from Australia! Minister for Environment & Water allocates $17M (AUD) for EAAF016 (The Coorong, Lake Alexandrina & Lake Albert) habitat restoration! This funding will enhance infrastructure and breeding habitat. Learn more: buff.ly/3w6kxMo
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Convention on Wetlands

⚡️CALL FOR PROPOSALS!
The application period for the 2024 Small Grant Fund for Working Groups & Task Forces has started! Don’t miss out and apply now!
Application deadline: 3 June 2024
Announcement of successful applicants: 1 August 2024
🔗 buff.ly/3Wacf0G
#EAAFP #SGF2024

WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENING? Chief Executive of EAAFP, Jennifer George, joined 2024 International Symposium of Getbol World Heritage as a speaker, spotlighting waterbird conservation. Conference at Songdo Convensia, Incheon discusses future directions. Stay tuned for more updates! 🌏💡

Anja, @wwf_deutschland, & Soledad, CWSS, representing the Trilateral #WaddenSea Cooperation, visited the #EAAFP .

We discussed trilateral cooperation, public engagement & future collaborations. Excited to meet again at the 2024 International Symposium of Getbol World Heritage!

The #ASEAN Regional Forum on #Waterbird & #Wetland Monitoring showcased inspiring efforts & best practices in guarding migratory bird habitats. Ms. George highlighted EAAAFP’s #SmallGrantFund aiding research in ASEAN sites. Thanks to hosts & organisers
📸GDNPA-MOE Cambodia, ACB

📢 Don't miss the webinar series on “How to protect wildlife from avian flu in UNESCO World Heritage sites, Biosphere Reserves and Ramsar sites”. Be a part of the first session on April 19, 15:00 CET by registering here: buff.ly/3xA16fb

🌟 The #EAAFP Foundation's Small Grant Program 2022-2023 Reporting Workshop, held in Incheon on January 31st, highlighted the global impact of domestic waterbird conservation efforts. Applications will reopen in July. Stay tuned!
Click here to read more: buff.ly/3W7XYBR

Inbox Alert! The #EAAFP March 2024 newsletter is out now with this quarter’s updates on the conservation efforts for our migratory waterbirds. Read now or subscribe for future updates via this link: buff.ly/3vva9O4
#EAAFP Newsletter #Conservation #MigratoryBirds

From February 9th to 19th, 2024, #CMSCOP14 took place in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Click here to read a summary of #EAAFP and its Partners’ involvement at this event in the heart of Snow Leopard country: buff.ly/4ataTlq

🚨 The Republic of the Philippines will host #MoP12 in November 2025, marking the first time the event will be held in the country. Learn more Philippines' commitment to conserving #migratorywaterbirds and their habitats here: buff.ly/495YGlT

#EAAFP #Philippines

Recent meeting with Singapore's National Parks Board at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, #FlywayNetworkSite No.73, was a unique chance to strengthen ties with government partners and commit to #ASEANFlywayNetwork Phase II with a key event unfolding in Cambodia in March. Stay tuned for more update!

🎙Application is now open for #EAAFP ’s 2024 #WMBD Small Grant Fund — May cycle! Join us to raise awareness and #ProtectInsectsProtectBird
📅 Apply by 12 April 2024 — Don’t miss it!
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#MigratoryBirds World Migratory Bird Day Environment for the Americas Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA)

Don't miss the webinar on “Shorebirds in Modern Times” with Subhankar Banerjee. Join him on Thursday, Mar 21, 2024, 7-8 pm ET. Explore bird conservation's evolution from the 19th century to now. Register here: buff.ly/3PuZWb1

Our Shenzhen trip was marked by inspiring visits to ecological park and nature reserve in Futian. At Flyways and Habitats Conservation Workshop, we witnessed progress in #SpoonbilledSandpiper conservation and stressed the vitality of sites connectivity. #ConservationJourney

We bid farewell to our colleague Richard Hearn, Global Coordinator of EAAFP’s Baer’s Pochard Task Force. His passion for waterbird conservation touched hearts worldwide. Our thoughts are with his loved ones. Share memories and support: buff.ly/4a1BZjo

📸Prof Ding Changqing

With smaller and smaller number of other Spoon-billed Sandpipers to follow, do individuals hook up with flocks of other species ...
... and end up in strange places?
Background:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/10/22/spo…
nicola crockford Gary Allport EAAFP Sayam U. Chowdhury

We welcomed a delegation from Beijing Forestry University (BFU) and our Science Unit! Together, we brainstormed ways to enhance knowledge sharing among young leaders across the Flyway. Let's unite to protect migratory birds and their habitats! 🌏🦆
#biodiversity #collaboration

As freezing rain fell on #CMSCOP14 , delegates deftly negotiated the slippery terrain of #deepseamining , the new Strategic Plan for Migratory Species, and the budget.

As Amy Fraenkel CMS put it, the result was 'the best COP ever.'

Read ➡️ enb.iisd.org/conference-par…

#migratoryspecies

BirdLife International Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) BirdLife Asia BirdLife Africa BirdLife Europe & Central Asia ACBK NCF NCE - الجمعية المصرية لحماية الطبيعة Bombay Natural History Society RSPB News BirdLife International Middle East Exciting @CMSCOP14 launch of BirdLife International (with EAAFP) ‘Bird hunting in mainland SE Asia: Situation analysis & recommendations for conservation action’, as contribution to Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) Asia-Pacific Intergovernmental Task Force on Illegal Taking of Migratory Birds. 9/13