18-Feb-2010

Bonn/Ede, 18 February 2010 - The third annual newsletter of the Wings Over Wetlands (WOW) UNEP-GEF African-Eurasian Flyways Project has now been printed and is available from the WOW Project Coordination Unit upon request. The publication gives an overview of the WOW project and the latest achievements of this unique flyway initiative in the African-Eurasian region. The newsletter showcases the important flyway-scale conservation work and materials being developed under the project, such as:

11-Dec-2009

Nairobi, Kenya, 11 December 2009 - A national wetland and waterbird training course was held at the Natural History Museum of Mozambique (Museu da Historia Natural) in Maputo, Mozambique from 9 - 17 November 2009. The training was facilitated by Mr. Oliver Nasirwa (Wetlands International), Mr. Paul Kariuki Ndang’ang’a (BirdLife International) and Dr. Carlos Bento (Museu da Historia Natural) and aimed to build national capacity in Mozambique on the conservation and management of wetlands and waterbirds.

02-Dec-2009

Bonn, Germany 2 December 2009 - A sub-regional Training of Trainers (ToT) workshop to build wetland and waterbird management capacity and raise awareness for flyway conservation in Western and Central Africa took place in Limbe, Cameroon from 2-10 November 2009.

23-Nov-2009

Wakkerstroom, South Africa, 23 November 2009 - BirdLife South Africa (BLSA) has recently introduced a new brand called ‘Uthaka’ to help support the agricultural products and crafts produced by the local community in Wakkerstroom.  A Swazi phrase meaning “wetland” or literally “a wet place”, the Uthaka label unites five community-owned enterprises, set-up by BirdLife South Africa, which produces products that are linked to sustainable resource use. 

16-Nov-2009

Bonn, 16 November 2009 - Representatives from the Wings Over Wetlands partners BirdLife International, Wetlands International and the AEWA Secretariat came together at the UN Premises in Bonn, Germany last week (10-11 November 2009) to work out the details of an inter-agency Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) for continued collaborative flyway-level action in the AEWA region for the period following the conclusion of the Wings Over Wetlands (WOW) UNEP-GEF African-Eurasian Flyways Project.

05-Nov-2009

Nairobi / Bonn, 5 November 2009 - UNEP's Division of Global Environment Facility Coordination (UNEP/DGEF) and a number of leading organisations involved in the flyway-scale conservation of migratory birds have published a landmark issue paper entitled "The Experience of UNEP GEF and Partners in Flyway Conservation".

The paper provides an overview of the key lessons learned from both the WOW Project and the Siberian Crane Wetland Project - two flagship flyway initiatives currently being supported by UNEP GEF.

05-Nov-2009

The Wings Over Wetlands (WOW) Project has been featured in the September 2009 issue of World Birdwatch magazine. The special feature on WOW, written by Nick Langley for World Birdwatch, gives a refreshing overview of the project and highlights many of it's achievements to date.

04-Nov-2009

Biharugra, Hungary, 28 October 2009 - Just several years ago Agropoint Ltd., one of the main fishfarming operations in the Biharugra Fishponds in Hungary, was struggling just to stay afloat.   MME, BirdLife’s Hungarian Partner, has helped this company to restore the Biharugra Fishponds to commercial viability in a nature-friendly manner.

01-Nov-2009

The Wings Over Wetlands (WOW) project partnership and the Wildlife Conservation Society of Tanzania (WCST) regret to announce that the WOW Demonstration Project in the Dar es Salaam wetlands in Tanzania has been closed. The primary outcome of this demonstration project, a Wetlands Education Centre, will no longer be built due to complexities at the local level.

12-Oct-2009

The exciting work of Doğa Derneği at the WOW demonstration site at Lake Burdur, Turkey was highlighted in an article  in the Daily Telegraph on 4 August 2009.  The Daily Telegraph is one of the UK's leading broadsheet newspapers with a circulation of over 850,000. The article was prompted by a news piece featured on the BirdLife International website entitled "Preachers and teachers help conserve Turkish wetland", which highlighted the use of a sermon to educate the local community of Burdur on the importance of conserving their lake. Click here to view the clipping from the Daily Telegraph.