Flyway Youth Forum
The 2025 East Atlantic Flyway Youth Forum reflected on Wetlands COP15 and projected what it means for young people over the next three years. The participants identified essential non-financial resources they need to implement the Convention: technical training, strong local networks and access to government contacts. They highlighted the need for national governments, including Convention…
🌎 Registration is Now Open! Pacific Americas Flyway Youth Forum 2025 Connecting Flyway Youth for Our Shared Future November 7-9 | Online | English & Spanish | Free! The Pacific Americas Flyway-a vital lifeline connecting millions of migratory birds from the Arctic to South America-is under threat. Wetlands that sustain this incredible journey are vanishing…
What did the Convention on Wetlands COP15 mean for youth? The East Atlantic Flyway Youth Forum will bring together young people who were there and who weren’t. We will learn what happened, what decisions impact on youth, and how young people can help implement the Convention on Wetlands.  Application deadline: 15 August  When: Mornings of 11,…
Introducing the Pacific Americas Flyway Youth Forum (PAFYF) 📅 November 7-9, 2025 | Online From Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, wetlands are vital pit stops for millions of migratory birds-and they’re vanishing fast. That’s why Youth Engaged in Wetlands (YEW), World Wetland Network, and partners are launching the Pacific Americas Flyway Youth Forum-a dynamic virtual…
The East Atlantic Flyway Youth Forum is establishing itself as an annual activity to connect young conservationists and activists from along the flyway and to help them develop a useful skillset for their ongoing involvement in flyway conservation. Register before 15 August Taking place online on 14 and 15 September, the 2024 forum will be…
Most WLI members work with young people, connecting them to everything that makes a wetland. There is a new way to empower young people in wetlands: Youth Focal Points to the Convention on Wetlands. Put simply, every country in the Convention should nominate a person aged under 35 to represent them. This is relatively new,…
Two-day online training for young people on conservation storytelling. Apply before 31 July. This year’s East Atlantic Flyway Youth Forum will present two days of online training in storytelling for conservation, to people aged 18 – 30 in the flyway. The workshop will be open to young people aged 18 – 30 from coastal countries…
The EAFYF 2022 will be all about fundraising. On July 9 and 10, young people (aged 18 – 30) from the East Atlantic Flyway will be able to learn from Maaike Manten in a compressed online course on grant writing in conservation, and hear inspiring stories from fellow youth who have made their conservation plans…
Under the theme ‘Taking off #ForNature from Africa to the Arctic’ young people from over 30 countries have come together for the first East Atlantic Flyway Youth Forum. This Flyway Youth Forum explored challenges that migratory birds and their wetlands habitats are facing and discussed how greater communication and cooperation between youth and across generations can…
The youth environmental movement is embracing wetlands with a regional forum for the East Atlantic Flyway! Hosted by Youth Engaged in Wetlands, the Migratory Birds for People Programme, the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, and the International Wadden Sea School, under the theme “Taking off #ForNature from Africa to the Arctic“,…