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Your WLI Bulletin for November 2020 is now online! The pandemic delayed the newsletter and the work of many WLI member, but we persevere. Download the PDF to read about: Wetland Fund from Ramsar Regional Centre – East Asia colleagues in France and Spain adapted to the health restrictions in Europe; the downtime in Colombia meant developing…
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This event is by and for young people, aged 18-30, who are passionate about birds and wetlands along the East Asian Australasian flyway and beyond. Two sets of virtual meetings will take place late November and early December, and the deadline for registration is the 30th October, so be quick! Sign up for your chance…
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Our East Atlantic Flyway initiative, Migratory Birds for People, will hold an online annual meeting on 12 November 2020. Since we cannot travel to a member visitor centre to meet in person, we will have a different format but still meet the core needs of the network as best as the internet can offer. So,…
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In August, we asked WLI members how the COVID-19 pandemic had affected their work. Twenty-three responded. There is some bad news about colleagues losing their jobs, with this affecting 13 % of thge centres that responded. Forty-eight percent of the wetland centres are fully open; 26 % open in a limited capacity, and 26 %…
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Our network thrives on interaction. To help this, we are asking all members to make sure we have their most up-to-date contact details; and to help us update their profiles on this website. You are welcome to email us directly with any updates; or if you would like to online form, we have prepared one…
Read MoreEnvironment for the Americas (EftA) is working with WLI to promote the Birds and Schools project across partners in the Americas, to celebrate the amazing phenomenon of migration! We know that times are difficult because of COVID19, but we invite you to send us pictures, drawings, short videos or whatever you like to show us…
Read MoreTo celebrate WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY, we wanted to pay tribute to our DANAPURE Wetland, Colombia, as a place that has become a special reference of what the environment that surrounds us really is. Our Wetland has become a beautiful lesson in renewal and rebirth that surprises us every day by becoming a place of life…
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What is happening to wetland education, half way into 2020? How has the pandemic affected your work, and what can WLI members provide collectively to support each other? When the pandemic spread to Europe, some centres started providing digital engagement, including live narrated webcasts from Urdaibai Bird Centre, lesson guides from WWT, and storytelling from…
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Wageningen Marine Research 31-May-2020 – How do Sandwich Terns fly over the North Sea and the Wadden Sea? And where exactly do they catch their fish? Scientists from Wageningen University & Research (WUR) and the University of Amsterdam are trying to map the flight and foraging behaviour of large Terns by equipping fifteen Texel birds…
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World Migratory Bird Day, or WMBD for those in the know, is an awareness-raising event held twice a year on the second Saturdays in May and October. In 2020, it will be held on Saturdays 9 May and 10 October. Objective: through these two annual events, to raise awareness about the protection of migratory birds and…
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