Africa Regional News
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…
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,…
WWT’s Wetland Learning Hub has opened applications for its latest online course. The Wetland Health and Vitality course for people in Madagascar is open until 21 July 2025. ‘This course aims to give a broad overview of wetland conservation, ranging from definitions, to management, monitoring, how we value wetlands and how we involve people with…
Our members from the CIOMA wetland centre in Lobito, Angola are showing us how bulrush mats are made, take a look. Have you ever seen how bulrush mats are made? People living nearby Catumbela wetland site here in Angola depend on this ecosystem to survive and one of the main economic activities carried out by…
Dembo Jatta, one of the East Atlantic Flyway Youth Ambassadors and a member of Migratory Birds for People (MBP) in West Africa, recently led a bird ringing demonstration at the Kartong Bird Observatory (KBO) in The Gambia. Situated along the Atlantic coast near the Gambia-Senegal border, KBO is a key research center focus on studying…
Since its opening, CIOMA has remained open to the public and carrying out routine activities related to communication, education, participation and awareness; the center’s main visitors continue to be students from surrounding schools. CIOMA’s team of volunteers would like to expand its actions but the team is too limited due to funding unavailability, so we…
Members of the East Atlantic Flyway network Migratory Birds for People (MBP) will meet online for two hours on each of 21 and 23 October. Register for the MBP Annual Meeting 2024 online 21 October Review of 2023/2024. Showcases of work completed. 23 October Defining workplan for 2024/2025. Capacity-building. As well as the operational functions…
Building capacity of our members is core to MBP. As a network of wetland visitor centres and educators, the capacity built should facilitate those activities. Meetings Traditionally MBP has held an in-person Annual Meeting which combined operational functions with experience exchanges in a host wetland visitor centre, in Europe. In 2022 we finally combined this…
The latest newsletter from Parc National du Banc d’Arguin includes bird census, Ramadan activities, meetings with our other regional partners at PRCM, and other stories besides. Download the PDF, in French.
Wetlands International Afrique has taken delivery donated optics for bird counts and visitor engagement. Attending the PRCM Forum in Guinea Bissau, Chris Rostron stuffed his suitcase with binoculars, a tripod, and bird ID flyers. On the fringes of the Forum, he distributed the optics to fellow participants, who will further share them among their colleagues…