Africa
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,…
The CIOMA – Centro de Informação, Observação e Monitorização de Aves – Lobito in Angola has received binocular donations under the Optics for Africa program. “We have been receiving journalists from all over the country. Today our wetland Centre is more visible, everyone in Lobito wants to know about our work and we are becoming…
Join us on March 8th, 2024, for an empowering event dedicated to women in the field of conservation. To celebrate with International Women’s Day, we are thrilled to host the first Women in Conservation Workshop, an integral part of MBP. It is a unique gathering that shines a spotlight on the pivotal contributions…
EVOA and Companhia das Lezírias hosted the meeting superbly at the start of October. As in other Europe-based meetings, participants struggled to get visas, however two African members were present: Bose Kosemani of Lekki Conservation Centre in Nigeria, and Emmanuel Taye of the University of Accra. We took part in a hide assessment…
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…
October first to fifth 2023, the East Atlantic Flyway network of wetland educators and visitor centres will meet. EVOA in the Tagus Estuary in Portugal is generously hosting the annual meeting for Migratory Birds for People (MBP). Download the latest programme. As of late August, there is still capacity for some self-funded participants, so if…
WWT is a member of AEWA’s technical committee, the African Eurasian Waterbird Agreement, which is how Chris Rostron, head of WLI global, just spent three days on the 27th floor of the UN building in Bonn, Germany. The Technical Committee advises the agreement on the specifics of waterbird populations, and how governments and NGOs can…
Calling all members of Migratory Birds for People! Please help us plan two of our activities for 2023: how to communicate science at wetland visitor centres creating exchanges or twinning between MBP members These two initiatives emerged from multiple sources at out 2022 Annual Meeting. Now we want to clarify what you need and how…
At the African Eurasian Water Agreement eighth meeting of the parties (AEWA MOP8) in Budapest 27-30 October, it was agreed that WWT’s Chris Rostron (second from left, above) would become the new CEPA expert to the Technical Committee, providing advice and support to develop this area of work. This will build on what we are…
Wetland educators from West Africa and Europe are preparing to meet in Senegal next week. A network of wetland centres and educators, called Migratory Birds for People (MBP), operates in the East Atlantic Flyway, and for over a decade has held annual meetings at the wetland centres of members. This year they are meeting in…