Migratory Birds For People Africa

MBP Africa covers the East Atlantic Flyway region of Africa (western coastline of Africa) and forms part of the overall MBP project.

We have a Coordinating Group made of partners from Wetlands International West Africa, BirdLife, AEWA, and other local partners and a Terms of Reference for the group.  We have also prepared a work plan, detailing our key aims and objectives.

Awa Joof and ebuzome Chukwuike maintain this page. They are flyway ambassadors and participants in the 2022 MBP meeting in Senegal.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to get in touch with the Head of WLI, or our local representative Gabin Agblonon, Wetlands International.

MBP African News

Staff twinning in the East Atlantic Flyway

By Connor Walsh | 8th June 2023

Wetland centre staff love exchange programmes, so we are working to bring one to the East Atlantic Flyway. The Migratory Birds for People network suggested such a scheme at the Annual Meeting in Saloum, Senegal, last year. Thanks to EVOA, there are at least two spaces for twinning around the 2023 Annual Meeting; there have…

Flight of the Osprey podcast

By Awa Joof | 10th March 2023

The expedition met many people in the flyway, and created podcasts along the way. One includes an interview with Awa Joof, who prepares this webpage! You can listen to the podcast via YouTube.

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We are planning the third East Atlantic Flyway Youth Forum. The topic of this year will be
Conservation Storytelling. To tailor the training to the needs of the flyway youth, but also the expectations of potential audiences, we would love to hear your opinion about conservation storytelling. Please take a few minutes and take part in our survey!

WABSA school Nursies project

WABSA nursing about 1,000 different fruit trees with schools volunteers which are to be planted within the inner city of Banjul in 2023

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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 much you can support these two activities.

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