ADVISORY: Flyway Monitoring Insights to Drive Climate and Biodiversity Policy Action at AEWA MOP9 Side Event

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Experts Call for Translating Data into Practical Implementation for Migratory Waterbirds and Wetlands

WHEN: 13 November 2025 | 14:30–15:15
WHERE: UN Campus, Bonn, Germany
WHAT: AEWA MOP9 Side Event

Event Title

Building Climate Resilience along the Flyway: Considering Migratory Waterbird Conservation in Management and Policy

Recent monitoring results along the East Atlantic Flyway are providing new insight into how climate change and habitat pressures are influencing migratory waterbird populations, with implications for wetland management and climate adaptation across Africa.

At the 9th Session of the Meeting of the Parties to AEWA (AEWA MOP9), a side event will bring together representatives from flyway countries, conservation organizations, and research networks to explore how scientific evidence can be more effectively integrated into national climate and biodiversity policy and management frameworks.

About the Session

The session will highlight work under the Climate Resilient East Atlantic Flyway (CREAF) Project, implemented within the framework of the Wadden Sea Flyway Initiative and funded by the International Climate Initiative (IKI). CREAF supports:

  • Coordinated waterbird monitoring and research
  • Integration of ecological data into policy and management
  • Local stewardship of wetlands in key Flyway countries

Participants will discuss practical steps to ensure that flyway-scale monitoring results are effectively used to guide climate adaptation, wetland restoration, and site-level management, particularly in regions where ecosystems and communities face the greatest vulnerability.

Key Points for Media

  • Migratory waterbirds act as indicators of climate and ecosystem shifts across the Flyway.
  • New monitoring findings highlight changes in population trends and habitat pressures.
  • Integrating this evidence into policy and planning can strengthen climate resilience and wetland protection.
  • The event will include perspectives from West Africa, where climate impacts are already affecting livelihoods and biodiversity.

Speakers

  • Kristine Meise, Common Wadden Sea Secretariat/Wadden Sea Flyway Initiative
  • Djibril Ly, AEWA Focal Point (Mauritania)
  • Rebecca Stewart, Climate Resilient East Atlantic Flyway (CREAF)

Interview availability upon request.

Organiser

Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, under the CREAF Project, funded by the International Climate Initiative (IKI).

Media Contact

Kristine Meise
meise@waddensea-secretariat.org
+49 4421 9108 16