Waterbird & seabird monitoring workshop in Lévrier Bay, Mauritania
2025 I Mauritania
The training workshop focused on the identification and monitoring of waterbirds and seabirds in the Baie du Lévrier (Nouadhibou, Mauritania).
Resources
New comic - Youssoupha and the Pelican without a Nest
2025 I Senegal
This educational comic investigates the disappearance of a pelican’s nesting site, highlighting the growing pressures on coastal bird habitats in Casamance.
Reflection paper on the Science-Policy interface
2026 I Germany
The reflection paper highlights discussions from WSFI side event at the 9th Meeting of Parties to AEWA.
Methodological guidelines for climate impact modelling of tidal wetlands along the East Atlantic Flyway
2026 I Germany
These methodological guidelines are designed to help local site managers and researchers in establishing long-term climate change monitoring and modelling systems for tidal wetlands along the East Atlantic Flyway.
Monitoring and conserving mixed breeding colonies of herons in Benin
2025 I Benin
The project ultimately seeks to combine scientific monitoring, habitat management, and strong community participation to secure the future of these important breeding colonies.
Évaluation du renforcement des capacités et cadre stratégique pour le suivi des oiseaux d’eau de la zone côtière africaine de la voie de migration de l’Atlantique Est
2025 | East Atlantic Flyway
Ce document présente une évaluation des efforts passés en matière de renforcement des capacités pour le suivi des oiseaux d’eau, analyse les capacités actuelles et propose des enseignements tirés ainsi qu’un cadre stratégique pour renforcer et maintenir, à l’avenir, les capacités de suivi des oiseaux d’eau le long de la partie africaine de la voie de migration Est-Atlantique.
Capacity building assessment and strategic framework for waterbird monitoring of the East Atlantic Flyway coastal zone of Africa
2025 | East Atlantic Flyway
This document provides an assessment of past efforts in building capacity for waterbird monitoring, evaluates current capacity and proposes lessons learned and a strategic framework for building and maintaining capacity for waterbird monitoring into the future along the African part of the East Atlantic Flyway.
Outcomes of the 2025 East Atlantic Flyway Youth Forum
2025 | East Atlantic Flyway
The 2025 East Atlantic Flyway Youth Forum reflected on Wetlands COP15 and projected what it means for young people over the next three years.
Opening of the Lobito Wetland Centre
2025 I Angola
The CIOMA–Lobito Wetland Centre was established in 2025 through cooperation between WSFI and ADAMA to address the lack of local infrastructure for bird monitoring, environmental education, and wetland conservation.
Next activities towards the establishment of a Densu Delta Wetland Education Centre
2024 | Ghana
The Densu Wetland in Ghana, a Ramsar sites and important wetland area for waterbirds is threatened by ongoing encroachment.
Usage of drones in assessing bird numbers along the East Atlantic Flyway
2024
This report compiles experiences from attempts to monitor a range of waterbirds at different points in the annual cycle using drones.
East Atlantic Flyway Assessment 2023
2025 | East Atlantic Flyway
The assessment report raises concerns about the status of migratory waterbird populations along the East Atlantic Flyway.
Dix ans de soutien au renforcement des capacités le long de la voie de migration de l'Atlantique Est
2024
Cette publication illustre les principales activités du programme de renforcement des capacités et de gestion de l'Initiative pour la voie de migration de la mer des Wadden entre 2013 et 2023. Elle vise à faire connaître le programme et sa portée, à mettre en évidence les réalisations et l'impact, et à promouvoir les possibilités de soutien et d'implication à l'avenir.
Cross-border capacity-building workshop for state institutions and local associations in Mauritania and Morocco
Mauritania, 2024
The cross‑border workshop in Nouadhibou brought together staff from Mauritanian and Moroccan institutions to strengthen skills in waterbird identification, monitoring, and wetland management.
Towards an improved flyway monitoring: A heuristic framework to integrate count and tracking data
2024
An integration of tracking technologies into monitoring efforts would offer ways to enhance flyway monitoring, and with due governmental force, flyway conservation. This paper introduces such an integrated monitoring framework.