Communication and Dissemination Strategy
2024
Full title of the document: D1.3.6 Final Communication and Dissemination Strategy - Innovating waterbird monitoring along the East Atlantic Flyway (FLYWAY), December 2024.
Resources
Awareness training for stakeholders, youths, students and pupils around Targreen community Kafubulum Chiefdom, Lungi
2024 | Sierra Leone
In 2024, awareness training about the importance of bird conservation was conducted among local residents, schools, and stakeholders at Kafubulum Targreen Lungi community coastal zone in Sierra Leone.
Catumbela Community for Birds
2024 | Lobito in Angola
New CIOMA initiative with the goal to transform more of Angola's wetland areas into safe havens for migratory waterbirds.
Ten years of capacity-building support along the East Atlantic Flyway
2023
This publication illustrates key activities of the Wadden Sea Flyway Initiative's capacity building and management programme between 2013 and 2023.
Monitoring mixed breeding bird colonies in Benin
2024 | Ramsar sites in Benin
The project aimed to assess the dynamics of these colonies against a backdrop of increasing human pressure, while helping to preserve these wetlands by raising awareness for their international importance.
Tombwa community awareness campaign on the negative impact of the commercialization of waterbirds and seabirds
2023-2024 | Angola
Contrary to other areas where declines in population numbers are often linked to habitat degradation, in the municipality of Tômbwa there is intensive hunting of waterbirds and seabirds throughout the year.
CIOMA and EVOA Collaborate for World Migratory Bird Day Celebration in Angola and Portugal
2024 | Angola & Portugal
In an exciting global partnership, CIOMA, a wetland centre under development in Lobito, Angola, and EVOA, a well-established wetland centre in Portugal, joined forces to celebrate World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD).
Celebration of World Migratory Bird Day with Teachers and Children from the Lobito Community
2024 | Lobito in Angola
Within the scope of the recently created wetland centre called CIOMA, ADAMA promoted a series of activities involving schools and children.
Densu Delta Ramsar Wetland Educational Centre - Fesibility study and stakeholder engagement
2023 | Ghana
The report provides information of meetings with relevant stakeholders to solicit their views and opinions on the Densu Delta Wetland centre.
Information exchange on management of wetland visitor centres
2023
In 2023, the Wadden Sea Flyway Initiative supported various partners to participate in international exchanges on the effective management of wetland visitor centres and to gather ideas for wetlands and migratory bird education initiatives.
Simultaneous January 2023 waterbird and wetland census along the East Atlantic Flyway: National Reports
2023
In 2023, the fourth simultaneous waterbird count along the East Atlantic Flyway (EAF) engaged over 13,000 observers from 36 countries. The EAF census national reports provide an overview of the countries involved in the counts.
Conservation status of mixed colonies of Ardeids, African Openbill and African Cormorant at Ramsar sites in southern Benin
2023 | Benin
In southern Benin, the Ardeidae, African Cormorant and African Openbill breed in mixed colonies, generally on mangrove islands.
Celebrating World Migratory Bird Day with Lobito Community
2023 | Lobito in Angola
To promote a future wetland centre and raise awareness for its potential role in the protection of migratory species in Lobito, several activities were conducted with local stakeholders in celebration of World Migratory Bird Day 2023.
Communication Education and Public Awareness (CEPA) Training Workshop for young people/youth of Yawri Bay communities
Sierra Leone, 2023
The Sierra Leone Nature Guides Association in collaboration with local partners organized the first communication, education and public awareness (CEPA) training workshop for young people/youth in Sierra Leone.
Management guidelines: Mitigation and data collection strategies for avian influenza in bird colonies in the Wadden Sea
2023
The guide provides advice on several topics such as management options, research and monitoring needs, and not the least, what safety precautions need to be taken.