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A survey was undertaken to collate information on the status of shorebirds and their wetland habitats in Lagos, Nigeria, in order to enable us to make recommendations on shorebird conservation in this urban area.

The Parc National du Banc d’Arguin in Mauritania hosts the largest concentrations of coastal waterbirds in the African part of the East Atlantic Flyway.

This document summarizes the existing knowledge on the status of wader populations wintering in the site.

Given the status of the Ilhéu Dos Pássaros as an Integral Natural Reserve, a national management plan was established to reconcile the creation and sustainable use of biodiversity and tourism.

With 31 participants in attendance, the training workshop aimed to build and strengthen the capacity of target beneficiaries and stakeholders.

In collaboration with AEWA, a regional training of trainer (ToT) workshop was held in Conakry, Guinea, focusing on flyway conservation and the sustainable use of waterbirds and wetlands.

The project aimed to educate and sensitize local communities and other stakeholders on migratory waterbirds, their flyways, their importance, benefits and their habitats.

The brochure gives an overview of the results of the flyway monitoring within the Wadden Sea Flyway Initiative.

The report for the Wadden Sea Flyway Initiative project covers a number of project activities carried out in the cross-river area.

The implementation of the conservation project in Dakar was made possible through a collection of clean-up activities, trainings, and waterbird monitoring activities.

The purpose of this Training of Trainers (ToT) workshop was to provide region-wide coaching in order to establish and strengthen a network of experienced trainers in French-speaking countries of West and Central Africa.

The training focused on waterbird counting and identification techniques to help better equip environmental education centers, eco guides, fishermen, students, and teachers on ecological monitoring, bird identification, monitoring techniques and data collection.

This paper studies the breeding and nesting behavior of the Black-winged stilts hooter population and discusses anthropogenic pressures and threats to the bird population.

The 2017 report on the East Atlantic Flyway provides an important assessment of the status and trends of the East Atlantic flyway populations. 

Given the significance of Mussulo Bay for waterbirds, several awareness-raising activities, such as waste collection, were carried out. In the Ilhéu dos Pássaros Integral Nature Reserve, an observatory was built to attract students and volunteers interested in waterbird observations.