Resources
Flyway Vision
2014
The aim of the flyway vision, annexed to the 2014 Tønder Declaration, is to guide the implementation of the request of the World Heritage Committee at the inscription of the Wadden Sea as a World Heritage Site in 2009.
Waterbird and site monitoring along the Atlantic coast of Africa
2014
This document provides both a strategy on the collection of monitoring data, concentrating on numbers of waterbirds and the environmental conditions of their sites, and provides a practical manual showing how to carry out this monitoring, both for coordinators and fieldworkers.
Status of coastal waterbird populations in the East Atlantic Flyway 2014
2014
This report of the Wadden Sea Flyway Initiative (WSFI) gives an assessment of trends and waterbird population sizes based on the total winter count along the whole East Atlantic Flyway in 2014.
The Future of the Wadden Sea Flyway Initiative
2014
Assessment of the Plan of Action and preliminary prioritization of activities.
Training of Trainers (ToT) workshop on the flyway approach
January 2014 | Luanda in Angola
The Training of Trainers workshop was a joint initiative in which participants from five Portuguese-speaking African countries attended.
Community water bird Training Workshop at Tissana from 9th-11th January 2014
9-11 January 2014 | Tissana in Sierra Leone
Five communities in the Satia section of Yawri took part in a training workshop on water bird identification, habitat monitoring, and the use of equipment like binoculars, telescopes and field guides.
World Migratory Bird Day Celebration
May 2014 | Keta Lagoon in Ghana
In celebration of World Migratory Bird Day, a 3km bird walk was organized at the Keta Lagoon.
World Migratory Bird Day Celebration
May 2014 | Songor Lagoon in Ghana
In celebration of World Migratory Bird Day, clean-up activities took place at the Songor Lagoon.
Integrated monitoring of coastal waterbird populations along the East Atlantic Flyway
2013
A framework and programme outline for Wadden Sea populations
Waterbird Monitoring Strategy for the West African coastal zone from Mauritania to Sierra Leone
2013
The purpose of this monitoring strategy is to improve the level of knowledge for conservation and management through intensified, expanded and harmonized monitoring of waterbird species and their sites using IBA and IWC methodology.
Brief activity report 2013 of the Monitoring project of the Wadden Sea Flyway Initiative
2013
Within the Wadden Sea Flyway Initiative (WSFI), the monitoring project has been carried out in close cooperation with the project on capacity building.
Leaflet: Wadden Sea Flyway Initiative
2013
The leaflet provides information about the Wadden Sea Flyway Initiative (WSFI).
L'Initiative Voie de Migration de la Mer de Wadden
2013
Un lien entre la mer des Wadden et les sites d’importance vitale le long de la voie de migration Est-Atlantique en Afrique.
WSFI activity report on the capacity building project January-June 2013
2013
The project International Co-operation for the Protection of Waterbirds along their Flyways aimed at intensifying co-operation for the protection of waterbirds along the African-Eurasian Flyway.