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CIOMA and EVOA Collaborate for World Migratory Bird Day Celebration in Angola and 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). The event aimed to strengthen cooperation between the two centres along the East Atlantic Flyway (EAF) while promoting migratory bird conservation among youth and local communities.
Communication Education and Public Awareness (CEPA) Training Workshop for young people/youth of Yawri Bay communities
Report reviews success of the 2022 East Atlantic Flyway Youth Forum
Encouraged by the experience at the first East Atlantic Flyway Youth Forum (EAFYF) held in 2021, the organising team from Youth Engaged in Wetlands, the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust, and the Wadden Sea Flyway Initiative organised a fundraising training for EAFYF 2022, building on the outcomes of the first forum. The aim was to increase the youths’ capacity to write successful grant proposals to raise money for their conservation projects. A progress report on the EAFYF 2022 and related activities has now been published.
1st East Atlantic Flyway Youth Forum 2021
This online event aimed to connect youth leaders, scientists, activists, artists, and conservationists in the East Atlantic Flyway through a series of intensive virtual workshops, platform exchanges, and networking activities to explore youth engagement in the conservation of wetlands and migratory waterbirds along the East Atlantic Flyway.