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'Wings over Wetlands' launches
20-11-2006
A new project has been launched that aims to conserve the critical areas needed by waterbirds that migrate across continents.
The ‘Wings over Wetlands' (WOW) Project is the largest international wetland and waterbird conservation initiative ever to take place in the African-Eurasian region. It is a highly-collaborative project between BirdLife International and Wetlands International, amongst a number of other organisations.
Launched on the 20th of November 2006, the WOW Project (formerly the ‘African-Eurasian Flyways Project’) will focus on enhancing information and coordinating measures to conserve the critical network of sites on which many threatened waterbirds depend.
“Migrating birds see no borders. Conserving them and their critical habitats may only be achieved through improved collaboration between national governments, local and international conservation organizations and local communities.” - Edoardo Zandri, Chief Technical Advisor of the WOW Project.
“Migrating birds see no borders." —Edoardo Zandri, Chief Technical Advisor of the WOW Project
The project will cover the entire African-Eurasian area as defined in the AEWA Agreement (the African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement). This includes all of Africa, all of Europe and south-west Asia (including the Middle East and the Central Asian states).
“Waterbird migrations are an extraordinary and very valuable natural phenomenon, which this project will help safeguard for the future.” said Leon Bennun, Director of Science, Policy and Information at BirdLife International.
