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Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society (EWNHS)
Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society (EWNHS) is the BirdLife Partner
Founded in: 1966Members: 449
Staff: 17
Address: P O Box 13303, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Email: ewnhs.ble@ethionet.et
Mission of the organisation
Under the theme "Conservation for Survival", the overall goal of the Society is Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Ethiopian Resources; Specific Objectives are:
- Conduct and support research concerning Ethiopia’s fauna and flora
- Disseminate information and create awareness of the need for the conservation and wise use of Ethiopia’s natural resources and the environment
Key Activities
Indoor/Outdoor activities
- Serves the non-formal environmental education component
- Produces opportunity for members and non-members to learn about Ethiopia’s environment and national and historical heritage (lectures, Seminars, Workshops, Panel discussions, field trips etc,)
- Plant Locally and Nurture Trees (PLANT)
- Promote the planting of indigenous tree species
- Raise and distribute a variety of seedlings of indigenous tree species
- Provide information, technical advice and material support to schools, organisations and individuals on developing nurseries.
- Environmental Education Support Publication Prject (EESP) and Schools Environmental Education Projects (SEEP)
- Production and distribution of a range of thematic Environmental Education materials (Quasi-scientific Journal, Bi-annual School Magazine, Quarterly Newsletter, Fact Sheets, Readers, Posters, Brochures etc)
- Establishment of Nature Clubs at schools and other sectors
- Support production of school-based Club Newsletter (stationery, training, technical advice etc)
- Biodiversity Research Programme
- Identify, select and prioritize key sites for the conservation of biodiversity using birds as indicators
- Develop site conservation management/action plans
- Play advocacy roles and lobby conservation of key biodiversity sites
- Provide technical assistance to researchers.
Recent Achievements
- Continued to survey and monitor birds in wetlands, forests and mountainous areas
- Conducted fieldwork that extended the known range of Ankober Serin
- Discovered new sites and areas where Harwood's Francolin is locally abundant Monitored populations of White-winged Flufftail
- Found a new important site for the endemic Spot-breasted Plover
- Undertook an educational and awareness raising regional workshop on the vulnerable Harwood's Francolin. A bilingual (English and Amharic) poster was produced, urging conservation action to save the speices
- Continued to expand the annual waterfowl census programme. These data will be invaluable for monitoring future trends in waterbird populations.
- Carried out bird survey work on the Ankober Serin and Harwood's Francolin and field surveys at localities within the Great Rift Valley system
- Pressed for the Ethiopian Government to sign up to the African-Eurasian Migratory Water Bird Agreement and advocated for better management practices to be employed at the Weserbi and Berga wetlands, the only known breeding sites for the White-winged Flufftail
- Carried out intensive field surveys on the White-winged Flufftail, in collaboration with the Middelpunt Wetland Trust and the University of Natal, South Africa, resulting in the discovery of the first ever nest of the species
- Continued a programme of educational awareness raising with materials distributed to schoolchildren to enable them to take part in a Hammerkop survey