AGREEMENT ON THE CONSERVATION OF AFRICAN-EURASIAN MIGRATORY WATERBIRDSAgreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds • November 2nd, 2022
Taking into account the findings of the eighth edition of the Report on the Conservation Status of Migratory Waterbirds in the Agreement Area (document AEWA/MOP 8.19),
AGREEMENT ON THE CONSERVATION OFAgreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds • February 5th, 2016
Species action and management planning under AEWA is a dynamic process. Much experience has been gained by the AEWA governing bodies, the range states and various other stakeholders involved during the 20 years lifespan of the Agreement. As species action and management planning under AEWA continues to develop, so does the continued need for clear criteria and guidance to steer the various stages of the planning and implementation process.
AGREEMENT ON THE CONSERVATION OF AFRICAN-EURASIAN MIGRATORY WATERBIRDSAgreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds • October 28th, 2022
Referring to Article X.3 of the Agreement defining the procedure for submission of proposals for amendments to the Agreement,
AGREEMENT ON THE CONSERVATION OF AFRICAN-EURASIAN MIGRATORY WATERBIRDSAgreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds • June 22nd, 2022
This is a retrospective analysis of the contributions that AEWA implementation will have made to the delivery of the Aichi Targets since 2011. The approach to the assessment section outlines the approach and some of the issues.
Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory WaterbirdsAgreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds • November 14th, 2012
AGREEMENT ON THE CONSERVATION OF AFRICAN-EURASIAN MIGRATORY WATERBIRDSAgreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds • December 21st, 2022
This document considers AEWA’s potential contribution to the ‘Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework’. The Framework will be of significant political importance, providing a major opportunity to ‘reset’ international responses to the biodiversity crisis and significantly raise ambitions in addressing it. It is timely that AEWA take the opportunity to respond to it, not least in drawing direct linkages between likely themes and targets within the Framework, and AEWA’s own Strategic Plan 2019-2027 adopted at MOP7.
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE AEWA ANNEXESAgreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds • May 4th, 2017
Further recalling Resolution 4.11 which, inter alia, requested the Technical Committee to review taxonomic classifications of birds and suggest the most appropriate classification for the purposes of the Agreement, including application to Annex 2,
AGREEMENT ON THE CONSERVATION OFAgreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds • February 6th, 2023
According to AEWA Table 1, Central European Greylag Geese belong to the nominate race. This treatment is consistent with the treatments in Madsen (1991) and in the Waterbird Population Estimates (Delany & Scott, 2002; Delany & Scott, 2006; Rose & Scott, 1997; Rose & Scott, 1994).
PROVISIONAL ANNOTATED AGENDA AND WORK PROGRAMMEAgreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds • November 13th, 2019
AGREEMENT ON THE CONSERVATION OF AFRICAN-EURASIAN MIGRATORY WATERBIRDSAgreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds • December 20th, 2018
Considering that at the present 7th Session of the MOP (MOP7), the terms of office of five members of the Technical Committee expire - the regional representatives for Western Africa, Eastern Africa, South- western Asia, Central Europe, and Eastern Europe - and that the position of the regional representative for Central Africa remained vacant in the past triennium, as well as the term of office of the environmental law thematic expert, which also expires at MOP7,
RESOLUTION 6.12 AVOIDING ADDITIONAL AND UNNECESSARY MORTALITY FOR MIGRATORY WATERBIRDSAgreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds • November 25th, 2015
Conscious that changes in levels of mortality can result in changes in waterbird population sizes, sometimes leading to consequences for their conservation status, as well as – for species subject to consumptive use – reduced potential harvests,
AGREEMENT ON THE CONSERVATION OF AFRICAN-EURASIAN MIGRATORY WATERBIRDSAgreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds • April 2nd, 2019
ContractAgreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds • April 20th, 2023
Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds Doc: AEWA/MOP 5.42 Rev.1 Agenda item: 27 Original: English Date: 19 April 2012
AGREEMENT ON THE CONSERVATION OF AFRICAN-EURASIAN MIGRATORY WATERBIRDSAgreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds • October 28th, 2022
Recalling Article II of the Agreement which establishes its Fundamental Principles and objective to “maintain or to restore migratory waterbird species and their populations at a favourable status throughout their flyways” and Article III which establishes the General Conservation Measures to be undertaken by Parties individually and collectively, and Further Recalling, the mechanisms established by Parties to establish implementation priorities and inform themselves as to progress towards their goal, namely:
AGREEMENT ON THE CONSERVATION OFAgreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds • February 29th, 2024
AGENDA ITEM DECISION Agenda item 4 Adoption of the Agenda and Work Programme The Meeting adopted the Agenda (document AEWA/TC18.3 Rev. 1) and Work Programme (document AEWA/TC18.4 Rev. 1) with the minor amendment to place Working Group 6 at the end of agenda item 9. Agenda item 5 Admission of Observers The Committee agreed to admit the observers present and welcomed them to the meeting. Agenda item 6 Election of Officers Ms Melissa Lewis was elected as Chair and Mr Taulant Bino as Vice-chair of the Technical Committee for the triennium 2023-2025. Agenda item 9.1 TC Working Group 1 (Field of Application) The principle of shortening names of populations listed in Table 1 of AEWA´s Annex 3 as presented in document AEWA/TC18.7 was approved and a new task 1.7. Shortening of population names in Table 1 of AEWA’s Annex 3 was added to the TC workplan.The delineation of biogeographical populations of the Maccoa Duck as presented in document AEWA/TC18.8 Rev.1 was approved.The delineation of biog
AGREEMENT ON THE CONSERVATION OF AFRICAN-EURASIAN MIGRATORY WATERBIRDSAgreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds • September 24th, 2022
This report is based on the assessment framework built into the Strategic Plan and follows an approach that employs a measure of distance to target values for the purpose-level indicators and a scoring system for the target-level indicators. Scores were placed between brackets to indicate when they are based on incomplete quality and/or scope of the assessment or a partially missing assessment, and between square brackets to indicate that it is tentative since additional time-bound indicators will be included at a later stage of the implementation of the Strategic Plan.
AGREEMENT ON THE CONSERVATION OF AFRICAN-EURASIAN MIGRATORY WATERBIRDSAgreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds • October 28th, 2022
Recalling Article VI, paragraph 2 of the Agreement, which states that the Agreement Secretariat shall convene ordinary sessions of the Meeting of the Parties, in consultation with the Convention Secretariat, at intervals of not more than three years, unless the Meeting of the Parties decides otherwise,
AGREEMENT ON THE CONSERVATION OF AFRICAN-EURASIAN MIGRATORY WATERBIRDSAgreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds • June 22nd, 2022
Through Resolution 5.2. the Meeting of the Parties requested the Technical Committee to identify priorities for the systematic development of waterbird monitoring. The need for prioritisation and systematic approach in further development of waterbird monitoring was amplified with the adoption of the AEWA Strategic Plan 2019-2027.
AGREEMENT ON THE CONSERVATION OF AFRICAN-EURASIAN MIGRATORY WATERBIRDSAgreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds • September 19th, 2022
AGREEMENT ON THE CONSERVATION OFAgreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds • February 3rd, 2023
TRIBUTE TO THE ORGANISERSAgreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds • December 15th, 2015
Recalling that at the 5th Session of the Meeting of Parties no host country was identified for the 6th Session of the Meeting of Parties,
PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF SIGNIFICANT LONG-TERM DECLINE AND ESTABLISH A CRITERION ON SHORT-TERM DECLINE TO APPLY WHEN CLASSIFYING POPULATIONS IN TABLE 1 OF ANNEX 3 OF THE AGREEMENTAgreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds • October 16th, 2018
Categories 3 of Column A and 2 of Column B include a criterion to identify respectively populations at risk or that are in need of special attention as a result of significant long-term decline.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE MEETING OF THE PARTIES TO THE AGREEMENT ON THE CONSERVATION OF AFRICAN-EURASIANAgreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds • April 20th, 2007
ContractAgreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds • August 16th, 2015
AGREEMENT ON THE CONSERVATION OF AFRICAN-EURASIAN MIGRATORY WATERBIRDS Doc: AEWA/MOP Inf.6.6Agenda item: 11 Original: English Date: 16 August 2015 6th SESSION OF THE MEETING OF THE PARTIES9-14 November 2015, Bonn, Germany “Making flyway conservation happen”
AGREEMENT ON THE CONSERVATION OF AFRICAN-EURASIAN MIGRATORY WATERBIRDSAgreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds • July 31st, 2017
AGREEMENT ON THE CONSERVATION OF AFRICAN-EURASIAN MIGRATORY WATERBIRDSAgreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds • July 21st, 2022
Under Objective 1 of the AEWA Strategic Plan 2019-2027 (To strengthen species conservation and recovery and reduce causes of unnecessary mortality) Target 1.6 foresees the integration of AEWA priorities relating to four causes of unnecessary additional mortality and other key threats to migratory waterbirds and their habitats in key multilateral processes. The four causes identified in the Strategic Plan are energy infrastructure (especially powerlines, wind turbines); illegal taking & killing; fisheries bycatch; and invasive alien species.
AGREEMENT ON THE CONSERVATION OF AFRICAN-EURASIAN MIGRATORY WATERBIRDSAgreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds • December 16th, 2015
The impact of increasing migratory and sedentary goose populations in Europe on economic activities and natural ecosystems continues to grow, becoming increasingly acute in many countries. Additionally, populations of some huntable migratory species are in decline and require coordinated international measures to restore their favourable conservation status. To tackle these urgent issues and move towards the long-term sustainable use of all huntable migratory waterbirds in Europe, it is proposed to establish an over-arching framework for goose management – a European Multi-species Goose Management Platform
AGREEMENT ON THE CONSERVATION OF AFRICAN-EURASIAN MIGRATORY WATERBIRDSAgreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds • April 26th, 2021
The various effects of the COVID-19 have resulted in a number of restrictions impacting, among others, travel and the organisation of in-person meetings worldwide. As a result, in the period between May 2020 and March 2021, meetings of the intergovernmental bodies of UNEP and its associated Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs), have been conducted virtually. Some meetings were shortened and took place with a more limited agenda, while others took place at a later date than originally scheduled. The UNEA5 meeting, for example, was split into two parts: the first one took place in a virtual format in February 2021, and the second one is scheduled for 2022 and will hopefully be held in-person. All in all, the majority of meetings that had been scheduled for 2020 and early 2021 took place and only a limited number of meetings were postponed.
REPORT OF THE 12th MEETING OF THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE1Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds • February 11th, 2016
Draft Resolution on the Extension and Revision of the AEWA Strategic Plan (SP) 2009/2017 and the Plan of Action for Africa (PoAA) 2012-2017 until 2018 and their revisions (TC 12.53) 25
AGREEMENT ON THE CONSERVATION OF AFRICAN-EURASIAN MIGRATORY WATERBIRDSAgreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds • October 28th, 2022
Recalling Resolution 5.2 “Addressing gaps in knowledge of and conservation action for waterbird populations and sites important for them”, which, inter alia, requested the Technical Committee to identify priorities for the systematic development of waterbird monitoring taking into account the conservation status of the populations, their geographic representativeness and other factors,
WORK PLAN FOR THE AEWA TECHNICAL COMMITTEE 2019-20211Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds • February 12th, 2019
AGREEMENT ON THE CONSERVATION OF AFRICAN-EURASIAN MIGRATORY WATERBIRDSAgreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds • September 8th, 2008
Angola/Angola Armenia/Arménie Azerbaijan/Azerbïdjan Belarus/Bélarus Botswana/Botswana Burkina Faso/Burkina Faso Burundi/Burundi Cameroon/Cameroun
RESOLUTION 7.2Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds • December 17th, 2018
Recalling Decision X/2 of the tenth Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Nagoya, Japan, 2010, establishing a Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 which “represents a useful flexible framework that is relevant to all biodiversity-related conventions”, and which includes 20 ‘Aichi’ Targets, which are addressed to all relevant intergovernmental organisations and other processes related to biodiversity,
ContractAgreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds • August 16th, 2015
AGREEMENT ON THE CONSERVATION OF AFRICAN-EURASIAN MIGRATORY WATERBIRDS Doc: AEWA/MOP Inf.6.5Agenda item: 11 Original: English Date: 16 August 2015 6th SESSION OF THE MEETING OF THE PARTIES9-14 November 2015, Bonn, Germany “Making flyway conservation happen”
DRAFT WATERBIRD MONITORING SYNERGIES WITH OTHER FRAMEWORKSAgreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds • June 22nd, 2022
Through Resolution 6.3 the MOP invited the Technical Committee and the Secretariat to work with the Ramsar Scientific and Technical Review Panel and the Ramsar Convention Secretariat to identify possible synergies with respect to waterbird monitoring, taking into account the Ramsar Strategic Plan 2016-2021, Targets 11 and 13, and the possible development of further indicators for Target 5 related to coverage of wetland-dependent bird populations by designated Ramsar Sites.
