Permanent Secretariat to the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds
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Contact Details
Main Website: https://www.unep-aewa.org/
World Migratory Bird Day: http://www.worldmigratorybirdday.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unep.aewa
Founded
1999-11 Cape Town South Africa
History
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Based on the fundamental principles of the Agreement, parties shall: take measures to conserve migratory waterbirds, giving special attention to endangered species and to those with unfavourable status; protect endangered migratory waterbird species in the Agreement area by strict legal protection; ensure sustainability of any use of migratory waterbirds; identify sites and habitats and encourage their protection, management, rehabilitation and restoration; develop and maintain programmes to raise awareness and understanding of migratory waterbird conservation issues.
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Links with:
- T-XT9211 - Convention on Biological Diversity (Biodiversity convention);
- T-XT7980 - Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Bern convention);
- T-XT7638 - Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean (Barcelona Convention);
- T-XT7109 - Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Convention on Wetlands);
- F-XF2335 - Global Environment Facility (GEF);
- E-XF0407 - Secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (UNEP/CMS);
- E-XE1306 - Secretariat of the Convention of Wetlands;
- E-XE3253 - Standing Committee to the Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats;
- E-XE4161 - UNEP;
- E-XE8372 - UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC).
- Observer status with: Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission - Helsinki Commission (HELCOM)
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Links with:
- B-XB1722 - BirdLife International;
- British Trust for Ornithology (BTO);
- C-XF1397 - Conservation International (CI);
- D-XD4367 - European Bird Census Council (EBCC);
- E-XE3774 - Federation of Associations for Hunting and Conservation of the EU;
- F-XE3584 - Foundation Working Group International Waterbird and Wetland Research (WIWO);
- C-XC2114 - International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation;
- A-XA2654 - International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN);
- E-XE3492 - Oiseaux migrateurs du paléarctique occidental (OMPO);
- S-XS0250 - Pan African Ornithological Congress (PAOC);
- Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB);
- C-XB0004 - Wetlands International;
- G-XM3823 - Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT).
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- Biosciences → Evolution and Species
- Vertebrates: Warm-blooded → Birds
- Geography → Wild
- Societal Problems → Protection
- Societal Problems → Endangered Species
- Law → Agreements
- Conservation → Conservation
UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XE3603
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