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Apart from being a Ramsar Site, the Mai
Po Inner Deep Bay wetlands has also been listed as a Shorebird
Network Site in recognition of its importance as a stopping over
site for migratory shorebirds in the East Asia - Australasian
Flyway. As part of the work of conserving these shorebirds which
migrate as far as the Russian Far East and Australia, a Shorebird
Working Group has been formed
JANUARY 2004 --- QUARTERLY
UPDATE
Development of the Network:
The 7th Shorebird
Working Group Meeting (16, 17th Dec 2003) followed immediately
after the 4th Australasian Shorebird Conference (14, 15th Dec)
in Canberra, so that southern hemisphere (Australian and New
Zealand) participants had greater opportunity to share with
their northern hemisphere counterparts on a range of flyway-scale
research and planning issues. These meetings have opened more
opportunities for AWSG members to participate in conservation
activities in other countries of the flyway. The Shorebird
Working Group meeting also assigned 52 new tasks for 2004 and
commenced implementation of a formal review of the Shorebird
Action Plan 2001-2005. Contact Warren Lee Long (Shorebird Flyway
Officer) for more details on the meeting outcomes.
Appropriate Management of Network
Sites:
The 2nd China
National Waterbirds Workshop held in November at Dafeng
National Nature Reserve, Jiangsu Province, included 58 participants
from nature reserves, government agencies, universities, national
and international NGO's. Waterbird managers at this workshop
recommended strengthening the level of networking between waterbird
sites and suggested several specific actions for enhancing
the capacity for waterbird conservation in China.
"Feathers,
Flyways and Friends Program" (FFFP) :
[http://www.wetlands.org.au/shorebirds/index.htm]
This is an excellent new website being developed by The Wetlands
Centre, Australia, that is now open for peer review. The Australian
Government Department of the Environment and Heritage has funded
this project to help fulfill Australia's obligations under the
Asia-Pacific Migratory Waterbird Conservation Strategy: 2001-2005.
The website will build on the work already achieved by key shorebird
organisations and continue to promote shorebird conservation
and community education and public awareness in the East-Asian
Australasian Flyway. Please send your review suggestions to Helen
Aitchison CHRISTINE.PRIETTO@det.nsw.edu.au
"A Year on the
Wing" will appear for 4 more years at the ABC website:
[http://www.abc.net.au/wing],
but with no funding for updating the site with new information.
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Children's Shorebird Information Network
Website:
This new website [http://www.shorebirds.org]
was developed in 2003 as part of the Sister Wetlands Agreement
between Boondall Wetlands (Brisbane) and Yatsu Higata (Narashino
City, Japan). It was funded by a grant from Brisbane City Council
and is run by senior school students in the Information Technology
Department of Earnshaw State College, but will also help in sharing
between school students along the whole East Asian-Australasian
Flyway
The 4th Australasian Shorebird Conference
(14, 15th Dec) in Canberra provided a strong Flyway-scale perspective
on migratory shorebird issues. With support from the Australian
Government Department of the Environment and Heritage, this conference
and workshop sessions enabled plenty of interaction between Australasian
Wader Studies Group members and representatives from other countries
of the flyway. The participants identified several priority actions
for improving collaborative research and conservation efforts
across the Flyway. The AWSG will publish the conference proceedings
will be published in early 2004.
The
Waterbird Strategy Calendar 2004
Available at http://www.wetlands.org/IWC/awc/waterbirdstrategy/Calendar.htm If
you are aware of other events appropriate to the Flyway, please
send information to Dr. Taej Mundkur (Asia Pacific Waterbird
Strategy Coordination Officer) taej@wiap.nasionet.net
A potential
Sister Site relationship is developing through the liaisons
between indigenous peoples at the Firth of Thames, New Zealand
and the Yukon Delta, Alaska. These groups have begun to share
cultural information and stories on shorebirds that fly between
the 2 sites. If successful, this could develop into a formal
sister site partnership and the basis for cooperation on shorebird
conservation.
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Increasing
the Information Base:
Singapore commenced
colour leg flagging at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
in August this year, following participation in the North-west
Expedition by James Gan and Khrisna. Singapore colours are
Green above White. To report sightings of colour leg flags,
please refer to the AWSG website: http://www.tasweb.com.au/awsg/index.htm
"Migratory Shorebirds
of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway: Population estimates
and Important Sites" by M. Bamford, D. Watkins, W.
Bancroft, G. Tischler and J Wahl. The Consultation draft of
this report is available for peer review at http://www.wetlands-oceania.org Please
forward the information about the consulation draft to everybody
who might be able to contribute in some way. All review contributions
will be acknowledged in the final report and contributors will
receive a printed as well as a CD-Rom version of the report.
So it's definitely worth having a look at the draft. Contact:
Doug Watkins, Email: doug.watkins@deh.gov.au
"Maps of Internationally
Important Sites for Shorebirds in Australia" is also
available as a consultation draft at [http://www.wetlands-oceania.org].
Your input is particularly needed to refine the boundaries
of the internationally important sites, and collect some key
ecological information on the sites such as key feeding and
roosting areas.
Upcoming Activities:
The Global Flyways
Conference to be held in Edinburgh this April is our
opportunity to highlight shorebird conservation projects of
the East Asian-Australasian Flyway to a global audience. Applications
for assistance to attend "Waterbirds Around the World Global
Flyways Conference" have now closed. For details on the conference,
go to: www.wetlands.org/gfc
A waterbird
survey of the lower Yangtze River basin will be conducted
in February, coordinated by WWF China. Mark Barter, who contributed
significantly to the project design, will lead one of the 6
survey teams. World Wetlands Day each year is on February 2nd.
See the Ramsar Site http://www.ramsar.org/wwd2004_reports.htm for
details.
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