Creation of the Working Group

The Tenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CMS (COP10, 2011) passed Resolution 10.27 - Improving the Conservation Status of Migratory Landbirds in the African Eurasian Region.

The COP called upon Scientific Council and Secretariat to support this initiative, including through the establishment, under the Scientific Council, of a working group to steer the production and implementation of the action plan

Scope

• alleviation of habitat degradation through the development and promotion of sustainable land management policies and practices;
• eliminatiion of unsustainable harvesting;.
• monitoring of population trends throughout the region;
• research to identify population-specific migratory routes, connectivity, wintering and staging areas and to understand the habitat requirements of, and threats to, African-Eurasian migrants during all stages of their life cycle;.
• raising awareness of the conservation status of African-Eurasian migrant landbirds, the threats they face and the measures needed to conserve them; and
• exchange information in order to develop and implement best-practice approaches to the conservation and sustainable management of these species;

Membership

Membership should aim to include experts with a knowledge of African-Eurasian migratory landbirds, their habitats and the threats they face. External experts have been invited to participate in the Working Group, while the number of members should be ideally allow the Working Group to work as effectively as possible.

All members of the Scientific Council are welcome to provide representations to the Working Group. In addition to Councillors, key organizations and invited experts, that can add value to the efforts of the Working Group, are identified.

Meetings

Workshop - Accra, Ghana, 31 August-2 September 2012

Click here to see the documents relating to the Workshop.