Decisions 15.166 to 15.169 - Action Plan for Migratory Landbirds in the African-Eurasian Region (AEMLAP)
Avian Species Conservation Issues
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Decision directed to: Parties
Parties are urged to:
a) engage actively in the implementation of the AEML Action Plan;
b) contribute to the implementation and monitoring of the AEMLAP Programme of Work;
c) ensure synergies are sought across Range States of both AEMLAP and the Initiative for the Central Asian Flyway (CAF).
Decision directed to: Parties, IGOs & NGOs
Parties, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations:
a) are requested to engage in the implementation of the Programme of Work of the AEML WG, namely by facilitating the exchange of information on key species and habitats, in particular to tackle the barriers to sustainable land use and conservation of habitats in Africa, including the priorities for West Africa and Central Asia, and through the provision of technical assistance to developing countries for relevant capacity-building;
b) are requested to support and cooperate on existing international approaches to retain and enhance tree cover (e.g., Bonn Challenge, Trillion Trees, Great Green Wall) and local aid and development projects around agriculture and forestry, through monitoring outcomes, enabling comparisons between sites and across years, where possible in properly designed experiments, to provide insights on interventions that can create win-win scenarios for birds as a proxy for biodiversity, for local communities in terms of socioeconomic benefits, and for land degradation neutrality and nature-based climate solutions, or that, at the least, can benefit birds without detriment to these other objectives;
c) are invited to promote the enrichment of vegetation cover (including but not limited to trees) through the use of native species and promotion of ecologically sustainable land management practices and wise use of water.
Decision directed to: Scientific Council
The Scientific Council is requested, subject to the availability of resources, to:
a) continue the Working Group on African-Eurasian Migratory Landbirds until COP17, extending its membership and incorporating expertise from regions currently absent, to facilitate and monitor the implementation of the Action Plan, developing indicators to assess the implementation of the Programme of Work 2026-2032;
b) provide support to the Working Group, its Steering Group and Coordination Unit for the implementation of the Working Group Programme of Work.
Decision directed to: Secretariat
The Secretariat shall, subject to the availability of resources:
a) support the Working Group to organize at least one meeting within the intersessional period between COP15 and COP16 to, among other activities, review the implementation of the Action Plan and the Programme of Work;
b) organize a workshop on the integration of biodiversity requirements into land degradation neutrality delivery at appropriate scale in cooperation with UNCCD.