1. WOW Exchange Programme Workshop Meeting of WOW Demonstration Projects and Regional Centre Teams from Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa and Nigeria 4-7 November, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

2. PROJECT OVERVIEW

3. Flyway-level Conservation of Migratory Waterbirds in Africa and Eurasia

5. BIRDS MIGRATION A MIRACLE OF NATURE

6. African Eurasian Flyways Cover Countries 118

7. over 3,000,000 migratory waterbirds 300 species The African Eurasian Waterbirds Agreement UNEP-AEWA (1995) unique ecological requirements increasingly scarce habitats congregatory behaviour vulnerability

8. forming a NETWORK of critical sites essential for migratory waterbirds Sites holding >1% of the population of individual wader sp. over 100,000 important wetlands (and other habitats) Ramsar Convention (1975)

9. flyway conservation shared resource = shared responsibility for their conservation and sustainable use improving cooperation among all countries along the flyways developing a stronger science base improving our understanding of waterbirds migration providing better support to decision-making for their conservation avoiding antagonistic interventions along the flyways harmonising policies and optimising actions on the ground sharing resources for the benefit of all partners along the african-eurasian flyways (and beyond): –enhancing professional capacity –mobilising financial resources –training, education and awareness tools

10. JOINT EFFORT WOW is the largest waterbirds and wetlands conservation initiative ever to take place in the African-Eurasian Region

11. THE TEAM More than 100 project staff involved in over 20 countries (plus a network of hundreds of other staff and volunteers) Project Coordination Unit Based in: Wageningen, The Netherlands

12. what are we doing? regional-level activities 1.science base for decision-making 2.capacity building & training 3.communication and networking activities in the field –demonstration projects in 12 countries –four regional centres

13. The critical sites network tool (component 1)

14. Improving our understanding of the Critical Network of Sites required by Migratory Waterbirds

15. A multi-national technical team at work

16. integrating & linking several databases Into one portal: THE CRITICAL SITE NETWORK TOOL

17. Capacity Development (component 2)

18. developing training programmes & materials to support flyway-level conservation

19. Capacity Development

20. Regional Training Boards

21. WOW Flyway Training Modules Each module contains: Illustrated Textbooks and Session Plans Powerpoint Presentations Exercise manuals Case studies 1.Understanding the flyway approach 2.Applying the flyway approach 3.Communicating the flyway approach

22. textbooks and manuals

23. powerpoints

24. Demonstration Projects (component 3)

25. Activities in the field Projects in 12 coutries along the flyway Demonstrating Best Practice in Wetlands Management and Waterbirds Conservation

26. Demonstration Projects Regional Hubs Project Coordination Unit

27. Ecotourism Wetland Restoration Trans-boundary Management Management Planning Community Mobilization Alternative Livelihoods Education and Awareness Control of invasive species

28. WOW Regional Centres

29. www.wingsoverwetlands.org

30. Thank you www.wingsoverwetlands.org

32. Organising our thinking about migration: Waders as an example of waterbird flyways