LHGROMS Bonn

Wetlands International: 

Wetlands International Recent developments within Wetlands International databases.

Wetlands International: 

Wetlands International Recent developments within Wetlands International databases. Lieuwe Haanstra Alterra - Wageningen University and Research Center seconded to Wetlands International Wageningen The Netherlands

Wetlands International: 

Wetlands International Wetlands International - new structure Global organisation 1 global governing structure (was 4) Board of Members (countries, SG’s and Partners) is deciding body Board of Directors (25 people from around the world) as daily governance

Wetlands International: 

Wetlands International Wetlands International - new structure All offices directly under International director All offices follow same strategy document (will be published in June 2002 Program Action Plans (2003-2005) Species Conservation Wetland Inventory Wise Use Capacity Building Non Waterbirds (in preparation)

Wetlands International: 

Wetlands International Scientific support by Specialist Groups. Specialist Groups covering waterbird taxa ( 15 ; such as Wader Study Group, Goose SG, Duck SG, Heron SG, Diver/Loon SG, Seaduck SG, etc.) Thematic groups on wetlands and wetland and waterbird issues ( 6 ; such as Wetland Inventory & Monitoring, Education & Public Awareness, Wetland Restoration, etc.)

Wetlands International: 

Wetlands International Global Waterbird Strategy 1. Develop and maintain knowledge of the status of all global waterbird populations 2. Develop and maintain global waterbird population benchmarks 3. Disseminate effectively data on waterbird populations, status, threats and trends 4. Enhance the conservation and management of waterbirds through the development and implementation of action plans 5. Promote further development and implementation of flyway agreements, strategies and site networks 6. Undertake preparatory actions to assess and publish the status of knowledge about freshwater fish 7. Develop wise use tools for waterbirds and other taxa

Wetlands species conservation and monitoring: 

2002: Finalise Global Waterbird Monitoring institutions (Advisory Committee etc.) Finalise and implement new data-base system Input from SG’s on improving the coverage (sea-ducks etc.) 2003: Develop Internet applications for waterbird related activities Add single waterbird counts to database (grey literature) Gap-filling census to be further developed Objective 1: Develop and maintain knowledge of the status of all global waterbird populations Wetlands species conservation and monitoring

Wetlands species conservation and monitoring: 

Objective 2: Develop and maintain global waterbird population benchmarks Wetlands species conservation and monitoring 2002: Publish Waterbird Population Estimates 3 Prepare for Waterbird Population Estimates 4 in electronic format via internet 2003: Develop stronger links between International Waterbird Census and Waterbird Population Estimates

Wetlands species conservation and monitoring: 

Objective 3: Disseminate effectively data on waterbird populations, status, threats and trends Wetlands species conservation and monitoring 2002: Conservation status report for AEWA/MOP2 Publish IWC Europe/SW Asia 1997-1999 report 2003: Presentation of summarized IWC data on the web AEWA/GEF: establish links with other data-sets Publish report with trend analyses with IWC data Focussed species group publications (trends, status) in journals with SG members 2004/2005: Report climate change and wintering waterbird distribution 2005: publish global atlas waterbird ringing recoveries

Wetlands species conservation and monitoring: 

Objective 4: Enhance the conservation and management of waterbirds through the development and implementation of action plans Wetlands species conservation and monitoring 2002: Update of AEWA Action and Implementation Plan Number of regional waterbird species plans (Ruddy Duck; White Headed Duck) 2003: Start preparations for a conference to update on damage issues (agriculture, fisheries etc.) 2004: Prepare an overview of status and conservation needs of nomadic waterbird species

Wetlands species conservation and monitoring: 

Objective 5:Promote further development and implementation of flyway agreements, strategies and site networks. Wetlands species conservation and monitoring 2002: CAIF meeting at CMS/COP7; Action Plan development Final draft for American Pacific Flyway Program Implementation of the Asia Pacific Strategy Submission full AEWA/GEF project 2003: Global Flyway Conference preparations ( involvement SG’s) 2004: Global Flyway Conference and proceedings published

Wetlands species conservation and monitoring: 

Objective 6: Undertake preparatory actions to assess and publish the status of knowledge about freshwater fish. Wetlands species conservation and monitoring 2002: Establish network of experts and institutes involved 2003: Develop draft work program; organize workshop

Wetlands species conservation and monitoring: 

Objective 7: Develop wise use tools for waterbirds and other taxa. Wetlands species conservation and monitoring 2002: Development of waterbird indicators for EU Development joint workplan WI and CMS Convention (including AEWA) 2003: Publish draft of Global Overview Waterbird Harvest Develop discussion document on WI involvement in other taxa 2004: Prepare for update lead shot report

Wetlands International: 

Wetlands International International Waterbird Census Finalise and implement new data-base system

Wetlands International - IWC: 

Wetlands International - IWC International Waterbird Census Annual site based counting of waterbirds around January 15th and around July 15th (sub-Saharan Africa only) Holding (mainly) data from mid-winter waterbird census Organized since 1967 by Wetlands International Longest running continental scale waterbird monitoring programme in the world Western Palearctic and Middle East - 11,000 volunteers in 47 countries

Wetlands International - IWC: 

Wetlands International - IWC Waterbird censuses co-ordinated by Wetlands International offices Western Palearctic and Middle East (Wageningen) Remaining part of Asia (Kuala Lumpur) Australia and Pacific (Canberra) Sub-Saharan Africa (Dakar) Neotropics (Buenos Aires)

Wetlands International - IWC: 

Wetlands International - IWC Coverage IWC censuses

Wetlands International - IWC: 

Wetlands International - IWC New database system: Change to widely available system (eg. MS-Access) Fully pre-programmed for uniform data handling (in Visual Basic) Fitting to the needs of all censuses Amalgamated data forms global database

Wetlands International - IWC: 

Wetlands International - IWC

Wetlands International - IWC: 

Wetlands International - IWC

Wetlands International - IWC: 

Wetlands International - IWC

Wetlands International - IWC: 

Wetlands International - IWC

Wetlands International - IWC: 

Wetlands International - IWC

Wetlands International - IWC: 

Wetlands International - IWC

Wetlands International - IWC: 

Wetlands International - IWC

Wetlands International - IWC: 

Wetlands International - IWC Common Coot (Fulica atra) 1997-1999

Wetlands International - IWC: 

Wetlands International - IWC Global International Waterbird Database Primary aims: Estimate population sizes of waterbird species Describe changes in numbers and distributions Secondary aims: Access the importance of waterbirds in global perspective Contribute to the conservation of waterbirds and wetlands

Wetlands International - IWC: 

Wetlands International - IWC Towards more integration / exchangeability Integration Wetlands International databases Other databases : North America (USGS - Patuxent) Caribbean (with USGS - Patuxent) BirdLife - Europe ???