Countries Commit to Tackling Multiple Threats to Migratory Waterbirds
Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) © Mathias Putze, Taiga Bean Goose (Anser fabilis fabilis) © Jari Peltomäki, www.jaripeltomaki.com, Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) © Wim Werrelman, www.wimpics.com, Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata) © Maurice Benmergui 22 resolutions, including action plans for highly threatened seabirds and guidelines for the sustainable use of waterbirds, were adopted at the Sixth Meeting of Parties (MOP6) to the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA), administered by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), which concluded on Saturday at the United Nations Campus in Bonn.