AEWA

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This is the Facebook page of the African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA)

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AEWA is an international treaty through which countries cooperate to conserve migratory waterbirds and their habitats. The Agreement Area includes Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia, Greenland and the Canadian Archipelago. In all, 119 countries are covered by AEWA, making it the largest Agreement concluded under the Convention of Migratory Species (CMS). The Agreement's Secretariat is administered by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

AEWA covers 255 bird species which migrate across Africa and Eurasia and are ecologically dependent on wetlands. Species include divers, grebes, pelicans, gannets, cormorants, herons and egrets, storks, ibises and spoonbills, flamingos, ducks, geese and swans, cranes and rails, waders, gulls, terns, skimmers, tropic birds, auks, frigates and even the African Penguin.

Every year millions of waterbirds migrate across Africa and Eurasia in search for good and better ecological conditions, crossing several international borders and facing multiple challenges along the way. Protecting these birds along their migration routes through international cooperation is the essence of AEWA.