Accra
/Bonn, 29 August 2012 - The 11th Meeting of the AEWA
Technical Committee (TC11) took place in Accra, Ghana from
27-30 August 2012. The meeting was hosted by the Forestry
Commission of Ghana-Wildlife Division and was
attended by around 30 participants including several thematic
and invited experts and observers from 16 countries.

The Technical Committee is the AEWA body
that provides scientific and technical advice and information
to the Meeting of the Parties and, through the Agreement
Secretariat, to the signatory countries of AEWA. It makes
recommendations to the Meeting of the Parties concerning
the AEWA Action Plan, implementation of the Agreement and
identifies priorities for further research to be carried
out.

The guiding document for the meeting was
the AEWA Technical Committee Work Plan 2012-2015. The plan
outlines the major tasks to be fulfilled by the Technical
Committee during the triennium 2012-2015. Ten working groups
covering a wide range of topics including on issues relating
to hunting and trade, impact of climate change, disturbance,
Single Species Action Plans (SSAPs), Conservation Guidelines,
national reporting, Communication Education and Public Awareness
(CEPA) and on other emerging issues have been established.
The TC11 meeting was used to get input from all working
groups so as to allow the Technical Committee to determine
how best to implement the different tasks outlined in the
current work plan.

TC11 will be directly followed by a workshop
to develop an Action Plan on migratory landbirds in the
African-Eurasian region, which is being organized by the
Secretariat of the Convention
on Migratory Species (CMS) and which will take
place back-to-back in Accra from 31 August until 2 September
2012. The landbirds workshop is based on CMS Resolution
10.27 “Improving the Conservation Status of Migratory
Landbirds in the African Eurasian Region”, which was
adopted by the 10th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties
(COP10) to CMS in Bergen Norway in December 2011.

Further Resources

• AEWA
  TC 11 Meeting Page (Meeting Documents and
  Information)







• AEWA
  TC Workspace (Restricted Online Working Area
  of the AEWA Technical Committee)








• Forestry Commission
  of Ghana -Wildlife Division Website







• CMS
  Migratory Landbirds in the African-Eurasian Region Working
  Group Website