AEWA MOP9 Daily Journal 13/11/2025 - Side Event Programme

 Thursday, 13 November 2025 

 

Room 1 (AAH I)

Room 2 (AAH II)

Time slot - 09:00-09:45

 

 

Title

National Plan for the Implementation of the Agreement on the Conservation Of African Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) in South Africa  

Conservation of the Dalmatian Pelican: Status and Recent Initiatives on a Global Scale

 

Lead organization/s

 

National Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), South Africa  

Society for the Protection of Prespa  

 

Time slot - 10:00-10:45

 

 

Title

 

Status of Waterbird Counts in the Partner Countries of the Mediterranean Waterbird Network (MWN) and Major Developments

Is Reintroduction a Suitable Technique for Corncrake (Crex crex) Conservation?  

 

Lead organization/s

Tour du Valat

Natural England and Deepdale Conservation Trust

 

Time slot - 11:15-12:00

 

 

Title

The New Online Course of the RESSOURCE Project ‘Identifying and Counting Waterbirds of North Africa and the Sahel – How and for What Purpose?' 

Accelerating Conservation Action for Coastal Seabirds

Lead organization/s

 

FAO/Tour du Valat 

BirdLife International  

 

Time slot - 13:30-14:15

 

 

Title

 

Changing Hearts and Minds – A Curlew Case Study

IWC60 – the 60th International Waterbird Census in
January 2026
 

 

Lead organization/s

Curlew Action

Wetlands International

 

Time slot - 14:30-15:15

 

 

Title

10 years of the European Goose Management Platform: Lessons Learned and Future Directions

Building Climate Resilience along the Flyway: Considering Migratory Waterbird Conservation in Management and Policy

Lead organization/s

 

Aarhus University/AEWA Secretariat 

Common Wadden Sea Secretariat  

 

Time slot - 15:45-16:30

 

 

Title

 

Harvest Under Siege: Addressing Bird-Crop Conflicts

First Trials of Waterbird Counts (WBC) Assisted by Remote Sensing and Artificial Intelligence in Senegal and Chad  

 

Lead organization/s

International Crane Foundation/ Endangered Wildlife Trust Partnership

FAO, Univ. de Liège/Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech

Time slot - 16:45-17:30

 

 

Title

Adaptive Management for Conservation of Migratory Waterbirds

One Health: the Importance of Multlateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) and Intergovernmental Organisations for Leveraging the Double Win for Health and Conservation

Lead organization/s

 

Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Norway/ University of Turku, Finland/Aarhus University, Denmark 

AEWA/CMS/FAO