And the winners of the 2009 World Migratory Bird Day Drawing Competition are… Print

It’s official! The winners of the 2009 World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) Drawing Competition have now been selected! The WMBD team at the Secretariats of the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (UNEP/AEWA) and Convention on Migratory Species (UNEP/CMS) congratulate the winners and thank all the participants for taking action and sharing their creative and visionary artwork with us.

It’s official! The winners of the 2009 World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) Drawing Competition have now been selected and the names of the winners are as follows:

 

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The WMBD team at the Secretariats of the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (UNEP/AEWA) and Convention on Migratory Species (UNEP/CMS) congratulate the winners and thank all the participants for taking action and sharing their creative and visionary artwork with us.

World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) was initiated by AEWA and CMS in 2006 to raise awareness on the need to protect migratory birds and their habitats and to inspire people to take action.

Following the announcement on the WMBD website, the AEWA Secretariat received over 500 drawings from children up to 16 years from all over the world, e.g. Kazakhstan, India, Australia, Italy, Tunisia and many other countries. The participants were invited to use their imagination and to portray their thoughts on this year’s theme “Barriers to migration” with the aim to highlight the effects man-made structures, such as wind turbines, power lines, communication masts, tall buildings and fences have on migratory birds on their journeys every year.

Due to the large number of drawings submitted and in order to ensure a fair competition, we divided the drawings into three age groups: from 5-8 years, 9-12 years and 13-16 years. The pre-selection was carried out by staff members at the CMS and AEWA Secretariats, who were asked to indicate their favourite drawings in each age category. The selected drawings from each age group were then presented as part of an exhibition in the entrance hall of the UN Premises in Bonn, giving more than 400 UN Staff members the chance to make the final selection. One winner was then chosen from the four nominees in each age group. The prizes for the 2009 WMBD Drawing Competition were generously donated by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and have already been sent to the winners and nominees of this year’s competition.

With a view to 2010, the next World Migratory Bird Day will take place on the second weekend of May (8-9 May 2010) under the theme “Save migratory birds in crisis – every species counts!” The theme is closely linked to the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB) that has been announced by the United Nations General Assembly for the year 2010 to bring greater international attention to the continued loss of biodiversity worldwide. To support the campaign, WMBD 2010 will focus on those migratory birds, which are under the greatest threat of becoming extinct.

All submitted drawings and the selected winners of this year’s WMBD Drawing Competition can be viewed in an online gallery on the AEWA and WMBD websites:

The four nominees in each age group:

In age group 5 - 8:
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In age group 9 - 12:
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In age group 13 - 16:
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