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SCIENTIFIC SEMINAR ON AVIAN INFLUENZA, THE ENVIRONMENT AND MIGRATORY BIRDS PDF Print E-mail

UNEP Headquarters, Gigiri, Nairobi, Kenya
10-11 April 2006

A review of the latest scientific studies concerning the evolution and spread of Avian Influenza, its impact on wild birds and the wider environment, including assessing risks of transmission and identifying optimal mitigation measures.

OBJECTIVES:

  • Review recent additions to our scientific understanding of the evolution and spread of Avian Influenza (HPAI, H5N1), with special attention to those aspects more directly relevant to the management of wild birds and the wider environment;
  • Recommendations on the possible management and biosecurity measures of taking in poultry to prevent infection from/to wildlife;
  • Discuss and suggest options early warning schemes and monitoring of the spread of the virus in the natural environment, the development of risk assessment models and mitigation measures;
  • Issue a summary document with recommendations for decision makers, the media and other stakeholders on action to be taken in light of the latest scientific findings on Avian Influenza, and in the context of conservation and the environment;
  • Issue proceedings of the Seminar.


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OUTCOMES OF THE SEMINAR:

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (also known as CMS or Bonn Convention)
The Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA)