Migratory birds and people - together through time

Threats to migratory birds

Biodiversity and migratory birds in crisis

International flyway conservation projects

WMBD related

Migratory birds and people - together through time

• Birds and People: Bonds in a Timeless Journey. Collar, N.J., A.J. Long, P. Robles Gil, and J. Rojo, 2007. ISBN 968-9128-04-3

• Living Planet: Connected Planet – Preventing the End of the World's Wildlife Migrations through Ecological Networks. A Rapid Response Assessment. United Nations Environment Programme, GRID-Arendal. ISBN: 978-82-7701-098-4

• Why Conserve Birds? BirdLife International.

Migratory birds in culture:

• International bird airport Ornithoport. Artist project on the roof of the Art and Exhibition Hall in Bonn, Germany.
• National birds of the world (clickable map).

Migratory birds in the Economy:

• Let's protect the guano birds. Mundo Azul
• How Birds Keep our World Safe from the Plagues of Insects. Migratory Bird Center
• Measuring and Monitoring Ecosystem Services at the Site Scale. Introducing a practical toolkit. CCI and BirdLife International, 2011. ISBN 978-0-946888-80-1
• Ecosystem Services Provided by Birds. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Whelan, C. J., Wenny, D. G. and Marquis, R. J. (2008), 1134: 25–60. Full article for purchase online.
• Economic Consequences of Pollinator Declines: A Synthesis. Bauer, D. M., Wing, I. S., Dept. of Geography and Environment at Boston University.
• Birding in the United States: A Demographic and Economic Analysis. Addendum to the 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation. Report 2006-4, amended July 2009. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

Migratory birds in Science:

• African Bird Ringing Scheme (AFRING). Improving coordination and quality of bird ringing programmes whithin Africa.
• European Union for Bird Ringing (EURING). Coordinating bird ringing throughout Europe (data, migration mapping tool, meetings research, national ringing schemes etc.).
• Satellite Tracking. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB).
• Current Projects. Tracking Studies at BTO. British Trust for Ornithology (BTO).
• BirdLife International – Birds as environmental barometer. This is an article about the difficulties to aim the biodiversity target and the role of birds as indicators of biodiversity loss.

Threats to migratory birds

• Critically Endangered Birds - A Global Audit. This is a report, which gives an overview about different threats to birds and what we can do to protect them.
• AIWEb - Avian Influenza, Wildlife and the Environment Web. AIWEb is the information dissemination centre of the "Scientific Task Force on Avian Influenza and Wild Birds" on the Internet. It provides a public platform for information exchange and communication on current and emerging topics relating to AI.
• Fatal Light Awareness Program. This program aims to safeguard migratory birds in the urban environment. The website provides information about urban threats to birds and proposes solutions.
• American Bird Conservancy. This website gives information about mortality threats to birds and facts about bird conservancy.
• Migratory Bird Mortality – Many Human-Caused Threats Afflict our Bird Populations. This paper is about man-made threats to birds and what we can do to reduce those threats.
• BirdLife International – Europe's seabirds die due to fishing industry. This article is about the threat of fisheries by-catch to seabirds and BirdLife's plan to stop the mass mortality.
• BirdLife International – Impact of invading alien species. This is an article about the threatening effects of invasive alien species.
• Flying is no escape: Migratory birds and climate change. This article is about the implications of climate change on Siberian Cranes and other Critically Endangered migratory birds.
• Journey North – Lights at Night Mean Trouble for Birds. This website provides information about how night-migrating birds become disoriented by city lights.
• Shorebirds: Threats & Declines. Website providing detailed information about shorebirds in Australia and the threats and declines they are facing.

Biodiversity and migratory birds in crisis

• UNEP/AEWA – The Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds. This website contains information about the Agreement, which aims to maintain or restore populations of waterbird species at a favorable conservation status.
• Wings Over Wetlands (WOW): The African-Eurasian Flyway Project. This project aimed to safeguard African-Eurasian migratory waterbirds through the conservation of sites that these birds require to complete their annual cycle.
• Born to travel Campaign. This is the official website of a BirdLife International Campaign, which aims to protect migratory birds along their flyways.
• State of the world's birds. This website outlines why birds and biodiversity are important, and examines what we know about the changing state of the world's birds.
• BirdLife International – More Critically Endangered birds than ever before. This article is about the rising number of species that are threatened with extinction.
• IUCN Red List. This website provides many details about all listed species as well as information about the goals of IUCN Red List, its categories and criteria.
• CBD - Convention on Biological Diversity. The website contains information about the goals of the Convention, the Parties, strategic plan and programs.
• Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center. The Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center aims to clarify the causes for declines in migratory bird populations and to protect habitats of migratory birds.
• Center for Biological Diversity. This website gives a lot of information about endangered species and the campaigns to protect them.
• GROMS - Global Register of Migratory Species. GROMS is a search machine, which contains knowledge about migratory species and their conservation.
• Kuckuck, Kuckuck, flieg um die Welt - Cuckoo, cuckoo, fly around the world. The picture book and the associated workbook illustrate the issues of environmental protection and sustainability with a focus on migratory birds in a child-friendly manner. Take a look!
• WWF Australia - Shorebirds. Website of WWF Australia describing the threats to Shorebirds and conservation projects to their protection.

International flyway conservation projects

• Wings Over Wetlands: The African-Eurasian Flyways Project. Wings Over Wetlands (WOW) aimed to improve the conservation of African-Eurasian migratory waterbirds through implementing measures to conserve the critical network of sites that these birds require to complete their annual cycle.
• The Western Hemisphere Migratory Species Initiative. The mission of The Western Hemisphere Migratory Species Initiative (WHMSI) is to contribute significantly to the conservation of the migratory species of the Western Hemisphere.
• Migrating Soaring Birds in the Middle East and North Africa. BirdLife's Migratory Soaring Birds project will ensure that migratory bird conservation needs are incorporated into the sectors where the main threats to these birds originate – primarily energy, agriculture, waste management, development and tourism.
• The Siberian Crane Wetland Project (SCWP). The SCWP is a six-year effort to sustain the ecological integrity of a network of globally important wetlands in Asia that are of critical importance for migratory waterbirds and other wetland biodiversity.
• BirdLife Flyways Work. Here you can find out more about BirdLife's work to help migratory birds around the world.
• Spotlight on flyways. Spotlight on flyways - Presented as part of the BirdLife State of the world's birds website. It provides links to over thirty case studies on migratory birds & flyways.

WMBD related 

• AEWA. The Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (also known as AEWA or African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement) aims to maintain or restore populations of waterbird species at a favourable conservation status.
• International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). IUCN is the world's largest conservation network. The Union's mission is to influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature.
• BirdLife International. BirdLife International is a global Partnership of conservation organisations that strives to conserve birds, their habitats and global biodiversity, working with people towards sustainability in the use of natural resources.
• Convention on Migratory Species (CMS). The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (also known as CMS or Bonn Convention) aims to conserve terrestrial, marine and avian migratory species throughout their range.
• International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation. The International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation is a politically independent advisory body internationally active on a non-profit basis.
• International Migratory Bird Day (IMBD). IMBD was created in 1993 by visionaries at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center and the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology.
• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). UNEP is the voice for the environment within the United Nations system. UNEP's mission is to provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment.
• Wetlands International. Wetlands International is the only global NGO dedicated to the conservation and wise use of wetlands. They work globally, regionally and nationally to achieve the conservation and wise use of wetlands, to benefit diversity and human well-being.
• The Partnership for the East Asian - Australasian Flyway. The Partnership is an informal and voluntary initiative, aimed at protecting migratory waterbirds, their habitats and the livelihoods of people dependent upon them.