Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds

AEWA
The Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds
Official Logo
ContextConservation
Drafted16 June 1995 (1995-06-16)
LocationThe Hague
Effective1 November 1999 (1999-11-01)
Parties
African – 37
  • Egypt
  • Niger
  • Congo
  • Gambia
  • Guinea
  • Senegal
  • Sudan
  • Tanzania
  • Togo
  • Benin
  • Mali
  • Uganda
  • Mauritius
  • Kenya
  • South Africa
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Djibouti
  • Nigeria
  • Libya
  • Tunisia
  • Ghana
  • Algeria
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Madagascar
  • Ethiopia
  • Chad
  • Zimbabwe
  • Gabon
  • Morocco
  • eSwatini
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Burkina Faso
  • Rwanda
  • Burundi
  • Mauritania
  • Botswana
  • Central African Republic
Eurasia – 42
  • Germany
  • Jordan
  • Monaco
  • Netherlands
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • United Kingdom
  • Denmark
  • Finland
  • Bulgaria
  • Macedonia
  • Croatia
  • Romania
  • Moldova
  • Slovakia
  • Georgia
  • Albania
  • Israel
  • Lebanon
  • Ukraine
  • Hungary
  • Ireland
  • Syria
  • Slovenia
  • France
  • Luxembourg
  • Portugal
  • Uzbekistan
  • Lithuania
  • European Union
  • Latvia
  • Belgium
  • Czech Republic
  • Italy
  • Cyprus
  • Norway
  • Estonia
  • Montenegro
  • Iceland
  • Belarus
  • Armenia
DepositaryGovernment of The Netherlands

The Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds, or African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) is an independent international treaty developed under the auspices of the United Nations Environment Programme's Convention on Migratory Species. It was founded to coordinate efforts to conserve bird species migrating between European and African nations, and its current scope stretches from the Arctic to South Africa, encompassing the Canadian archipelago and the Middle East as well as Europe and Africa.

The agreement focuses on bird species that depend on wetlands for at least part of their lifecycle and cross international borders in their migration patterns. It currently covers 254 species.

Parties

Meetings

The Parties meet every few years. So far there have been seven meetings:

  • 7–9 November 1999 in Cape Town, South Africa
  • 25–27 September 2002 in Bonn, Germany
  • 23–27 October 2005 in Dakar, Senegal
  • 15–19 September 2008 in Antananarivo, Madagascar
  • 14–18 May 2012 in La Rochelle, France
  • 9–14 November 2015 in Bonn, Germany
  • 4–8 December 2018 in Durban, South Africa

Treaties

Ban on lead shot

The use of lead shot over wetlands has been banned by the signatories to the convention on account of the poisoning it causes.

See also


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