8th Meeting of the CMS Siberian Crane MoU
March 2009, Tehran, Iran

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UNEP/DGEF paper, The Experience of UNEP GEF and Partners in Flyway Conservation, highlights activities of the SCWP and African-Eurasian Flyways Project (WOW). Visit our Documents page to download a full-text PDF of the paper (37 pages)

Conserving Wetlands and Migratory Waterbirds in Asia.

Led by the International Crane Foundation with funding from the Global Environmental Facility (GEF), the Siberian Crane Wetland Project* (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, using the globally threatened Siberian Crane (Grus leucogeranus) as a flagship species for this effort.

This charismatic bird is the international ambassador that links the 16 project sites strung across Russian Siberia, China, Kazakhstan and Iran, and is a flagship species for the multitude of migratory waterbirds and other wildlife supported by these wetlands. The project will ensure the legal protection of these wetlands, and raise the capacity of the responsible agencies to manage them effectively in cooperation with local communities and other stakeholders. In addition, the project will support the work at the sites through national and flyway level activities such as strengthening legislation and policies, and improved coordination of international activities.The SCWP is being implemented through the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), as Implementing Agency of the GEF, in cooperation with the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) and the governments of the People’s Republic of China, Islamic Republic of Iran, Republic of Kazakhstan, and Russian Federation.

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