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What's New in Year 2003

Welcome to the website of the Anatidae Action Plan and Site Network. Please find the activities of our Anatidae initiatives under the Asia-Pacific Migratory Waterbird Consevation Strategy and information on Anatidae populations and their habitats in the East Asian Flyway. It is helpful if you may offer us further useful information for enhancing Anatidae activities in the flyway. Thank you for your attention.

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*	IUCN Red List.
*	List of Anatidae species in the 2003 IUCN Red List.

2003 IUCN Red List.

The list of globally threatened species (fauna and flora) was revised from the last 2002 List, and launched on November 2003. No change was observed among the Anatidae species in the East Asian Flyway from 2002 List. List of Anatidae species, searched from the on-line database is attached in the left column.

IUCN. 2003. 2003 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. [on-line] www.redlist.org.

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*	Request of photographs for educational materials.

Request of Anatidae photographs for educational materials.

There is a request from the Government of the Philippines for photographs of Anatidae species for their educational materials to be used at key Anatidae sites in the country. A list of Anatidae species in the country is shown in the request page (link of left side), and pictures with close-up of bird are preferable. Your voluntary assistance is highly welcomed.

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*	Ramsar Center Japan.

The 10th Anniversary of the Ramsar COP5, Kushiro Conference -- International Workshop on Wise Use of Lagoon Wetlands, 23-25 July 2003.

A workshop is to be held for providing an opportunity to learn, exchange ideas, and explore the solution for the conservation, restoration, and wise use of the lagoon wetlands in Asia including Japan, as well as aiming at expanding the network among researchers, NGO staffs, and governmental officials who cope with these issues nationally, and internationally. The Organizing Committee is comprised of Kushiro International Wetland Centre, Foundation of Hokkaido River Disaster Prevention Research Centre, Hokkaido Development Engineering Centre and Ramsar Center Japan. Some Anatidae Network Sites and from other key sites for Anatidae in Japan will also join. For further information and registration, contact: Ms. Reiko Nakamura ramsarcj.nakamuraⓐnifty.ne.jp, Ramsar Center Japan.

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*	Revised table of Status of Anatidae populations migratory in the East Asian Flyway, for identifying the wetlands of international importance in the Site Network, based on the Waterbird Population Estimates -- Third Edition (Wetlands International 2002).

Waterbird Population Estimates 3rd Edition. Now on-line!

WPE3 Wetlands International pubished the 3rd Edition at the Ramsar CoP8 in late November, and Conferenc of the Contracting Parties approved the Resolution (draft number 38) to use the 1% thresholds from the 3rd Edition for indentification of wetlands of international importance with applying the Criterion 6 on waterbirds (Resolution VII.11).

The first meeting of Anatidae Working Group (1999) decided to use the 3rd Edition, when it would be published, for the biological criteria to this Anatidae Site Network in the East Asian Flyway. Following this decision, a table of population status with 1% thresholds for the Anatidae population in the flyway was revised from the 3rd Edition. The table is within a package of application forms (in html, Microsoft Word file, and PDF file) indexed at the page of Introduction to the Site Network.

Wetlands International. 2002. Waterbird Population Estimates -- Third Edition. Wetlands International Global Series No. 12, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 226 pp. [on-line] http://www.wetlands.org/pubs&/WPE.htm

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*	Agenda (Microsoft Word file 356KB) of the Side Event for the Asia Pacific Migratory Waterbird Strategy in the Ramsar CoP8. Its report will be posted soon later in the website of Wetlands International, and here will be linked later.

Anet Newsletter No.3.

Anet Newsletter 3 At the occasion of the Ramsar CoP8 in late November, especially at the Side Event for the Asia Pacific Migratory Waterbird Strategy, the latest issue of Anet Newsletter was published and was distributed to the participants including National Delegates to the CoP in the flyway. The PDF file (560KB) of the issue is now on the web at http://www.jawgp.org/anet/anl003.pdf, as well as web pages of the reports to the issue from the projects and the Network Sites are indexed at the page of [ Activities ]. In those web pages, you may find additional pictures to the printed issue.

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The "Action Plan for the Conservation of Migratory Anatidae in the East Asian Flyway" is a component of the "Asia-Pacific Migratory Waterbird Conservation Strategy", and the "Anatidae Site Network in the East Asian Flyway" is a programme of international co-operation to enhance the conservation of the wetlands of international importance for Anatidae (ducks, geese and swans) in the flyway under the "Action Plan". The "Anatidae Working Group" of Asia-Pacific Migratory Waterbird Conservation Committee oversees the implementation of these programmes with technical support from Anatidae Flyway Officer.

For further information, please contact the Anatidae Flyway Officer. Last updated 27 Aug 2004.