Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds

International treaty for bird conservation

AEWA
The Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds
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Context	Conservation
Drafted	16 June 1995 (1995-06-16)
Location	The Hague
Effective	1 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
Depositary	Government of The Netherlands^[1]

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.

Background

The Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds was drafted on 19 June 1995 in The Hague, Netherlands, in order to coordinate efforts to conserve bird species migrating between European and African nations.

Description

The AEWA is an independent treaty under the auspices of the Convention on Migratory Species, of the United Nations Environment Programme.

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.^[2]

Its current^[when?] scope stretches from the Arctic to South Africa, encompassing the Canadian archipelago and the Middle East as well as Europe and Africa.

Parties

Parties to AEWA
Region	Party Name	Date in Force
Africa	Egypt	1999-01-01
Africa	Niger	1999-01-01
Africa	Congo	1999-11-01
Africa	Gambia	1999-11-01
Africa	Guinea	1999-11-01
Africa	Senegal	1999-11-01
Africa	Sudan	1999-11-01
Africa	Tanzania	1999-11-01
Africa	Togo	1999-11-01
Eurasia	Germany	1999-11-01
Eurasia	Jordan	1999-11-01
Eurasia	Monaco	1999-11-01
Eurasia	Netherlands	1999-11-01
Eurasia	Spain	1999-11-01
Eurasia	Sweden	1999-11-01
Eurasia	Switzerland	1999-11-01
Eurasia	United Kingdom	1999-11-01
Africa	Benin	2000-1-01
Africa	Mali	2000-1-01
Eurasia	Denmark	2000-1-01
Eurasia	Finland	2000-1-01
Eurasia	Bulgaria	2000-2-01
Eurasia	Macedonia	2000-2-01
Eurasia	Croatia	2000-9-01
Eurasia	Romania	2000-10-01
Africa	Uganda	2000-12-01
Africa	Mauritius	2001-1-01
Eurasia	Moldova	2001-4-01
Africa	Kenya	2001-6-01
Eurasia	Slovakia	2001-7-01
Eurasia	Georgia	2001-8-01
Eurasia	Albania	2001-9-01
Africa	South Africa	2002-4-01
Eurasia	Israel	2002-11-01
Eurasia	Lebanon	2002-12-01
Africa	Equatorial Guinea	2003-1-01
Eurasia	Ukraine	2003-1-01
Eurasia	Hungary	2003-3-01
Eurasia	Ireland	2003-8-01
Eurasia	Syria	2003-8-01
Eurasia	Slovenia	2003-10-01
Eurasia	France	2003-12-01
Eurasia	Luxembourg	2003-12-01
Africa	Djibouti	2004-3-01
Eurasia	Portugal	2004-3-01
Eurasia	Uzbekistan	2004-4-01
Africa	Nigeria	2004-7-01
Eurasia	Lithuania	2004-11-01
Africa	Libya	2005-6-01
Africa	Tunisia	2005-7-01
Africa	Ghana	2005-10-01
Eurasia	European Union	2005-10-01
Eurasia	Latvia	2006-1-01
Eurasia	Belgium	2006-6-01
Eurasia	Czech Republic	2006-6-23
Eurasia	Italy	2006-9-01
Africa	Algeria	2006-10-01
Africa	Guinea-Bissau	2006-11-01
Africa	Madagascar	2007-1-01
Eurasia	Cyprus	2008-9-01
Eurasia	Norway	2008-9-01
Eurasia	Estonia	2008-11-01
Africa	Ethiopia	2010-2-01
Africa	Chad	2011-11-01
Eurasia	Montenegro	2011-11-01
Africa	Zimbabwe	2012-06-01
Africa	Gabon	2012-12-01
Africa	Morocco	2012-12-01
Africa	eSwatini	2013-01-01
Africa	Côte d'Ivoire	2013-06-01
Eurasia	Iceland	2013-06-01
Africa	Burkina Faso	2013-10-01
Africa	Rwanda	2014-09-01
Africa	Burundi	2014-10-01
Africa	Mauritania	2015-05-01
Eurasia	Belarus	2016-04-01
Africa	Botswana	2017-11-01
Africa	Central African Republic	2019-01-01

Meetings

The parties meet every few years. So far^[when?] 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.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Aewa | Aewa". Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
^ "Species | AEWA". Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
^ "Protecting Waterfowl From Lead in Wetlands: A Practical Guide to the Lead Shot Regulations in Northern Ireland" (PDF). Ireland: Countryside Alliance. 24 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
^ "Phasing Out The Use of Lead Shot For Hunting in Wetlands: Experiences Made and Lessons Learned By AEWA Range States" (PDF). AEWA. 5 November 2009. p. 3. Retrieved 25 March 2013.