Festival

General Description of the event and proposed activities:The Hadejia – Nguru Wetlands, designated as a Ramsar site, is one of the key sites that harbours large concentrations of water birds in the west African sub region. During the last water bird counts conducted in January 2016, an estimated one hundred and sixty six thousand four hundred and thirty nine (166,439) water birds were counted; of both resident and migratory.  There were sixty one (61) species recorded in that count..

Wildlife Conservation General Administration the Focal Point of AEWA in Sudan will organize an Educational , Awareness Programme through Scientific Paper Presentations,Plaform Disscution and Birdwatching  Activities in Sunt Forest at the East bank of White Nile in Khartoum State.

There willbe:

-  A brief notes about WMBD Celebration and it's theme for the year 2016 . 

- 6 Scientific Papers as follows;

Birds in Sudan - Now &Future

Conservation of Migratory Birds in Sudan

Conservation of migratory Birds Golabaly

Dans le cadre de la célébration de la Journée Mondiale des Oiseaux Migrateurs 2016, l'association "Les Amis des Oiseaux" organise une excursion pour ces membres dans le cadre des Rencontres de Jbel El Haouaria dans le but de contribuer à la promotion de la migration des oiseaux, du birdwatching, du tourisme écologique et solidaire, des produits de terroir et de la conservation du milieu naturel, les activités vont se dérouler autour d’une foire organisée dans la forêt sainte du Marabout Sidi Ameur.

Birds bring joys and work as healer to cure health related issues. We are organizing an event in Taif, Saudi Arabia to general public as well as those who have some health related issues.  They will be given information on birds their migration, conservation, people's participation and how protection of birds would bring happiness to people.

The mayor of Grand Prairie, Mr. Ron Jensen will declare Saturday, 14 may 2016 "WMBD - Purple Martin  Day" in our city. We are honoring our migratory birds the "Purple Martins" at their Sanctuary Site in our Central Park. It will be a festival with lots of education and entertainment for the whole family.

YALA IBA

As an IBA, Yala swamp is a haven endowed with some of the most fascinating variety of birds. A number of bird enthusiasts visit Yala swamp to enjoy bird watching, and there are existing opportunities in recognizing the value of birds including generating income from ecotourism with birds as a tourist attraction.

Past WMBD events

The Skaw area in Denmark is one of the best migratory bird watching spot in the northwestern part of Europa. The festival are arranged by Birdlife Denmark. Guided tours, ringing of birds, information center at the white lighthouse and Birdlife Denmarks Nature Shop are some of the events on the festival.

Vancouver Bird Week is an annual celebration of birds. Through the city are walks, lectures, films, art work, workshops, and photography exhibitions. The theme for 2016 is birds in the garden. Bird Week in 2018 will coincide with the International Ornithological Congress to be held in the Vancouver Convention Centre in August. Go to www,vancouverbirdweek.ca for more.

Following the success of the past three years, the Opera Choir "Chorale Lirica San Rocco" from Bologna has generously offered to raise their voices for the worldwide protection of migratory birds again.

The concert will be held in the Hall of the University of Bonn on Sunday 8 May 2016, at 11am. Find more information on the WMBD 2016 Bonn concert Flyer.

Over the last 2 years, Biodiversity Society found that migratory birds, especially Oriental Honey Buzzard and Japanese Sparrow-hawk use the same place in Mount Slamet Forest for roosting site. Some of them roosted in the village which are really close to human settlements. In order to increase awareness on local people, we would like to promote this information to local villagers, so they can live in harmony with migratory birds and protect the area from poachers who are still frequently present in Indonesia.