4. International Level Regional Level National Level Site level Ramsar, CMS, CBD, IBA, TWB, WPE, GAINS, NEWFLUBIRD Regional Strategy, AEWA, EAAFP, WHSRN, species action plans and site networks National wetland and waterbird conservation action plans and policies Site designations, site management plans and species conservation programmes Existing data users of IWC monitoring information
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7. When - Timeline We are currently here! Programming and testing Further testing and consultation with regional and national coordinators Live role out of functional application prototype Development of additional features
Now more on the International Waterbird Census It was launched in 1967 in parts of Europe and has grown since. It is the longest running coordinated waterbird monitoring programme in the world. It covers most of the globe with 6 regional programs; co-operation with North America Large volunteer base, e.g. Western Palaearctic and West Asia - 11,000 people in 47 countries. Thousands are involved in other parts of as well. It is globally coordinated by Wetlands International from its head office in the Netherlands, and through regional coordination units.
We see here the existing data users of the IWC. This includes the GAINS programme, which has been very supportive of this work and the IWC data has been fed into the GAINS database and website. In addition, at a regional level, through the NEWFLUBIRD programme ongoing in Europe our data is fed into the surveillance programme (I would not be able to provide you details of this, but would be happy to forward any queries to our office).