Conservation Action

In southeastern Colombia, a collective of Afro-Colombian communities is monitoring the population of an endangered mollusk, running regular shorebird surveys, and conducting community interviews [...]

Thanks to the collaboration between WHSRN site partner Conservación Marina, the Municipality of Maullín, and the support of many regional organizations, 8,000 hectares in the Lakes Region of [...]

Members of the WHSRN Executive Office team traveled to Buenos Aires this month to meet with Argentina’s Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development. The successful meeting led to an [...]

Last month, the WHSRN Executive Office and partner organization SAVE Brasil led another workshop in Porto Alegre, Brazil to work towards preserving the protected status of Lagoa do Peixe National [...]

Ecuador’s new Shorebird Conservation Plan will serve as the guiding document for national action to conserve shorebirds and their habitats. Read about the celebration at Ecuador's second [...]

The wetlands at the mouth of the Río Lluta are under strong pressure to be developed. Last month, WHSRN’s Diego Luna Quevedo facilitated a Good Governance Workshop with several local partners to [...]

The Salton Sea is a critical rest stop for more than 400 species of nesting, wintering, and migrating birds making their way through the desert of southern California. But today, the sea is [...]

The results are in from the January/February Central American Waterbird Census (CAWC)! Three sites proved to be especially important to Nearctic shorebirds, qualifying as potential new WHSRN [...]

Laguna Mar Chiquita is the largest lake in Argentina, the biggest saline lake in South America, and the 5th biggest saline lake in the world. A WHSRN site since 1989, the area supports 66% of all [...]

WHSRN Consultant Ornithologist Chris Sharpe and Sandra Giner of the Central University of Venezuela led a workshop titled Shorebird Conservation in Venezuela: introduction to census methods and [...]