Conservation Action

This month marks Humboldt Bay’s 20th anniversary as a WHSRN Site of International Importance. What better way to celebrate this milestone than sharing the news that it is even more important to [...]

Quetzalli Nicaragua’s “Shorebirds and Aquaculture” stand stood out in a sea of hundreds of representatives from commercial shrimp farming businesses. They were at the Central American Aquaculture [...]

Last month, partners from across Peru came together for a workshop on strengthening shorebird conservation in the country.

After a recent tour of the Fraser Estuary led by Bird Studies Canada, members of the WHSRN Executive Office team reflect on the importance of collaboration to protect shorebirds, salmon, and open [...]

At the only WHSRN site in Bolivia, site partner Asociación Armonía is working to create a financially self-sufficient reserve – by developing an alternative, eco-friendly cattle ranching system. [...]

Laguna Mar Chiquita is one of the most important sites in the Americas for migratory shorebirds and other waterbirds. This year, an ambitious plan to create the new Ansenuza National Park is the [...]

On 25 July, the Director of the WHSRN Executive Office, Rob Clay, signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Conservation of Southern South American Migratory Grassland Bird Species and [...]

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 [...]