Emerging Challenges Stemming from Ports and Shipping for Shorebirds
This story, by WHSRN partner David Bradley and WHSRN Conservation Specialist Diego Luna Quevedo, was originally published in the November 2018 issue of Green Marine Magazine.
“A Shorebird among Shrimp Farmers”: WHSRN Partners Participate in the Central American Aquaculture Symposium
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 [...]
Fraser Estuary’s Future Depends on Collaboration
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 [...]
Protecting Lagoa do Peixe National Park
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 [...]
Saving the Salton Sea
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 [...]
Not all Mudflats are Equal: Roberts Bank, Biofilm, and the Fate of the Western Sandpiper
Almost all Western Sandpipers in the world stop at the Fraser River Estuary at some point in their life. The mudflats of Roberts Bank are at the center of this crucial stopover site, and they are [...]
Red Knot population in Tierra del Fuego crashes to a new low
Annual aerial surveys in Tierra del Fuego revealed record low numbers of Calidris canutus rufa: only 9,840 birds.
Birds threatened by oil spill in the Strait of Magellan
At the end of January, birds were spotted in the Strait of Magellan with signs of oil on their feathers. WHSRN partner Centro Bahía Lomas worked with expert ornithologist Ricardo Matus to inspect [...]
Recovering critical habitat for Buff-breasted Sandpiper in Asunción Bay
As part of an ongoing effort to restore the Bay’s mudflats, grasslands, and shoreline, the WHSRN Executive Office and local partner Guyra Paraguay recently led a series of workshops on how to use [...]
Atlantic Coast Reserve of Tierra del Fuego saved from Sand-mining Threat
When a bill of law was proposed to change the limits of the reserve in order to open parts of it to sand mining, WHSRN partners and a wide array of local, national, and international stakeholders [...]
