News Release
6 April 2010
The World’s Rarest is delighted to announce its association with the World Migratory Bird Day 2010 – and is extending the Photo Competition to include a new prize for the best photo of one of the 28 Critically Endangered Birds that are migratory.
The World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) was initiated in 2006 and is an annual awareness-raising campaign highlighting the need for the protection of migratory birds and their habitats. On the second weekend each May, people around the world take action and organise public events such as bird festivals, education programmes and birdwatching excursions to celebrate World Migratory Bird Day.
Every year WMBD focuses on a different topic and this year’s theme is “Save migratory birds in crisis – every species counts!” It aims to raise awareness on globally threatened migratory birds, with a particular focus on those on the very edge of extinction – the Critically Endangered migratory birds. In line with the International Year of Biodiversity, the 2010 WMBD theme also highlights how migratory birds are part of the biological diversity of our world and how the threat of extinction faced by individual bird species is a reflection of the larger extinction crisis threatening other species and the natural diversity that underpins all life on earth.
WMBD is being organised by the Secretariats of the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) and the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) – two international wildlife treaties administered by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) – and a number of other partners.
To find out more, please visit the WMBD website.
