Shorebirds 2020
Reinvigoration of Shorebird Monitoring in Australia
There is increasing evidence that migratory shorebird populations throughout the world are declining. Shorebirds using the flyways of the Asia Pacific are under threat from widespread habitat destruction, especially prevalent at staging areas in East Asia.
Being at the southern end of the migration routes, Australia is uniquely placed to assess the impacts of these threats on shorebird numbers. A major new program is underway at Birds Australia titled 'Shorebirds 2020'. The program is designed to reinvigorate and coordinate national shorebird monitoring in Australia and is a collaborative enterprise between Birds Australia, AWSG, WWF-Australia and the Australian Government's Natural Heritage Trust.
The primary objectives of the program are to collect data on the numbers of shorebirds in a manner that can be utilised to aid their conservation and management, specifically long and short-term population trends, and explore what may be causing those changes.
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