Collapse of Migratory Shore Bird numbers
The epic migration of shorebirds from Australia to their Arctic breeding grounds is said to be in imminent danger of collapse.
Birds are disappearing by the tens of thousands on their globe-spanning flights, mainly because of the loss of all-important "refuelling" habitat, scientists warn.
Around 36 Australian bird species use the East Asian-Australasian Flyway for the mass migration which sends them north to food-rich Arctic summer nesting habitat, then south to capitalise on the austral summer.
This article is reprinted from the Australian Wildlife Protection Council website
Topic:
- population growth
- Birdlife Australia
- Environment Minister Greg Hunt
- migratory birds
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Little Curlew
- Yellow Sea
- Eastern Curlew
- extintions
- Professor Marcel Klaassen
- Deakin University
- Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
- Ramsar Convention on Welands
- the Agreement
- Wildlife Conservation Plan for Migratory Shorebirds
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