Aquatic Warblers on the Move

The LIFE AWOM project aims to create a climate-resilient flyway site network for the endangered aquatic warbler across multiple countries, enhancing habitat management and conservation strategies.

Subsidie
€ 7.576.320
2025

Projectdetails

Introduction

The LIFE AWOM project is the first multi-country LIFE project focusing on the staging and wintering areas of the globally threatened aquatic warbler Acrocephalus paludicola (AW) in Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal, and Senegal.

Project Overview

Together with the also proposed LIFE4AquaticWarbler project (that focuses on the breeding grounds), the two projects are the biggest coordinated initiative so far for the flyway-scale conservation of the species.

Objectives

The LIFE AWOM project will focus on developing a comprehensive, coherent, and climate-resilient flyway site network for the species, which can serve as an example for the systematic site network planning for other species as well.

Habitat Management

At 22 Natura 2000 staging sites in Europe and at one wintering site in Senegal, the project will demonstrate habitat management and restoration techniques for the AW but also for other marshland bird species.

Relevance to Climate Change

These techniques will be relevant not only in the context of the conservation of the AW but also in the context of climate change mitigation, adaptation, and green infrastructure development.

Impact and Dissemination

The project aims to ensure that its impact is scaled up beyond its target areas by:

  1. Providing input into the development of national nature restoration plans.
  2. Contributing to the new prioritized action frameworks.
  3. Assisting in new CAP programming documents.
  4. Actively sharing its scientific results with other conservation scientists.
  5. Disseminating technical innovations with other site managers and businesses.

Financiële details & Tijdlijn

Financiële details

Subsidiebedrag€ 7.576.320
Totale projectbegroting€ 10.101.781

Tijdlijn

Startdatum1-1-2025
Einddatum31-12-2029
Subsidiejaar2025

Partners & Locaties

Projectpartners

  • WETLANDS INTERNATIONAL - EUROPEAN ASSOCIATIONpenvoerder
  • FUNDACION GLOBAL NATURE
  • NATUURPUNT BEHEER,VERENIGING VOOR NATUURBEHEER EN LANDSCHAPSZORG IN VLAANDEREN VZW
  • SOCIEDADE PORTUGUESA PARA O ESTUDO DAS AVES
  • BRETAGNE VIVANTE - SOCIETE POUR L'ETUDE ET LA PROTECTION DE LA NATURE EN BRETAGNE
  • ASSOCIATION CONNAISSANCE ET RECHERCHE ORNITHOLOGIQUE LOIRE ET ATLANTIQUE
  • MAISON DE L ESTUAIRE
  • GROUPE ORNITHOLOGIQUE NORMAND
  • FUNDACION MIGRES
  • ASSOCIACIO INSTITUT CATALA D'ORNITOLOGIA
  • UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO
  • AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS
  • ASSOCIATION ZONE HUMIDES D'AFRIQUE - WETLAND IN AFRICA ASSOCIATION
  • FONDATION TOUR DU VALAT

Land(en)

NetherlandsSpainBelgiumPortugalFranceSenegal

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