Agenda EN
Wednesday 21st may
9.00 - 9.30 h. Reception and credentials
9.30 - 10.00 h. Institutional Welcome
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Eduardo de Miguel Beascoechea Director. Fundación Global Nature (FGN).
Borja Heredia Armada Technical advisor. Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico (MITECO).
Christopher Baker Director. Wetlands International (WI).
Telma Branco Wunsch Policy officer. European Commission, DG Environment.
10.00 - 10.30 h. Opening speech. Aquatic Warblers on the Move.
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Current status of the species and populations worldwide. Latest research.
Martin Flade Aquatic Warbler Conservation Team (AWCT) / BirdLife International.
10.30 - 11.00 h. Coffee break
11.00 - 13.00 h. Joint efforts to save the aquatic warblers. LIFE AWOM.
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LIFE AWOM: Roadmap for the conservation of a species on the edge.
Valeria Numbela Claure Project manager. Wetlands International (WI).
From Belgium to Senegal: key site network for the aquatic warbler.
Bernat Espluga Garcia Project tecnician. Associació Institut Català d'Ornitologia (ICO).
Habitat restoration and management: actions on the ground.
Antonio Guillem Avivar Wetlands coordinator. Fundación Global Nature (FGN).
Connecting people: communication to engage in conservation.
Amelie Tagu Communications Officer. Wetlands International (WI).
From the field to the desk. How we measure our actions´impact.
Mallaury Lacombe Chargée de mission coordination du programme LIFE AWOM. Bretagne Vivante (BV).
And then what? How to ensure that what we've learned is replicated.
Charlotte Van den Auwelant Work Package 6 coordinator. Natuurpunt.
13.00 - 14.00 h. Lunch break
14.00 - 15.15 h. Current conservation initiatives. Part I
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Ernesto Francisco Aguirre Ruiz Technician. Fundación Global Nature (FGN).
Aquatic warbler´s lessons learnt from previous LIFE projects.
Jaroslaw Krogulec Director de conservación. Polish Society for the Protection of Birds (OTOP)/ BirdLife Poland.
Sibbling project for the conservation of the aquatic warbler in Notrheast Europe “LIFE4AquaticWarbler”.
Žymantas Morkvėnas Director. Baltic Environmental Forum.
Mandates for the conservation of the aquatic warbler under the Convention on Migratory Species.
Tilman Carlo Schneider Associate Programme Management Officer. Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS).
National Strategy for Protected Areas in France, its achievements and challenges. Elements that help to preserve the aquatic warbler.
Fabien Coquereau Chargé de mission espèces/biodiversité/connaissance. Dirección General de Medio Ambiente en Bretaña (Francia).
15.15 - 15.45 h. Coffee break
15.45 - 17.00 h. Current conservation initiatives. Part II.
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Ernesto Francisco Aguirre Ruiz Technician. Fundación Global Nature (FGN).
The role of the IUCN Red List towards the conservation of the aquatic warbler.
Jorge Fernandez Orueta Conservation Technician. Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (UICN) / Sociedad Española de Ornitología (SEO).
Legal tools for the conservation of reed birds.
Rubén Moreno - Opo Head of Terrestrial Fauna Service. Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico (MITECO).
Developing the Spanish conservation strategy for the Eastern Iberian Reed Bunting: Implications for the Aquatic Warbler.
Iván Alambiaga Researcher. Instituto Cavanilles de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva - Universidad de Valencia.
Restauration of wetlands for the marbled teal and other threatened water birds.
Yolanda Cortés LIFE Cerceta Pardilla's coordinator. Fundación Biodiversidad (FB).
Questions.
17.00 h. Closing remarks
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Thursday 22nd may
9.00 - 10.00 h. Innovative financing mechanisms to restore humid areas (wetlands and peatlands).
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Amanda del Río Murillo Technical director. Fundación Global Nature (FGN).
Financing mechanisms for peatland conservation and restoration in the EU.
Franziska Tannerberger Greifswald Mire Centre Director. Succow Foundation.
Wetlands4Climate Methodology for the management and restoration of mediterranean wetlands.
Vanessa Sánchez Ortega Head of policies and climate change. Fundación Global Nature (FGN).
10.00 - 10.45 h. Technical Presentations per region. Past, present and future of the species.
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Antonio Guillem Avivar Wetlands coordinator. Fundación Global Nature (FGN).
Wintering in Africa: Senegal.
Gabin Agblonon Project Manager. Wetlands International Africa (WIACO).
Aquatic warbler´s migration in the Maghreb.
Alejandro Onrubia Project coordinator. Fundación Migres.
Status, conservation and migration of the aquatic warbler in Morocco
Mohamed Amezian Project manager. Groupe de Recherche pour la Protection des Oiseaux au Maroc (GREPOM/Birdlife Morocco).
10.45 - 11.15 h. Coffee break
11.15 - 12.30 h. Technical Presentations per region. Past, present and future of the species.
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Antonio Guillem Avivar Wetlands coordinator. Fundación Global Nature (FGN).
Status, conservation and migration of the aquatic warbler in Spain.
David Miguélez Carbajo Technician. Fundación Global Nature (FGN).
Status, conservation and migration of the aquatic warbler in Portugal.
Julieta Costa Project oordinator. Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves (SPEA).
Status, conservation and migration of the aquatic warbler in France.
Christine Blaize French Species Action Plan (SAP) coordinator. Bretagne Vivante (BV).
Status, conservation and migration of the aquatic warbler in Belgium.
Stefan Versweyveld Head of nature conservation. Natuurpunt.
Aplication of new tracking technologies.
Eduardo Santamaría García Technician. Estación Biológica de Doñana - CSIC.
12.30 - 13.00 h. Conclusions.
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Antonio Guillem Avivar Wetlands coordinator. Fundación Global Nature (FGN).
Szabolcs Nagy Project supervisor. Wetlands International (WI).