International organisations and support

International Wader Study Group
Website: http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/stats/adu/wsg/index.html

Aims:

• To maintain contact between both amateurs and professionals studying waders
• To help organise co-operative studies; and
• To provide a vehicle for exchange of information on waders and their biology.

Western Atlantic Shorebird Association
Website: www.vex.net/~hopscotc/shorebirds/index.html.en

Aims:

• To promote the conservation and management of shorebirds and their habitats across the Western Atlantic flyway through the collaborative efforts of international parties.
• To obtain support for shorebird research, monitoring, education and habitat management from a variety of constituents and managing agencies.
• To avoid data gaps and overlaps through the organisation and coordination of research efforts.
• To translate research findings into conservation management plans.
• To aid in public education by making information about shorebird migration and habitat preservation and management easily accessible to bird enthusiasts of all ages.

Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network
Website: www.manomet.org/WHSRN/
Aims:

• To use the best available scientific and other information
• To implement shorebird conservation action at Network sites throughout the Americas
• To create and maintain informed, involved, empowered and interconnected human communities at Network sites
• To become the strongest network of sites possible

Shorebird Research in New Zealand and the East Asian-Australasian Flyway
Website: www.nzshorebirds.com/

This is the personal site of Phil Battley and highlights research into the biology of migratory shorebirds being undertaken at the southern end of the flyway, in New Zealand.