The Nigerian Conservation Foundationhas conducted an annual water bird census at Hadejia-Nguru Wetlands in Yobe and Jigawa States, reports NaijaAgroNet.
This,NaijaAgroNet gathered was done as part of its commitment and dedication to the
conservation and management of Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas
(IBAs) within and
outside protected areas reports.
Disclosing
this at a capacity building workshop on effective monitoring of IBAs in Cross
Rivers State, facilitated by NCF’s Ruth Akagu and Professor Augustine Ezealor,
they said the purpose of the Water Bird Census which took place in six
communities; Baturia, Nguru Lake, Dagona, Gsahua (new site), Katagum and Marma
Chanel, was to ascertain the population of water birds.
The workshop
focused on IBAs in unprotected areas and participants acquired skills in basic
field techniques on bird sampling and identification, effective utilisation of
the IBA form and METT framework and learned about the processes involved in
establishing SSGs.
The training
was funded by the RSPB (Birdlife in the UK) and facilitated by NCF with support
from A.P. Leventis Ornithological Research Institute and National Park Service.
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