Sociable Lapwing

Lead organisation: BirdLife (Non-governmental)

Sociable Lapwing breeds in northern and central Kazakhstan and south-central Russia, dispersing through Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey and Egypt, to key wintering sites in Israel, Eritrea, Sudan and north-west India.

Policy uptake explanation

The inaugural meeting of the International Sociable Lapwing Working Group was held in Palmyra, Syria in March 2011. The meeting reviewed the International Single Species Action Plan, reached agreement on conservation measures required by each country, and planned crossborder actions to protect the species across its extensive range.

Additional information

Source Inventory of environmental citizen science projects
Web site http://www.birdlife.org/middle-east/projects/preventing-extinctions-sociable-lapwing
Contact point mailto:europe@birdlife.org
Start/end date 2010 - Unknown
Still active? Yes

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