Research Project
Full description Australia's coastal migratory shorebirds are declining rapidly, making them the focus of intense conservation efforts by multiple levels of government domestically and overseas. This project will deliver policy-ready results to DAWE in the form of (i) an updated national trend analysis to map the severity and geography of declines, (ii) data on whether the declines have decelerated, and (iii) data on the relative contribution of Australian and overseas causes of decline. Outputs will feed directly into planned threatened species listing updates in 2022, followed by a major update of the Australian Government's Wildlife Conservation Plan for Migratory Shorebirds. Results will also inform conservation action through Australia's Migratory Shorebirds Conservation Action Plan.