Botswana. There are biannual waterbird counts in all the important waterbird areas across the country by Birdlife Botswana (BLB) in collaboration with the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP). The Waterbird monitoring program involves DWNP and BLB staff as well as individual volunteers. The biannual bird counts are done in January and July. The program targets countrywide monitoring but currently most of the monitoring is done in the southern-eastern part of the country as well as part of the central district, with low participation in the upper central and north regions which are wetlands rich. The DWNP research office in Maun has liaised with BLB and is currently identifying wetlands to be monitored in the north. The Mauritian Wildlife Foundation is doing some monitoring related to the 2020 MV Wakashio oil spill.
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Sources: Agreement on the Conservation of African Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds, Agreement on the Conservation of African Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds