Corporate Body

Australasian Wader Studies Group (1981 - )

From
1981
Carlton, Victoria, Australia
Functions
Citizen science and Ornithology
Alternative Names
  • AWSG (Acronym)
Website
http://awsg.org.au/

Summary

The Australasian Wader Studies Group (AWSG) was founded in 1981 as a special interest group of the Royal Australasian Ornithological Union, to coordinate studies on shorebirds in Australia and throughout their migratory route in the Asia-Pacific. Objectives include: monitoring of the feeding ecology and migration of shorebird populations by use of counting and banding programs; instigate and encourage scientific studies; cooperate with related organisations; promote policies for the conservation of shorebirds and their habitat; and communicate to a wide audience through publication. Since 2006 the AWSG has been a partner in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership. In alternate years the AWSG organises the Australasian Shorebird Conference. For over 30 years the AWSG has had a close association with the Victorian Wader Study Group which maintains a large database of shorebird biometrics, demographics and movement across the flyway.

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Publications of the Australasian Wader Studies Group include:
The stilt: bulletin of the Australasian Wader Studies Group of the Royal Australasian Ornithological Union (ISSN 06726-1888), no. 1 (1981) - : later subtitle the journal for the East Asian-Australasian flyway ;
The tattler: newsletter of the Australasian Wader Studies Group no. 1 (October 1994) - ; subtitle varies.

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Published resources

Journal Articles

  • Phillipps, Hugo, 'Papers in Australian Wader Study Group journal 1980 - 2006', Stilt: the journal for the East Asian-Australasian flyway, 50 (2006), 304-25. Details

See also

  • Shorebird conservation in the Asia-Pacific region: based on papers presented at a symposium held on 16-17 March 1996 in Brisbane, Australia edited by Straw, Phil (Melbourne: Australasian Wader Studies Group, 1997), 159 pp. Details
  • Status and conservation of shorebirds in the East-Asian-Australian flyway: proceedings of the Australasian Shorebirds Conference, 13-15th December, 2003, Canberra, Australia edited by Straw, Phil (Sydney: Australasian Wader Studies Group, 2005), 179 pp. Details
  • Watkins, Doug, A national plan for shorebird conservation in Australia (Moonee Ponds, Vic.: Australasian Wader Studies Group and World Wide Fund for Nature, 1993), 162 pp. Details

Helen Cohn

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