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Destination Flyways

Destination Flyways. Taej Mundkur. Destination Flyways. The project focuses on the protection of migratory birds and their habitats and the creation of sustainable livelihoods for local communities through the development of innovative sustainable tourism products along the following:

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Destination Flyways

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  1. Destination Flyways Taej Mundkur

  2. Destination Flyways • The project focuses on the protection of migratory birds and their habitats and the creation of sustainable livelihoods for local communities through the development of innovative sustainable tourism products along the following: • East Atlantic, West Asian - East African, Central Asian and East Asian – Australasian Flyways

  3. Destination Flyways - Objectives • Enhanced management and protection of valuable habitats for migratory birds • Creation of sustainable livelihoods options for the local communities through development of a diversified sustainable tourism offer • Positioning of tourism as an engine for sustainability vis-à-vis other productive sectors • Effective implementation of Conventions/ Agreements related to conservation of migratory birds and tourism

  4. Destination Flyways • Implementing partners • BirdLife International • Convention on Migratory Species Secretariat • Wetlands International • United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). • Advisory partners • Convention on Biological Diversity Secretariat • International Union for the Conservation of Nature • Ramsar Convention Secretariat • UNESCO Man and the Biosphere • World Heritage Centre • Overall coordination UNWTO

  5. Destination Flyways – assessment sites

  6. Proposed Timeline • 2013-2014 • Site Assessments • Proposal development • Fund raising • 2014-2018 • Project implementation • Supported by the Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of Germany

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